In February 2013 , Mengoni competed in the 63rd Sanremo Music Festival with the songs " L'essenziale " and " Bellissimo " , the latter written by Gianna Nannini . On 12 February 2013 , " L'essenziale " won against " Bellissimo " as the song to be performed by Mengoni during the next stages of the competition . During the fourth night , he also performed a cover of Luigi Tenco 's " Ciao amore ciao " . On 16 February 2013 , Mengoni was announced the winner of the competition . During the same night , an internal jury also chose Mengoni among the other participants to the competition as the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Marco Mengoni