{"id":15412,"date":"2022-05-13T15:56:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1634073"},"modified":"2022-05-13T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:11:10","slug":"who-is-italys-eurovision-2022-act-meet-mahmood-blanco","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-italys-eurovision-2022-act-meet-mahmood-blanco\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Italy\u2019s Eurovision 2022 act? Meet Mahmood & Blanco"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>

By Rianne Ison\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 13 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

\n\n

After Italian rock band M\u00e5neskin stormed to victory at Eurovision<\/span><\/a> 2021, the winning country has been busy planning how to top their success.<\/span><\/p>\n

They unveiled plans to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in <\/span>Turin on Saturday 14th May, and have promised to deliver a night for all to remember.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s clear from their entry for this year, as Italy has selected previous Eurovision favourite Mahmood, who came runner-up in 2019, alongside rising music star Blanco.<\/p>\n

And the Eurovision duo appear to be a match made in heaven as there\u2019s already huge interest, with some saying Italy could perhaps scoop a consecutive historic win.<\/p>\n

Read on to see what Italy has planned and how their act is already creating a huge buzz.<\/p>

Who is representing Italy at Eurovision 2022?<\/b><\/h2>\n
\"""\"<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>
Mahmood & Blanco<\/span><\/figcaption> Instagram<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Name: Mahmood & Blanco<\/span><\/p>\n

Ages: 29 and 19\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instagram: @mahmood <\/a><\/span>and @blanchitobebe<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: @Mahmood_Music<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Eurovision fans will already know and love Mahmood after the familiar face came runner-up in 2019.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old R&B, hip hop artist, who comes from Milan and also has Egyptian heritage, first rose to fame when he took part in the sixth series of the Italian X Factor, as well as other notable music competitions.<\/p>\n

But since his Eurovision appearance, the star has gone on to ride the wave of his success, producing many huge singles and albums.<\/p>\n

This year, Mahmood will be joined on stage by relative newcomer Blanco, who started getting noticed after uploading his tracks to SoundCloud in 2020.<\/p>\n

Blanco, who was born Riccardo Fabbriconi in\u00a0<\/span>Brescia, Lombardy turned his back on a career in football and hairdressing in order to follow his passion of music. It was a risk that paid off, as he\u2019s <\/span>since scored four number-one singles.<\/p>\n

The pair decided to team up after coming together during a chance meeting at the producer of their Eurovision song\u2019s Michelangelo\u2019s studio.<\/p>\n

What is Italy\u2019s Eurovision 2022 song called?<\/b><\/h2>\n