In what is truly the wildest crossover in a long, long time, Eurovision and the Euro 2020 tournament have been mentioned in the same sentence. Why? Because Italy has already won this year’s song contest, so it doesn’t need to win Sunday night’s final as well.
Back in May, the Italian rock band Måneskin took home the trophy in the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest, held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. They won with 524 points, while the United Kingdom – with our track “Embers” by James Newman - stayed true to form and came last with nil points.
Now, England is up against Italy in the Euros, after we defeated Denmark 2-1 and they beat Spain on penalties in the semi-final matches.
However, while Måneskin themselves have suggested to ITV’s Nina Nannar that they’ll be showing support for their national team on Sunday night (band member Victoria De Angelis joked that “we’re going to be enemies”), UK Twitter is hoping tonight will see England steal Italy’s thunder:
Italy, you won Eurovision. You can’t have the Euros too. Don’t be greedy now.
— BBC (@BBC) July 11, 2021
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I’m not being funny but Italy got Eurovision, so it’s only fair we get the Euros.
— Benjamin Butterworth 🏴 (@benjaminbutter) July 7, 2021
Italy foolishly used their European competition win for 2021 on Eurovision whereas England wisely spent 0 points, saving it all for the Euros
— Ben Torvaney (@Torvaney) July 7, 2021
Others, meanwhile, have discussed just how “powerful” it would be if Italy won the Euros too:
If Italy win both the Eurovision and the Euros in the same year they unlock a third hidden competition involving musical football, I believe. Very exciting.
— Seánigi Connellio (@TheSonicScrew) July 11, 2021
i’m leaning more towards wanting italy to win tonight purely cos as a eurovision nerd the idea of a country winning both eurovision and the euros in the same year is just [chefs kiss]
— josie ⭐️ (@josierustle) July 11, 2021
italy winning both eurovision AND the euros would be so powerful #euro2020 pic.twitter.com/q67kYG8WDQ
— Lara (@ilcuoredilara) July 6, 2021
i just think it would be so powerful if italy won both eurovision and the euros in the same year pic.twitter.com/KgDAEqy5rw
— molly 🇮🇹 (@ZITTIESKIN) July 9, 2021
Did you know…no country has ever won Eurovision and the men’s Euros in the same year 👀
— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) July 11, 2021
What if Italy wins Eurovision AND the euros in one year… a win for the lgbt community and the straights
— Natalya Lobanova (@NatalyaLobanova) July 10, 2021
Hard not to be impressed by Italy with the Eurovision already in the bag and a chance on Sunday to add the Euros and Wimbledon 🇮🇹
— Phil Egan (@philegansport) July 9, 2021
Whatever happens, we can be sure that memes will follow…
