Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Country|  Italy
National selection
Selection process| Sanremo Music Festival 2020
Selection date(s)| 8 February 2020
Selected entrant| Diodato
Selected song| "Fai rumore"
Selected songwriter(s)|

* Antonio Diodato
* Edwyn Roberts

Finals performance
Final result| Contest cancelled
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Italy originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The winner of the "Campioni" section of the 70th Sanremo Festival, Diodato with "Fai rumore", would have represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Background[edit]

Main article: Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2020 Contest, Italy had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-five times since its first entry during the inaugural contest in 1956.[1] Since then, Italy has won the contest on two occasions: in 1964 with the song "Non ho l'età" performed by Gigliola Cinquetti and in 1990 with the song "Insieme: 1992" performed by Toto Cutugno. Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times with their most recent absence spanning from 1998 until 2010. Their return in 2011 with the song "Madness of Love", performed by Raphael Gualazzi, placed second—their highest result, to this point, since their victory in 1990. In the 2019 edition, Mahmood represented Italy with the song "Soldi", placing second with 472 points.

Between 2011 and 2013, the broadcaster used the Sanremo Music Festival as an artist selection pool where a special committee would select one of the competing artist, independent of the results in the competition, as the Eurovision entrant. The selected entrant was then responsible for selecting the song they would compete with. For 2014, RAI forwent using the Sanremo Music Festival artist lineup and internally selected their entry. Since 2015, the winning artist of the Sanremo Music Festival is rewarded with the opportunity to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, although in 2016 the winner declined and the broadcaster appointed the runner-up as the Italian entrant.

## Before Eurovision[edit]

### Sanremo Music Festival 2020[edit]

Main article: Sanremo Music Festival 2020

Italian broadcaster RAI confirmed that the performer that would represent Italy at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected from the competing artists at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020. According to the rules of Sanremo 2020, the winner of the festival earns the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, but in case the artist is not available or refuses the offer, the organisers of the event reserve the right to choose another participant via their own criteria. The competition took place between 4 and 8 February 2020 with the winner being selected on the last day of the festival.

Twenty four artists competed in Sanremo 2020. Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants Raphael Gualazzi and Francesco Gabbani, who represented Italy in 2011 and 2017 respectively. Additionally, Elodie's song was co-written by Mahmood, who represented Italy in 2019.

On 7 February, Bugo and Morgan were disqualified for failing to deliver their performance during the fourth evening.

Artist  | Song  | Songwriter(s)

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Achille Lauro | "Me ne frego"  | Achille Lauro, Davide Petrella, Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Matteo Ciceroni, Edoardo Manozzi
Alberto Urso | "Il sole ad est"  | Gerardo Pulli, Piero Romitelli
Anastasio | "Rosso di rabbia"  | Marco Anastasio, Stefano Tartaglini, Marco Azara, Luciano Serventi
Bugo and Morgan | "Sincero"  | Andrea Bonomo, Cristian Bugatti, Gianmario Bertolotti, Marco Castoldi
Diodato | "Fai rumore"  | Antonio Diodato, Edwyn Roberts
Elettra Lamborghini | "Musica (e il resto scompare)"  | Davide Petrella, Michele Canova
Elodie | "Andromeda"  | Dario Faini, Alessandro Mahmoud
Enrico Nigiotti | "Baciami adesso"  | Enrico Nigiotti
Francesco Gabbani | "Viceversa"  | Francesco Gabbani, Luigi De Crescenzo
Giordana Angi | "Come mia madre"  | Giordana Angi, Manuel Finotti
Irene Grandi | "Finalmente io"  | Andrea Righi, Gaetano Curreri, Roberto Casili, Vasco Rossi
Junior Cally | "No grazie"  | Antonio Signore, Jacopo Ettorre, Eugenio Maimone, Leonardo Grillotti, Federico Mercuri, Giordano Cremona
Le Vibrazioni | "Dov'è"  | Davide Simonetta, Francesco Sarcina, Roberto Casalino
Levante | "Tikibombom"  | Claudia Lagona
Marco Masini | "Il confronto"  | Daniele Coro, Federica Camba, Marco Masini
Michele Zarrillo | "Nell'estasi o nel fango"  | Valentina Parisse, Michele Zarrillo
Paolo Jannacci | "Voglio parlarti adesso"  | Andrea Bonomo, Emiliano Bassi, Maurizio Bassi, Paolo Jannacci
Piero Pelù | "Gigante"  | Luca Chiaravalli, Pietro Pelù
Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Ringo Starr"  | Riccardo Zanotti
Rancore | "Eden"  | Dario Faini, Tarek Iurcich
Raphael Gualazzi | "Carioca"  | Davide Pavanello, Davide Petrella, Raffaele Gualazzi
Riki | "Lo sappiamo entrambi"  | Riccardo Marcuzzo, Riccardo Scirè
Rita Pavone | "Niente (Resilienza 74)"  | George Merk
Tosca | "Ho amato tutto"  | Pietro Cantarelli

#### Final[edit]

The 23 Big Artists each performed their entry again for a final time on 8 February 2020. A combination of public televoting (34%), press jury voting (33%) and expert jury voting (33%) selected the top three to face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2020 was decided. Diodato was declared the winner of the contest with the song "Fai rumore".

Final – 8 February 2020  Draw[2] | Artist  | Song  | Percentage  | Place

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1  | Michele Zarrillo | "Nell'estasi o nel fango"  | 1.83%  | 18
2  | Elodie | "Andromeda"  | 6.09%  | 7
3  | Enrico Nigiotti | "Baciami adesso"  | 2.63%  | 19
4  | Irene Grandi | "Finalmente io"  | 3.71%  | 9
5  | Alberto Urso | "Il sole ad est"  | 5.34%  | 14
6  | Diodato | "Fai rumore"  | 13.40%  | 1
7  | Marco Masini | "Il confronto"  | 2.78%  | 15
8  | Piero Pelù | "Gigante"  | 6.66%  | 5
9  | Levante | "Tikibombom"  | 3.11%  | 12
10  | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Ringo Starr"  | 8.43%  | 3
11  | Achille Lauro | "Me ne frego"  | 6.25%  | 8
12  | Junior Cally | "No grazie"  | 1.53%  | 22
13  | Raphael Gualazzi | "Carioca"  | 3.18%  | 11
14  | Tosca | "Ho amato tutto"  | 4.64%  | 6
15  | Francesco Gabbani | "Viceversa"  | 11.64%  | 2
16  | Rita Pavone | "Niente (Resilienza 74)"  | 1.94%  | 17
17  | Le Vibrazioni | "Dov'è"  | 6.32%  | 4
18  | Anastasio | "Rosso di rabbia"  | 2.50%  | 13
19  | Riki | "Lo sappiamo entrambi"  | 1.26%  | 23
20  | Giordana Angi | "Come mia madre"  | 1.26%  | 20
21  | Paolo Jannacci | "Voglio parlarti adesso"  | 1.60%  | 16
22  | Elettra Lamborghini | "Musica (e il resto scompare)"  | 2.02%  | 21
23  | Rancore | "Eden"  | 2.94%  | 10
Superfinal – 8 February 2020  Draw  | Artist  | Song  | Expert Jury
(33%) | Press Jury
(33%) | Televote
(34%) | Total  | Place

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1  | Diodato | "Fai rumore"  | 36.33%  | 57.97%  | 23.93%  | 39.32%  | 1
2  | Francesco Gabbani | "Viceversa"  | 38.67%  | 24.16%  | 38.85%  | 33.94%  | 2
3  | Pinguini Tattici Nucleari | "Ringo Starr"  | 25.00%  | 17.87%  | 37.21%  | 26.80%  | 3

## At Eurovision[edit]

The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was to take place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands and consists of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2020.[3] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big 5", Italy automatically qualifies to compete in the final. In addition to their participation in the final, Italy is also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Italy Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
2. ^ Rossino, Federico (9 February 2019). "Sanremo 2019: la scaletta della quinta serata. Apre Silvestri, ultimo Motta". Retrieved 9 February 2019.
3. ^ "Rotterdam to host Eurovision 2020!". eurovision.tv. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-23.

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Artists|

* Al Bano and Romina Power
* Alice
* Luca Barbarossa
* Franco Battiato
* Blanco
* Gigliola Cinquetti
* 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)"
* "We'll Live It All Again"
* "Zitti e buoni"

* Note: Entries scored out signify where Italy did not compete

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Countries|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Australia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Malta
* Moldova
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Aksel
* Eden Alene
* Alicja
* Arilena Ara
* Ben and Tan
* Vincent Bueno
* Blas Cantó
* Benny Cristo
* Daði og Gagnamagnið
* Destiny
* Diodato
* Ben Dolic
* Efendi
* Elisa
* Gjon's Tears
* Go_A
* Natalia Gordienko
* Hooverphonic
* Hurricane
* Damir Kedžo
* Tornike Kipiani
* Tom Leeb
* Little Big
* Jeangu Macrooy
* The Mamas
* Athena Manoukian
* Montaigne
* James Newman
* The Roop
* Roxen
* Lesley Roy
* Sandro
* Senhit
* Ana Soklič
* Stefania
* Uku Suviste
* Samanta Tīna
* Ulrikke
* VAL
* Vasil
* Victoria

Songs|

* "Alcohol You"
* "Alive"
* "All of My Love"
* "Attention"
* "Chains on You"
* "Cleopatra"
* "Da vidna"
* "Divlji vjetre"
* "Don't Break Me"
* "Empires"
* "Fai rumore"
* "Fall from the Sky"
* "Feker Libi"
* "Freaky!"
* "Grow"
* "Hasta la vista"
* "Kemama"
* "Looking Back"
* "Medo de sentir"
* "Mon alliée (The Best in Me)"
* "Move"
* "My Last Breath"
* "On Fire"
* "Prison"
* "Release Me"
* "Répondez-moi"
* "Running"
* "Solovey"
* "Still Breathing"
* "Story of My Life"
* "Supergirl"
* "Take Me as I Am"
* "Tears Getting Sober"
* "Think About Things"
* "Universo"
* "Uno"
* "Violent Thing"
* "Voda"
* "What Love Is"
* "Yes"
* "You"

Replacement
shows and events|

* Der kleine Song Contest
* Eurovision 2020 – das deutsche Finale
* Eurovision: Come Together
* Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
* EurovisionAgain
* Sveriges 12:a

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