Published on: Tuesday, May 25, 2021
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Italy’s Maneskin said they were prepared to be tested ‘because we have nothing to hide’.
THE HAGUE: The singer for Italy’s Eurovision Song Contest winning rockers Maneskin will take a voluntary drug test after denying speculation that he was snorting cocaine during the broadcast, organisers said.
Red lederhosen-clad vocalist Damiano David will be tested after going back to Italy, following viral footage of him leaning over a table in the hospitality area of the competition in Rotterdam.
The furore comes after favourites Maneskin fought off stiff competition from France and Switzerland, surging to victory on the back of the public vote to win with 524 points with their song “Zitti e Buoni”.
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Damiano David, the flamboyant singer of Italy s Eurovision-winning rockers Maneskin, has tested negative for drugs, contest organisers said on Monday.
The red lederhosen-clad vocalist was tested after footage of him leaning over a table in the hospitality area of the competition in Rotterdam went viral.
Eurovision, the annual televised pop music extravaganza watched by
millions each year, is put together by the European Broadcasting Union.
The union, in Geneva, said that after claims of drug use backstage, it
reviewed the facts, including checking all available footage.
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It said David voluntarily had a drug test on Monday which has returned a negative result seen by the EBU .