During the final night of the song contest , held on 16 February 2013 , " L'essenziale " finished in first place , receiving 36 % of votes during the last round of the competition , beating the remaining top three entries , Elio e le Storie Tese 's " La canzone mononota " and Modà 's " Se si potesse non morire " . During the same night , an internal jury also selected 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
L'essenziale