Marco Mengoni the 2013 Italian Eurovision representative will be performing at the 1st MTV Italy Awards tonight at Piazzale Michelangelo in Florence.

The 1st edition of the MTV Italy Awards will be hosted by: Virginia Raffelle, Omar Fantini and Usbaldo Pantini. Many Italian stars will be gracing the occasion and taking the stage in Florence tonight: Chiara, Emma, Fedez, Club Dogo, Que Pequeno, Gianna Nannini, Max Pessali, Malaki Ayane.

Marco has been nominated in 3 different categories: Superman, Best Fan and Artist Saga. The show will be televised live on  MTV Italy at 21.10 tonight. You can vote for Marco here

Marco is among Italy’s most sought after artists today, enjoying fame, name and recognition on home soil. He won the 2013 Sanremo Song Festival last February and has been on a tight schedule touring Italy. The Italian artist has a full schedule until next October: he has a massive line up of concerts scheduled in the forthcoming months as part of his pan Italian tour.

Marco Mengoni represented Italy at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with the song L’Essenziale, achieving a 7th placing.