Watch Mika’s Moving Tribute to George Michael During the Sanremo Music Festival

Gay pop star Mika participated in this year’s prestigious Sanremo Festival, organized by the RAI (Italy’s national public broadcasting company), and paid a beautiful tribute to George Michael, who died last December.

The man behind hits like “Relax, Take It Easy,” “We Are Golden” and “No Place in Heaven” conquered the audience with a medley of his biggest hits before offering tribute to Michael. He said he was afraid to play a song of the British gay artist, but he wanted to pay tribute to a “true genius of pop music.”

Watch Mika’s interpretation of “Jesus to a Child” (click the image below)

And watch Mika’s incredible performance at the Sanremo festival (click the image below)