Mahmood At MTV EMA 2019, winner of Best Italian Act
The Italian news agency ANSA announces that Mahmood is the winner of the category of the best Italian act in European music awards organized by MTV.
Voting for the MTV EMA 2019 closed last night. In the category of Italian musician the winner is Mahmood. He was nominated in the same category with: Elodie, Elettra Lamborghini and Salmo.
Voting closed last night at 23.59. The show will be held tonight in Seville at 8pm with the red carpet show and 9pm with the main show to be streamed on MTV’s online channels.
Mahmood, 27, is also the winner of the 69th edition of the Sanremo Italian Song Festival.
He came to this festival as the winner of “Sanremo Giovani”. Born in Milan Mahmood is an Italian mother and Egyptian father. At the festival, he attended new releases in 2016 and in 2012 tried out “X Factor.” He has written songs for Marco Mengoni, Michele Bravi and Elodie.