Vittorio Gauci took part in the international festival Microfono D'Oro held in Mirandola (near Modena in Italy) on 17 June and came 1st from 12 singers from all around Italy who took part in the finals. He also had the best lyrics.

From 100 songs that were submitted, 12 songs came chosen to participate in the festival. Vittorio participated with an original Italian song called ‘Giorni’ music by Andrew Zammit and lyrics by Noel Matrenza.