In Italy, party leaders have given their campaigns one last push for the general election, with passionate calls to their supporters. The anti-establishment Five Star Movement is currently leading the polls and rivals are worried about its popularity. The party has tapped into voter dissatisfaction with the status quo — but can a party founded by a comedian run a major European country? CGTN's Kate Parkinson is in Rome to find out.

Five Star burst onto the political scene in 2009.

Founded by comedian Beppe Grillo, the movement gathered momentum as he railed against everything from the euro and corruption to Italy's rigid political and economic system. Grillo has now taken a back seat.

The new face of Five Star is Luigi di Maio.

In just five years, the 31 year-old, has gone from being an unemployed university dropout to the front-runner candidate for prime minister.

Ahead of Sundays' vote, di Maio announced his potential cabinet.

Almost all of them are political newcomers, something that appeals to Carol Milone, who like other Five Star supporters is disillusioned and angry with Italy's traditional political elites.

CAROL MILONE FIVE STAR SUPPORTER "When I saw this team of ministers that he was presenting and I saw the kind of people that were all professional, they were all professional in their fields, the fields they are destined to work in, and I heard their vision I thought maybe we are going to make it this time. It's better to make an experiment, it's better to see these people how they work that to see B coming back."

Most of Five Star's campaigning has played out on social media but a rally in Rome on Friday showed the scale of the movement's support.

Polls predict Five Star will get around 28% of the vote on Sunday, more than any other party.

But to form a government they need 40 percent of the vote and have ruled out forming a coalition.

Although that could change.

KAY WALLACE POLITICAL COMMENTATOR "Clearly it's the only way they are doing to get into government and I think di Maio is, the young leader, is ambitious. He would like to be prime minister, and that is the only way he is going to be prime minister so"

KATE PARKINSON ROME "Five Star has long cherished its image as the ultimate renegade. But after nearly a decade of raging against the powerful, the populist movement says it's ready to rule — an idea that is sending shivers down the spines of Italy's political and financial establishment — and Europe's, as well. Kate Parkinson, CGTN, Rome."