Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Italy in the
Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

Participating broadcaster| Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Participation summary
Appearances| 50
First appearance| 1956
Highest placement| 1st: 1964, 1990, 2021
Host| 1965, 1991, 2022

Participation history

*     * 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962

* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976

* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983

* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990

* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997

* 1998 – 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015

* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
*  ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022

* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Related articles

* Sanremo Music Festival
* Canzonissima

External links
RAI page
Italy's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Italy has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times since making its debut as one of only seven countries to compete at the first contest in 1956, which took inspiration from the Sanremo Music Festival.[1] The Italian participating broadcaster in the contest is Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). It competed at the contest without interruption until 1980, discontinuing its participation on a number of occasions during the 1980s and 1990s. After a 13-year absence starting in 1998, the country returned to the contest in 2011. Italy has won the contest three times, along with an additional 16 top-five finishes. Italy hosted the contest in Naples (1965), Rome (1991), and Turin (2022).

In 1958, "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" performed by Domenico Modugno finished third. Commonly known as "Volare", the song became a huge international hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 and winning two Grammy Awards at its first edition. "Uno per tutte" by Emilio Pericoli also finished third in 1963, before Italy won for the first time in 1964 with "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Cinquetti returned to the contest in 1974 and finished second with "Sì", losing to "Waterloo" by ABBA. Italy then finished third in 1975 with "Era" by Wess and Dori Ghezzi. The country's best result of the 1980s was "Gente di mare" by Umberto Tozzi and Raf finishing third in 1987. Italy's second victory in the contest came in 1990 with "Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno. Other good 1990s results were "Rapsodia" by Mia Martini in 1992 and "Fiumi di parole" by Jalisse in 1997, which both finished fourth. After 1997, Italy withdrew from the competition.

On 31 December 2010, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Italy would be returning to the contest as part of the "Big Five", thereby granting the country automatic qualification for the final.[2] Italy's return to the contest has proved to be successful, finishing in the top ten in 12 of the last 14 contests (2011–25), including second places for "Madness of Love" by Raphael Gualazzi (2011) and "Soldi" by Mahmood (2019), and third place for "Grande amore" by Il Volo (2015). "Grande amore" won the televote, receiving votes from all countries, but came sixth with the juries. This was the first time since the introduction of the mixed jury/televote system in 2009 that the televote winner did not end up winning the contest. Italy achieved its third victory in the contest in 2021, with "Zitti e buoni" by the rock band Måneskin.

## History

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Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Italy since its first edition in 1956.

### Absences

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Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times. The first withdrawal was in 1981, when RAI stated that interest had diminished in the country.[3] This absence continued through 1982, before Italy returned in 1983. Italy again withdrew in 1986 when RAI decided not to enter the contest.[4] From 1994 to 1996, Italy withdrew again, with RAI citing a lack of interest in participating. Italy returned in 1997, before withdrawing again without explanation, and the country did not participate again until 2011.[5]

None of the 20th century Eurovision-winning songs were particularly successful in the Italian charts. "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti was a hit in February 1964 when the song won the 1964 contest, but according to the official "Hit Parade Italia" website, "Waterloo", "Ding-a-dong", "Puppet on a String", "Save Your Kisses for Me" and even Italy's own winning entry of 1990, "Insieme: 1992", all failed to enter the top ten of the records sales charts. A notable exception to this rule was the 1984 entry "I treni di Tozeur" by Alice and Franco Battiato, which shared fifth place in the final, but still became a #3 hit in Italy and also placed at #20 on the chart of the best-selling Italian singles in 1984.

### TV censorship of the 1974 contest

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RAI refused to broadcast the 1974 contest live because their competing song, sung by Gigliola Cinquetti, coincided with the intense political campaigning for the 1974 Italian divorce referendum which was to be held a month later in May. Despite the Eurovision Song Contest taking place more than a month before the planned vote, Italian censors refused to allow the contest and song to be shown or heard. RAI censors felt that the song, titled "Sì" (Yes), and contained lyrics constantly repeating the aforementioned word could be subject to accusation of being subliminal messaging and a form of propaganda to influence the Italian voting public to vote 'yes' in the referendum (thus to repeal the law that allowed divorce).[6] The song thus remained censored on most Italian state TV and radio stations for over a month. At the contest in Brighton, Cinquetti finished second, losing to ABBA. "Sì" went on to be a UK top ten hit, peaking at number eight. It also reached the German top 20.[citation needed] The contest was broadcast in June.

### The 2008–2010 period

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In 2008, two notable Italian musicians, Vince Tempera (who was the conductor for Malta in 1975 and had helped San Marino take part in the ESC in 2008) and Eurovision winner Toto Cutugno expressed their sorrow at Italy's non-participation and called for the country to return to the contest.[7][8]

Contestants from the 2008 contest, starting with the winner Dima Bilan appeared on the Italian show Carramba! Che fortuna, hosted by Raffaella Carrà on Rai Uno. Whether this was an initiative by Carrà (who presented in spring three shows in TVE concerning the event, including the national final) to try to bring Eurovision back to Italy is not clear, but Sietse Bakker, then-Manager Communications & PR of the Eurovision Song Contest, reiterated that "Italy is still very much welcome to take part in the competition."[9][10]

Shortly after revealing the list of participants for the 2009 contest, the EBU announced that they would work harder to bring Italy back into the contest, along with former participants Monaco and Austria.[11]

### Return (2011–present)

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At a press conference presenting the fourth edition of the Italian X Factor, Rai 2 director Massimo Liofredi announced that the winner of the competition might advance to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest, rather than participate in the Sanremo Festival, as in previous years. On 2 December 2010, it was officially announced by the EBU that Italy had applied to compete in the 2011 contest.[12] Their participation was further confirmed on 31 December with the announcement of the official participant list.[2]

In 2011, Raphael Gualazzi finished second, then Italy's best result since 1990. Italy came first with the jury vote, but only 11th in the televote to place second overall. Nina Zilli in 2012 and Marco Mengoni in 2013 placed in the top ten (ninth and seventh, respectively); the latter scored 126 points, exactly doubling the points total of the other "Big Five" countries that year.

This trend came to a stop in 2014, when internally-selected Emma Marrone finished in 21st place. In 2015, Il Volo finished third with 292 points placing first in the televote but sixth in the jury vote. Since the introduction of the 50/50 split voting system, this was the first time that the televote winner did not win the contest overall. Francesca Michielin, selected among the competitors of Sanremo 2016 after the waiver of the winners Stadio, ended in 16th place. Francesco Gabbani came in sixth place in 2017. In 2018, although not initially a big favourite with the bookmakers, Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro returned Italy to the top five, aided significantly by finishing third in the televote, which heavily counterbalanced the 17th place by the jury, finishing fifth overall.

Italy's best result since returning to the competition to that point came in 2019, when Mahmood placed second with 472 points. It was followed up, after the 2020 cancellation, by Måneskin's victory in the 2021 contest with 524 points, marking Italy's third win as well as breaking the band onto the international music scene. Mahmood returned in 2022 as the host entrant alongside Blanco, placing sixth, followed by Mengoni returning in 2023, placing fourth, Angelina Mango placing seventh in 2024, and Lucio Corsi (selected among the competitors of Sanremo 2025 after the waiver of the winner Olly), placing fifth.

## Sanremo Music Festival

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Main article: Sanremo Music Festival

The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. First held in 1951 and itself the basis and inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest, the festival has often been used as a method of choosing the Italian entry for the European contest, with some exceptions over the years. Since 2015, the winner of the festival has been given the right of first refusal to represent Italy in the contest.[1][13]

## Italy and the "Big Five"

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Since 1999, four countries – France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom – have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests.[14] The participating broadcasters from these countries earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU, and subsequently became known as the "Big Four". In a meeting with OGAE Serbia in 2007, then-executive supervisor of the contest Svante Stockselius stated that, if Italy were to return to the contest in the future, the country would also automatically qualify for the final, becoming part of a "Big Five".[15][16] However, with the official announcement of the return of Italy, it was not confirmed whether the country would compete in one of the two semi-finals or be part of the "Big Five", as RAI, third largest contributor to the EBU, had not applied for "Big Five" membership.[17] On 31 December 2010, it was announced that Italy would take part in the 2011 contest and confirmed that the country would automatically qualify for the final as part of the "Big Five".[2]

Italy is currently the most successful Big Five country in the Eurovision Song Contest following the introduction of the rule, finishing in the top ten in 12 of the last 14 contests (2011–25), including a victory for Måneskin (2021), second places for Raphael Gualazzi (2011) and Mahmood (2019), and third place for Il Volo (2015). It is one of the only two countries of the Big Five – since it was introduced – to have won, the other being Germany in 2010.

## Participation overview

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Table key  1  | First place

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2  | Second place
3  | Third place
◁  | Last place
X | Entry selected but did not compete
Year  | Artist  | Song  | Language  | Final  | Points  | Semi  | Points

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1956 | Franca Raimondi | "Aprite le finestre"  | Italian  | —[a] | —[a] | No semi-finals
Tonina Torrielli | "Amami se vuoi"  | Italian
1957 | Nunzio Gallo | "Corde della mia chitarra"  | Italian  | 6  | 7
1958 | Domenico Modugno | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"  | Italian  | 3  | 13
1959 | Domenico Modugno  | "Piove"  | Italian  | 6  | 9
1960 | Renato Rascel | "Romantica"  | Italian  | 8  | 5
1961 | Betty Curtis | "Al di là"  | Italian  | 5  | 12
1962 | Claudio Villa | "Addio, addio"  | Italian  | 9  | 3
1963 | Emilio Pericoli | "Uno per tutte"  | Italian  | 3  | 37
1964 | Gigliola Cinquetti | "Non ho l'età"  | Italian  | 1  | 49
1965 | Bobby Solo | "Se piangi, se ridi"  | Italian  | 5  | 15
1966 | Domenico Modugno  | "Dio, come ti amo"  | Italian  | 17 ◁  | 0
1967 | Claudio Villa  | "Non andare più lontano"  | Italian  | 11  | 4
1968 | Sergio Endrigo | "Marianne"  | Italian  | 10  | 7
1969 | Iva Zanicchi | "Due grosse lacrime bianche"  | Italian  | 13  | 5
1970 | Gianni Morandi | "Occhi di ragazza"  | Italian  | 8  | 5
1971 | Massimo Ranieri | "L'amore è un attimo"  | Italian  | 5  | 91
1972 | Nicola Di Bari | "I giorni dell'arcobaleno"  | Italian  | 6  | 92
1973 | Massimo Ranieri  | "Chi sarà con te"  | Italian  | 13  | 74
1974 | Gigliola Cinquetti  | "Sì"  | Italian  | 2  | 18
1975 | Wess and Dori Ghezzi | "Era"  | Italian  | 3  | 115
1976 | Romina and Al Bano | "We'll Live It All Again"  | English, Italian  | 7  | 69
1977 | Mia Martini | "Libera"  | Italian  | 13  | 33
1978 | Ricchi e Poveri | "Questo amore"  | Italian  | 12  | 53
1979 | Matia Bazar | "Raggio di luna"  | Italian  | 15  | 27
1980 | Alan Sorrenti | "Non so che darei"  | Italian  | 6  | 87
1983 | Riccardo Fogli | "Per Lucia"  | Italian  | 11  | 41
1984 | Alice and Franco Battiato | "I treni di Tozeur"  | Italian  | 5  | 70
1985 | Al Bano and Romina Power  | "Magic Oh Magic"  | Italian, English  | 7  | 78
1987 | Umberto Tozzi and Raf | "Gente di mare"  | Italian  | 3  | 103
1988 | Luca Barbarossa | "Ti scrivo"  | Italian  | 12  | 52
1989 | Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali | "Avrei voluto"  | Italian  | 9  | 56
1990 | Toto Cutugno | "Insieme: 1992"  | Italian  | 1  | 149
1991 | Peppino di Capri | "Comme è ddoce 'o mare"  | Neapolitan | 7  | 89
1992 | Mia Martini  | "Rapsodia"  | Italian  | 4  | 111
1993 | Enrico Ruggeri | "Sole d'Europa"  | Italian  | 12  | 45  | Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1997 | Jalisse | "Fiumi di parole"  | Italian  | 4  | 114  | No semi-finals
2011 | Raphael Gualazzi | "Madness of Love"  | Italian, English  | 2  | 189  | Member of the "Big Five"
2012 | Nina Zilli | "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"  | English, Italian  | 9  | 101
2013 | Marco Mengoni | "L'essenziale"  | Italian  | 7  | 126
2014 | Emma | "La mia città"  | Italian  | 21  | 33
2015 | Il Volo | "Grande amore"  | Italian  | 3  | 292
2016 | Francesca Michielin | "No Degree of Separation"  | Italian, English  | 16  | 124
2017 | Francesco Gabbani | "Occidentali's Karma"  | Italian  | 6  | 334
2018 | Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro | "Non mi avete fatto niente"  | Italian  | 5  | 308
2019 | Mahmood | "Soldi"  | Italian  | 2  | 472
2020 | Diodato | "Fai rumore"  | Italian  | Contest cancelled[b] X
2021 | Måneskin | "Zitti e buoni"  | Italian  | 1  | 524
2022 | Mahmood and Blanco | "Brividi"  | Italian  | 6  | 268
2023 | Marco Mengoni  | "Due vite"  | Italian  | 4  | 350
2024 | Angelina Mango | "La noia"  | Italian  | 7  | 268
2025 | Lucio Corsi | "Volevo essere un duro"  | Italian  | 5  | 256

### Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

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Further information: Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Artist  | Song  | Language  | At Congratulations | At Eurovision

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Final  | Points  | Semi  | Points  | Year  | Place  | Points
Domenico Modugno | "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"  | Italian  | 2  | 267  | 2  | 200  | 1958 | 3  | 13

## Hostings

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Year  | Location  | Venue  | Presenters

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1965 | Naples | Auditorium RAI | Renata Mauro
1991 | Rome | Teatro 15 di Cinecittà | Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno
2022 | Turin | PalaOlimpico | Alessandro Cattelan, Laura Pausini and Mika

## Awards

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### Marcel Bezençon Awards

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Further information: Marcel Bezençon Awards

Year  | Category  | Song  | Performer  | Final  | Points  | Host city  | Ref.

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2015 | Press Award  | "Grande amore"  | Il Volo | 3  | 292  |  Vienna |

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2017 | Press Award  | "Occidentali's Karma"  | Francesco Gabbani | 6  | 334  |  Kyiv |

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2019 | Composer Award  | "Soldi"  | Mahmood | 2  | 465  |  Tel Aviv |

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2023 | Composer Award  | "Due vite"  | Marco Mengoni | 4  | 350  |  Liverpool |

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### Winner by OGAE members

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Further information: OGAE

Year  | Song  | Performer  | Final
result  | Points  | Host city  | Ref.

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2015 | "Grande amore"  | Il Volo | 3  | 292  |  Vienna |

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2017 | "Occidentali's Karma"  | Francesco Gabbani | 6  | 334  |  Kyiv |

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2019 | "Soldi"  | Mahmood | 2  | 465  |  Tel Aviv |

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## Related involvement

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### Conductors

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Year  | Eurovision Conductor  | Musical Director  | Notes  | Ref.

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1956 | Gian Stellari  | N/A  |  | [25]
1957 | Armando Trovajoli |
1958 |  Alberto Semprini |
1959 | William Galassini [it] |
1960 | Cinico Angelini |
1961 | Gianfranco Intra  |
1962 | Cinico Angelini  |
1963 | Gigi Chichellero [it] |
1964 | Gianfranco Monaldi [it] |
1965 | Gianni Ferrio | [c]
1966 | Angelo Giacomazzi [it] | N/A  | [d]
1967 | Giancarlo Chiaramello |
1968 |
1969 | Ezio Leoni |
1970 | Mario Capuano [it] |  | [26]
1971 | Enrico Polito [it] |
1972 | Gian Franco Reverberi |
1973 | Enrico Polito  |
1974 | Gianfranco Monaldi  |
1975 | Natale Massara |
1976 | Maurizio Fabrizio |
1977 |
1978 | Nicola Samale |
1979 | No conductor  | [e]
1980 |  Del Newman |  | [27]
1983 | Maurizio Fabrizio  |
1984 | Giusto Pio |
1985 | Fiorenzo Zanotti |
1987 | Gianfranco Lombardi [it] |
1988 | No conductor  | [e]
1989 | Mario Natale  |
1990 | Gianni Madonini  |  |
1991 | Bruno Canfora |  |
1992 | Marco Falagiani [it] | N/A  |  |
1993 | Vittorio Cosma |  |
1997 | Lucio Fabbri |  |

### Heads of delegation

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Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.[28]

Year  | Head of delegation  | Ref.

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2011–2019  | Nicola Caligiore  |

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2020–2021  | Simona Martorelli  |

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2022–present  | Mariangela Borneo  |

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### Commentators and spokespersons

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Television and radio commentators and spokespersons  Year  | Television  | Radio  | Spokesperson  | Ref.

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Channel  | Commentator(s)  | Channel  | Commentator(s)
1956 | RAI Televisione | Franco Marazzi | Secondo Programma | Unknown  | No spokesperson  | [32][33]
1957 | Unknown  | Unknown  | [34][35]
1958 | Bianca Maria Piccinino | Bianca Maria Piccinino  | [36][37]
1959 | Renato Tagliani [it] | Renato Tagliani  | [38][39]
1960 | Giorgio Porro  | Giorgio Porro  | [40][41]
1961 | Corrado Mantoni | Corrado Mantoni  | [42][43][44]
1962 | Programma Nazionale TV | Renato Tagliani  | No radio broadcast  | [45]
1963 | [46]
1964 | [47]
1965 | Secondo Programma | Renato Tagliani  | [48][49]
1966 | Secondo Programma TV | No radio broadcast  | [50]
1967 | [51]
1968 | [52]
1969 | [53]
1970 | [54]
1971 | Programma Nazionale TV | Secondo Programma | Renato Tagliani  | No spokesperson  | [55][56]
1972 | [57][58]
1973 | No radio broadcast  | [59]
1974 | Secondo Programma TV | Rosanna Vaudetti | Secondo Programma | Rosanna Vaudetti  | Unknown  | [60][61]
1975 | Programma Nazionale TV | Silvio Noto | Silvio Noto  | [62][63]
1976 | Rete Uno | No radio broadcast  | [64]
1977 | [65]
1978 | Rete Due | Tullio Grazzini  | Rai Radio 2  | Tullio Grazzini  | [66][67]
1979 | Rete Uno | Rosanna Vaudetti  | No radio broadcast  | Paola Perissi [it] | [68]
1980 | Rete Due | Michele Gammino | Unknown  | [69]
1981–1982 | No broadcast  | Did not participate  |
1983 | Rete Uno | Paolo Frajese [it] | No radio broadcast  | Unknown  | [70]
1984 | Rai Due | Antonio De Robertis  | RaiStereoUno [it] | Antonio De Robertis  | [71][72]
1985 | Rosanna Vaudetti  | Unknown  | [73][74]
1986 | Telepordenone [it] | Unknown  | No radio broadcast  | Did not participate  | [75]
1987 | Rai Due | Rosanna Vaudetti  | Unknown  | [76]
1988 | Rai Tre | Daniele Piombi | [77]
1989 | Rai Uno | Gabriella Carlucci | [78]
1990 | Rai Due | Peppi Franzelin [it] | [79][80]
1991 | Rai Uno | No commentator  | Rosanna Vaudetti  | [81][82]
1992 | Rai Due | Peppi Franzelin  | Unknown  | [83]
1993 | RAI Uno | Ettore Andenna [it] | [84]
1994–1996 | No broadcast  | Did not participate  |
1997 | RAI Uno | Ettore Andenna  | No radio broadcast  | Peppi Franzelin  | [85][86]
1998–2002 | No broadcast  | Did not participate  |
2003 | GAY.tv | Fabio Canino and Paolo Quilici  | No radio broadcast  | [87]
2004–2010 | No broadcast  |
2011 | Rai 5 (SF2)
Rai 2 (final) | Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar | Rai Radio 2 (SF2) | Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar  | Raffaella Carrà | [88]
2012 | Rai 5 (SF1)
Rai 2 (final) | Federica Gentile [it] (SF1)
Marco Ardemagni [it] and Filippo Solibello [it] (final) | No radio broadcast  | Ivan Bacchi [it] | [89][90][91]
2013 | Federica Gentile (SF1)
Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni and Natascha Lusenti [it] | Federica Gentile  | [92][93][94]
2014 | Rai 4 (semi-finals)
Rai 2 (Final) | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello (semi-finals)
Linus and Nicola Savino (Final) | Linus  | [95][96][97][98]
2015 | Rai 4 (semi-finals)
Rai 2, Rai HD (final) | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello (semi-finals)
Federico Russo and Valentina Correani [it] (final) | Rai Radio 2  | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello  | Federico Russo  | [99][100]
2016 | Rai 4 (semi-finals)
Rai 1 (final) | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello (semi-finals)
Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo (final) | Claudia Andreatti | [101][102][103][104]
2017 | Andrea Delogu [it] and Diego Passoni [it] (semi-finals)
Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo (final) | No radio broadcast  | Giulia Valentina Palermo  | [105][106][107]
2018 | Carolina Di Domenico and Saverio Raimondo (semi-finals)
Serena Rossi and Federico Russo (Final) | Rai Radio 2 (final) | Carolina Di Domenico and Ema Stokholma [it] | [108][109][110]
2019 | Ema Stokholma [it] (semi-finals)
Flavio Insinna (final)
Federico Russo (all shows) | Federico Russo (Semi-finals)
Gino Castaldo [it] (Final)
Ema Stokholma (All shows) | Ema Stokholma  | [111][112][113][114][115]
~~2020~~ | ~~Rai 4 (semi-finals)
Rai 1 (final)~~ | Not announced before cancellation  | ~~Rai Radio 2 (final)~~ | Not announced before cancellation  | [116][117]
2021 | Rai 4 (Semi-finals)
Rai 1 (Final) | Ema Stokholma and Saverio Raimondo (semi-finals)
Gabriele Corsi and Cristiano Malgioglio (final) | Rai Radio 2 (final) | Saverio Raimondo (Semi-finals)
Gino Castaldo (Final)
Ema Stokholma (All shows) | Carolina Di Domenico  | [118][119][120][121]
2022 | Rai 1, Rai 4K [it], Rai Italia | Gabriele Corsi, Cristiano Malgioglio and Carolina Di Domenico  | Rai Radio 2  | Ema Stokholma, Gino Castaldo and Saverio Raimondo  | [122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129]
RaiPlay | The Jackal [it]
2023 | Rai 2 (semi-finals)
Rai 1 (final) | Gabriele Corsi and Mara Maionchi | Mariolina Simone [it], Diletta Parlangeli and Saverio Raimondo  | Kaze  | [130][131][132][133][134][135]
2024 | Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso  | Mario Acampa [it] | [136][137]
2025 | Gabriele Corsi and BigMama | Topo Gigio | [138][139][140][141][142]

#### Other shows

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Show  | Commentator(s)  | Channel(s)  | Ref.

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Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light | Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo | Rai 1 |

[143]

Gino Castaldo [it] and Ema Stokholma [it] | Rai 4
Rai Radio 2

## Photo gallery

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* Domenico Modugno in Hilversum (1958)

* Bobby Solo in Naples (1965)

* Gianni Morandi in Amsterdam (1970)

* Al Bano and Romina Power in The Hague (1976)

* Raphael Gualazzi in Düsseldorf (2011)

* Marco Mengoni in Malmö (2013)

* Emma in Copenhagen (2014)

* Il Volo in Vienna (2015)

* Francesca Michielin in Stockholm (2016)

* Francesco Gabbani in Kyiv (2017)

* Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro in Lisbon (2018)

* Mahmood in Tel Aviv (2019)

* Måneskin in Rotterdam (2021)

* Marco Mengoni in Liverpool (2023)

* Angelina Mango in Malmö (2024)

* Lucio Corsi in Basel (2025)

## See also

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* Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

## Notes and references

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### Notes

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1. ^ a b The 1956 contest had secret voting and, apart from the winner, no results were released.
2. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. ^ Ferrio also conducted the Austrian and Irish entries
4. ^ Giacomazzi was originally brought in to conduct the Italian entry, but the Luxembourgish orchestra didn't perform it to singer Domenico Modugno's satisfaction. The Italian performance was then accompanied by a small ensemble of musicians, with Giacomazzi playing the piano. Therefore, the Italian entry didn't technically feature the orchestra, but Giacomazzi was still credited as the entry's conductor.
5. ^ a b The Italian entry was performed without orchestral accompaniment.

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## External links

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* 'Rock and roll never dies': Italy wins Eurovision after 30 years at Wikinews

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* National selections: Sanremo Music Festival
* Canzonissima

Participation|

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Artists|

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* Alice
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* Franco Battiato
* Blanco
* Gigliola Cinquetti
* Lucio Corsi
* Betty Curtis
* Toto Cutugno
* Nicola Di Bari
* Peppino di Capri
* ~~Diodato~~
* Emma
* Sergio Endrigo
* Riccardo Fogli
* Francesco Gabbani
* Nunzio Gallo
* Dori Ghezzi
* Raphael Gualazzi
* Jalisse
* Fausto Leali
* Mahmood
* Måneskin
* Angelina Mango
* Mia Martini
* Matia Bazar
* Marco Mengoni
* Ermal Meta
* Francesca Michielin
* Domenico Modugno
* Gianni Morandi
* Fabrizio Moro
* Anna Oxa
* Emilio Pericoli
* Raf
* Franca Raimondi
* Massimo Ranieri
* Renato Rascel
* Ricchi e Poveri
* Enrico Ruggeri
* Bobby Solo
* Alan Sorrenti
* Tonina Torrielli
* Umberto Tozzi
* Claudio Villa
* Il Volo
* Wess
* Iva Zanicchi
* Nina Zilli

Songs|

* "Addio, addio"
* "Al di là"
* "Amami se vuoi"
* "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"
* "L'amore è un attimo"
* "Aprite le finestre"
* "Avrei voluto"
* "Brividi"
* "Chi sarà con te"
* "Comme è ddoce 'o mare"
* "Corde della mia chitarra"
* "Dio, come ti amo"
* "Due grosse lacrime bianche"
* "Due vite"
* "Era"
* "L'essenziale"
* ~~"Fai rumore"~~
* "Fiumi di parole"
* "Gente di mare"
* "I giorni dell'arcobaleno"
* "Grande amore"
* "Insieme: 1992"
* "Libera"
* "Madness of Love"
* "Magic Oh Magic"
* "Marianne"
* "La mia città"
* "La noia"
* "Nel blu, dipinto di blu"
* "No Degree of Separation"
* "Non andare più lontano"
* "Non ho l'età"
* "Non mi avete fatto niente"
* "Non so che darei"
* "Occhi di ragazza"
* "Occidentali's Karma"
* "Per Lucia"
* "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)"
* "Questo amore"
* "Raggio di luna"
* "Rapsodia"
* "Romantica"
* "Se piangi, se ridi"
* "Sì"
* "Soldi"
* "Sole d'Europa"
* "I treni di Tozeur"
* "Uno per tutte"
* "Vivo (Ti scrivo)"
* "Volevo essere un duro"
* "We'll Live It All Again"
* "Zitti e buoni"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Italy did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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* History
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* ~~2020~~
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Countries|

| Active|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
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* Slovenia
* Spain
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* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

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* Andorra
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Hungary
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Morocco
* North Macedonia
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Turkey

Ineligible|

* Belarus
* Russia

Former|

* Serbia and Montenegro
* Yugoslavia

Debut attempts|

* Lebanon
* Tunisia

Relations|

* Armenia–Azerbaijan
* Russia–Ukraine

National
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* Albania
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* Estonia
* Finland
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* Israel
* Italy
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* Norway
* Portugal
* Serbia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Ukraine

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Former|

* Australia
* Georgia
* Geostar
* The Voice Georgia
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Israel
* Israel Song Festival
* The X Factor Israel
* Malta
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Poland
* Krajowe Eliminacje
* Szansa na Sukces
* Russia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

Related topics|

| Awards|

* Marcel Bezençon Awards
* Barbara Dex Award (1997–2021)
* You're a Vision Award (2022–)

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Organisations|

* European Broadcasting Union
* OGAE

Special shows|

| EBU|

* Eurovision Song Contest Previews
* Songs of Europe (1981)
* Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (1993)
* Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest (2005)
* Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits (2015)
* EurovisionAgain (2020–2021)
* Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light (2020)

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National|

* Die Grand Prix Hitliste (2006)
* Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (2019, 2022–)
* Der kleine Song Contest (2020)
* ESC 2020 – das deutsche Finale (2020)
* Eurovision: Come Together (2020)
* Sveriges 12:a (2020)

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