Rock (and Italy) rules at Eurovision 2021. And the Italian band may have snorted coke on live TV. (Update: They didn’t.)

May 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Eurovision, the ultra-weird international song competition that consumes a couple of continents every spring, concluded last night (May 22) with Måneskin, Italy’s entry, and their song, “Zitti E Buoni” as the winner. Nice to see a rock song win, innit?

However, there are calls for an investigation as to whether a member of the Italian band snorted coke live on TV. The band member denies it. There will be a drug test.

Props also to Ukraine who got the honorable mention for this.

And a Swedish journalist went for the gack question during the press conference.

And the whole sordid affair has drawn to a close. Måneskin lead singer Damiano David has been cleared of taking drugs at the final.

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