Il Volo, the pop opera trio that will represent Italy in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest submitted yesterday their 3 minute Eurovision version to the organizing committee of the contest.

On March 16, the 40 participating broadcasters were asked by the EBU to submit their Eurovision entries on the HoD meeting that took place in Vienna. Italy was the only country that was given an extension to submit their entry after two weeks time. ESCToday.com sources talk about the difficulties the composers Ciro Esposito and Francesco Boccia faced in chopping the 3:44 minutes long SanRemo version, down to the 3 minutes, in order to comply with the Eurovision rules.

Listen here

You can exclusively listen to the 3 minute Eurovision version of Grande amore, the song that Piero Barone, Ignazio Boschetto and Gianluca Ginoble will perform during the Eurovision Final in May, below

Il Volo, are currently enjoying fame around Europe while they are considered among the hot favourites to win the competition in Vienna, this May.

Stay tuned at ESCToday.com for all the news about Italy and the Eurovision Song Contest