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Mahmood
Mahmood sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2019 and 2022, for Italy. The best result was 2nd place in 2019, with “Soldi”.
- who
- Italian singer
- born
- 12 September 1992, Milan, Italy
- contests
- 2019, 2022
- best result
- 2nd, 2019
- music
- contemporary R&B, pop
- active
- since 2012
- sang for
- Italy
Biography
Mahmood is an Italian singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the sixth series of the Italian X Factor. Mahmood has won the Sanremo festival twice, and both wins led to the contest: “Soldi” finished second in Tel Aviv in 2019, and “Brividi”, sung with Blanco, finished sixth on home ground in Turin in 2022.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Mahmood (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2019 Tel Aviv
“Soldi”
2nd of 26 Finished 2nd of 26 in the final, with 472 points.
- Sung in
- Italian
- Written by
- Charlie Charles, Dardust, Mahmood
- Running order
- 22nd of 26 in the final
- Age on the night
- 26
- Won that year
- Netherlands: Duncan Laurence, “Arcade”
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2022 Turin
“Brividi”
6th of 25 Finished 6th of 25 in the final, with 268 points.
- Billed as
- Mahmood and Blanco
- With
- Blanco
- Sung in
- Italian
- Written by
- Riccardo Fabbriconi, Alessandro Mahmoud, Michele "Michelangelo" Zocca
- Running order
- 9th of 25 in the final
- Age on the night
- 29
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra, “Stefania (Стефанія)”
The story of Eurovision 2022: Russia is excluded, and Ukraine wins with the biggest public vote ever
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Away from Eurovision
Other contests and shows
- Sanremo Music Festival 2019
- Sanremo Music Festival 2022
- Sanremo Music Festival 2024
- X Factor, series 6
Awards
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Italian Act 2019
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Mahmood, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2019 The result
The Netherlands won, for the first time in 44 years. Duncan Laurence's "Arcade" finished on 498 points, 26 ahead of Italy's Mahmood.
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