Glen Vella in Italy

After UK's Blue Malta's Glen Vella visits Italy and performs One life in Top of the Pops tv-show. Glen will stay in Italy for a few days and do some promo for himself. Which raises a question why? As he performs in the first semifinal that will not be seen in Italy and Italians cannot vote in. Or is he simply confident he will make it to the final? Or is he pleasing the Italian and Sammarinese