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 |
| Related articles | |
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| 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 participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times since its debut in 1956. RAI is the Italian broadcaster. Italy had missed only nineteen contests: 1981, 1982, 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Italy would return to the contest in 2011 after thirteen years.
The Sanremo Music Festival is the inspiration of the Eurovision Song Contest.
Italy's three victories was achieved with the following songs:
- Gigliola Cinquetti — Non ho l'età (1964)
- Toto Cutugno — Insieme: 1992 (1990)
- Måneskin — Zitti e buoni (2021)
Participation overview
| 1 | First place |
| 2 | Second place |
| 3 | Third place |
| ◁ | Last place |
| X | Entry selected but did not compete |
| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
Hostings
Italy has hosted the contest three times, one time in Naples (1965),[1] one time in Rome (1991)[2] and one time in Turin (2022).[3]
| Year | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Naples | Auditorium RAI |
| 1991 | Rome | Teatro 15 di Cinecittà |
| 2022 | Turin | PalaOlimpico |
Related pages
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The 1956 contest had secret voting and, apart from the winner, no results were released.
- ↑ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest Naples 1965". Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest Rome 1991". Retrieved 2025-07-27.
- ↑ "Turin, Italy, to host the 66th Eurovision Song Contest in May 2022 🇮🇹". Eurovision.tv. 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2025-07-27.