Rock Band Maneskin Wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - Move over sequins, disco beats and power ballads. A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in the early hours of Sunday.

Maneskin's win was only the third victory for Italy in the immensely popular contest and the first since Toto Cutugno took the honor in 1990. Italy, the bookmakers' favorite, trailed Switzerland, France and Malta after the national juries delivered their votes but were propelled to victory by votes from the viewing public. Ahead of the show, crowds gathered outside the Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Drag queens mingled with families as a man in a gold suit waited to get into the venue.