Euro 2020: People are asking Italy to ‘let England have the Euros’ after they thrashed us in Eurovision | indy100

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. ⁣ Euro 2020 / Streaming Now / BBC iPl… https://t.co/NZ0gvWSio2
— BBC (@BBC) 1625994001

I’m not being funny but Italy got Eurovision, so it’s only fair we get the Euros.
— Benjamin Butterworth (@Benjamin Butterworth) 1625696636

Italy foolishly used their European competition win for 2021 on Eurovision whereas England wisely spent 0 points, s… https://t.co/G5KNuAKdOI
— Ben Torvaney (@Ben Torvaney) 1625699354

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 mu… https://t.co/c0IMKryz8b
— Seán Connolly (@Seán Connolly) 1626010458

i’m leaning more towards wanting italy to win tonight purely cos as a eurovision nerd the idea of a country winning… https://t.co/aJsY3Ymhng
— josie ⭐ (@josie ⭐) 1626002145

italy winning both eurovision AND the euros would be so powerful #euro2020 https://t.co/q67kYG8WDQ
— Lara (@Lara) 1625608561

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Did you know…no country has ever won Eurovision and the men’s Euros in the same year 👀
— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision Song Contest) 1625996552

What if Italy wins Eurovision AND the euros in one year… a win for the lgbt community and the straights
— Natalya Lobanova (@Natalya Lobanova) 1625934989

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 (@Phil Egan) 1625843723

Whatever happens, we can be sure that memes will follow…