Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 Template:Escyr, which took inspiration from the Sanremo Music Festival.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Italian participating broadcaster in the contest is {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (RAI). It competed at the contest without interruption until Template:Escyr, discontinuing its participation on a number of occasions during the 1980s and 1990s. After a 13-year absence starting in Template:Escyr, the country returned to the contest in Template:Escyr. Italy has won the contest three times, along with an additional 16 top-five finishes. Italy hosted the contest in Naples (Template:Escyr), Rome (Template:Escyr), and Turin (Template:Escyr).

In Template:Escyr, "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" performed by Domenico Modugno finished third. Commonly known as "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", the song became a huge international hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 and winning two Grammy Awards at its first edition. "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Emilio Pericoli also finished third in Template:Escyr, before Italy won for the first time in Template:Escyr with "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Cinquetti returned to the contest in Template:Escyr and finished second with "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}", losing to "Waterloo" by ABBA. Italy then finished third in 1975 with "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Wess and Dori Ghezzi. The country's best result of the 1980s was "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Umberto Tozzi and Raf finishing third in Template:Escyr. Italy's second victory in the contest came in Template:Escyr with "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Toto Cutugno. Other good 1990s results were "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Mia Martini in Template:Escyr and "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Jalisse in Template:Escyr, 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.<ref name="Italy return">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 (Template:Escyr) and "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Mahmood (Template:Escyr), and third place for "{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}" by Il Volo (Template:Escyr). "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 Template:Escyr, with "Zitti e buoni" by the rock band Måneskin.

History

{{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (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 Template:Escyr in 1956.

Absences

Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times. The first withdrawal was in Template:Escyr, when RAI stated that interest had diminished in the country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This absence continued through Template:Escyr, before Italy returned in Template:Escyr. Italy again withdrew in Template:Escyr when RAI decided not to enter the contest.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From Template:Escyr to Template:Escyr, Italy withdrew again, with RAI citing a lack of interest in participating. Italy returned in Template:Escyr, before withdrawing again without explanation, and the country did not participate again until Template:Escyr.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

RAI refused to broadcast the Template:Escyr 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).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.Template:Citation needed The contest was broadcast in June.

The 2008–2010 period

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Contestants from the Template:Escyr, 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."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Shortly after revealing the list of participants for the Template:Escyr, the EBU announced that they would work harder to bring Italy back into the contest, along with former participants Monaco and Austria.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Return (2011–present)

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their participation was further confirmed on 31 December with the announcement of the official participant list.<ref name="Italy return" />

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

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} 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.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Italy and the "Big Five"

Since 1999, four countries – Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, Template:Esccnty, and the Template:Esccnty – have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests.<ref name="50yrs">Template:Cite book</ref> 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".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> On 31 December 2010, it was announced that Italy would take part in the Template:Escyr and confirmed that the country would automatically qualify for the final as part of the "Big Five".<ref name="Italy return" />

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 (Template:Escyr), second places for Raphael Gualazzi (Template:Escyr) and Mahmood (Template:Escyr), and third place for Il Volo (Template:Escyr). It is one of the only two countries of the Big Five – since it was introduced – to have won, the other being Germany in Template:Escyr.

Participation overview

Table key

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
Template:Escyr	Franca Raimondi	lang}}"	Italian	rowspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn	rowspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn	colspan="2" rowspan="35" Template:N/A
	Tonina Torrielli	lang}}"	Italian
Template:Escyr	Nunzio Gallo	lang}}"	Italian	6	7
Template:Escyr	Domenico Modugno	lang}}"	Italian	3	13
Template:Escyr	Domenico Modugno	lang}}"	Italian	6	9
Template:Escyr	Renato Rascel	lang}}"	Italian	8	5
Template:Escyr	Betty Curtis	lang}}"	Italian	5	12
Template:Escyr	Claudio Villa	lang}}"	Italian	9	3
Template:Escyr	Emilio Pericoli	lang}}"	Italian	3	37
Template:Escyr	Gigliola Cinquetti	lang}}"	Italian	1	49
Template:Escyr	Bobby Solo	lang}}"	Italian	5	15
Template:Escyr	Domenico Modugno	lang}}"	Italian	17 ◁	0
Template:Escyr	Claudio Villa	lang}}"	Italian	11	4
Template:Escyr	Sergio Endrigo	lang}}"	Italian	10	7
Template:Escyr	Iva Zanicchi	lang}}"	Italian	13	5
Template:Escyr	Gianni Morandi	lang}}"	Italian	8	5
Template:Escyr	Massimo Ranieri	lang}}"	Italian	5	91
Template:Escyr	Nicola Di Bari	lang}}"	Italian	6	92
Template:Escyr	Massimo Ranieri	lang}}"	Italian	13	74
Template:Escyr	Gigliola Cinquetti	lang}}"	Italian	2	18
Template:Escyr	Wess and Dori Ghezzi	lang}}"	Italian	3	115
Template:Escyr	Romina and Al Bano	"We'll Live It All Again"	English, Italian	7	69
Template:Escyr	Mia Martini	lang}}"	Italian	13	33
Template:Escyr	lang}}	lang}}"	Italian	12	53
Template:Escyr	Matia Bazar	lang}}"	Italian	15	27
Template:Escyr	Alan Sorrenti	lang}}"	Italian	6	87
Template:Escyr	Riccardo Fogli	lang}}"	Italian	11	41
Template:Escyr	Alice and Franco Battiato	lang}}"	Italian	5	70
Template:Escyr	Al Bano and Romina Power	"Magic Oh Magic"	Italian, English	7	78
Template:Escyr	Umberto Tozzi and Raf	lang}}"	Italian	3	103
Template:Escyr	Luca Barbarossa	lang}}"	Italian	12	52
Template:Escyr	Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali	lang}}"	Italian	9	56
Template:Escyr	Toto Cutugno	lang}}"	Italian	1	149
Template:Escyr	Peppino di Capri	lang}}"	Neapolitan	7	89
Template:Escyr	Mia Martini	lang}}"	Italian	4	111
Template:Escyr	Enrico Ruggeri	lang}}"	Italian	12	45	colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	Jalisse	lang}}"	Italian	4	114	colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	Raphael Gualazzi	"Madness of Love"	Italian, English	2	189	colspan="2" rowspan="15" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	Nina Zilli	"L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"	English, Italian	9	101
Template:Escyr	Marco Mengoni	lang}}"	Italian	7	126
Template:Escyr	Emma	lang}}"	Italian	21	33
Template:Escyr	Il Volo	lang}}"	Italian	3	292
Template:Escyr	Francesca Michielin	"No Degree of Separation"	Italian, English	16	124
Template:Escyr	Francesco Gabbani	lang}}"	Italian	6	334
Template:Escyr	Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro	lang}}"	Italian	5	308
Template:Escyr	Mahmood	lang}}"	Italian	2	472
Template:Escyr	Diodato	lang}}"	Italian	colspan="2" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr	Måneskin	lang}}"	Italian	1	524
Template:Escyr	Mahmood and Blanco	lang}}"	Italian	6	268
Template:Escyr	Marco Mengoni	lang}}"	Italian	4	350
Template:Escyr	Angelina Mango	lang}}"	Italian	7	268
Template:Escyr	Lucio Corsi	lang}}"	Italian	5	256

Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest

Artist	Song	Language	At Congratulations				At Eurovision
			Final	Points	Semi	Points	Year	Place	Points
Domenico Modugno	lang}}"	Italian	2	267	2	200	Template:Escyr	3	13

Hostings

Year	Location	Venue	Presenters
Template:Escyr	Naples	Auditorium RAI	Renata Mauro
Template:Escyr	Rome	Teatro 15 di Cinecittà	Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno
Template:Escyr	Turin	PalaOlimpico	Alessandro Cattelan, Laura Pausini and Mika

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

Year	Category	Song	Performer	Final	Points	Host city	Template:Abbr
Template:Escyr	Press Award	"Grande amore"	Il Volo	3	292	Template:Flagicon Vienna	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Escyr	Press Award	"Occidentali's Karma"	Francesco Gabbani	6	334	Template:Flagicon Kyiv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Escyr	Composer Award	"Soldi"	Mahmood	2	465	Template:Flagicon Tel Aviv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Escyr	Composer Award	"Due vite"	Marco Mengoni	4	350	Template:Flagicon Liverpool	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Winner by OGAE members

Year	Song	Performer	Final result	Points	Host city	Template:Abbr
Template:Escyr	"Grande amore"	Il Volo	3	292	Template:Flagicon Vienna	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Escyr	"Occidentali's Karma"	Francesco Gabbani	6	334	Template:Flagicon Kyiv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
Template:Escyr	"Soldi"	Mahmood	2	465	Template:Flagicon Tel Aviv	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Related involvement

Conductors

Year	Eurovision Conductor	Musical Director	Notes	Template:Abbr
Template:Escyr	Gian Stellari	rowspan="9" Template:N/A		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Escyr	Armando Trovajoli
Template:Escyr	Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Alberto Semprini
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill
Template:Escyr	Cinico Angelini
Template:Escyr	Gianfranco Intra
Template:Escyr	Cinico Angelini
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill
Template:Escyr	Gianni Ferrio		Template:Efn
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill	rowspan="22" Template:N/A	Template:Efn
Template:Escyr	Giancarlo Chiaramello
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr	Ezio Leoni
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill
Template:Escyr	Gian Franco Reverberi
Template:Escyr	Enrico Polito
Template:Escyr	Gianfranco Monaldi
Template:Escyr	Natale Massara
Template:Escyr	Maurizio Fabrizio
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr	Nicola Samale
Template:Escyr	Template:N/A	Template:Efn
Template:Escyr	Template:Flagicon Del Newman		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Escyr	Maurizio Fabrizio
Template:Escyr	Giusto Pio
Template:Escyr	Fiorenzo Zanotti
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill
Template:Escyr	Template:N/A	Template:Efn
Template:Escyr	Mario Natale
Template:Escyr	Gianni Madonini
Template:Escyr	Bruno Canfora
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill	rowspan="15" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	Vittorio Cosma
Template:Escyr	Lucio Fabbri

Heads of delegation

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Year	Head of delegation	Template:Abbr
2011–2019	Nicola Caligiore	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2020–2021	Simona Martorelli	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2022–present	Mariangela Borneo	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Commentators and spokespersons

Television and radio commentators and spokespersons

Year	Television		Radio		Spokesperson	Template:Abbr
	Channel	Commentator(s)	Channel	Commentator(s)
Template:Escyr	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Franco Marazzi	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	rowspan="2" Template:N/A	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr		Template:N/A		rowspan="14" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr		Bianca Maria Piccinino		Bianca Maria Piccinino	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr		Template:Ill		Renato Tagliani	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr		Giorgio Porro		Giorgio Porro	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr		Corrado Mantoni		Corrado Mantoni	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Escyr	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Renato Tagliani	rowspan="3" colspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			lang}}	Renato Tagliani	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}		rowspan="5" colspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}		{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Renato Tagliani	rowspan="3" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr					<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			colspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Rosanna Vaudetti	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Rosanna Vaudetti	rowspan="5" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Silvio Noto		Silvio Noto	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}		rowspan="2" colspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr			<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Tullio Grazzini	Rai Radio 2	Tullio Grazzini	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Rosanna Vaudetti	rowspan="2" colspan="2" Template:N/A	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Michele Gammino	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr	colspan="4" Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Template:Ill	colspan="2" Template:N/A	rowspan="3" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Antonio De Robertis	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	Antonio De Robertis	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr		Rosanna Vaudetti		Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	Template:Ill	Template:N/A	rowspan="8" colspan="2" Template:N/A	Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Rosanna Vaudetti	rowspan="4" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Daniele Piombi	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Gabriella Carlucci	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Template:N/A	Rosanna Vaudetti	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Peppi Franzelin	rowspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Template:Ill	<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr	colspan="4" Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	lang}}	Ettore Andenna	colspan="2" Template:N/A	Peppi Franzelin	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref>
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr	colspan="4" Template:N/A	rowspan="3" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	GAY.tv	Fabio Canino and Paolo Quilici	colspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr	colspan="4" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr	Rai 5 (SF2) Rai 2 (final)	Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar	Rai Radio 2 (SF2)	Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar	Raffaella Carrà	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 5 (SF1) Rai 2 (final)	Template:Ill (SF1) Template:Ill and Template:Ill (final)	rowspan="3" colspan="2" Template:N/A	Template:Ill	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr		Federica Gentile (SF1) Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni and Template:Ill	Federica Gentile	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 4 (semi-finals) Rai 2 (Final)	Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello (semi-finals) Linus and Nicola Savino (Final)	Linus	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 4 (semi-finals) Rai 2, Rai HD (final)	Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello (semi-finals) Federico Russo and Template:Ill (final)	Rai Radio 2	Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello	Federico Russo	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 4 (semi-finals) Rai 1 (final)	Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello (semi-finals) Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo (final)			Claudia Andreatti	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr		Template:Ill and Template:Ill (semi-finals) Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo (final)	colspan="2" Template:N/A	Giulia Valentina Palermo	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr		Carolina Di Domenico and Template:Ill (semi-finals) Serena Rossi and Federico Russo (Final)	Rai Radio 2 (final)		Carolina Di Domenico and Template:Ill	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr		Template:Ill (semi-finals) Flavio Insinna (final) Federico Russo (all shows)		Federico Russo (Semi-finals) Template:Ill (Final) Ema Stokholma (All shows)	Ema Stokholma	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 4 (semi-finals) Rai 1 (final)	Template:N/A	Rai Radio 2 (final)	colspan="2" Template:N/A	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 4 (Semi-finals) Rai 1 (Final)	Ema Stokholma and Template:Ill (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	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Escyr	Rai 1, Template:Ill, Rai Italia	Gabriele Corsi, Cristiano Malgioglio and Carolina Di Domenico	Rai Radio 2	Ema Stokholma, Gino Castaldo and Saverio Raimondo		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Template:Escyr	Rai 2 (semi-finals) Rai 1 (final)	Gabriele Corsi and Mara Maionchi		Template:Ill, Diletta Parlangeli and Saverio Raimondo	Kaze	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr				Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso	Template:Ill	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Escyr		Gabriele Corsi and BigMama			Topo Gigio	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Other shows

Show	Commentator(s)	Channel(s)	Template:Abbr
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light	Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo	Rai 1	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
	Template:Ill and Template:Ill	Rai 4 Rai Radio 2

Photo gallery

• Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - Domenico Modugno.png

  Domenico Modugno in Hilversum (Template:Escyr)

• Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Bobby Solo.jpg

  Bobby Solo in Naples (Template:Escyr)

• Gianni Morandi (Italie), Bestanddeelnr 923-3708.jpg

  Gianni Morandi in Amsterdam (Template:Escyr)

• Eurovision Song Contest 1976 rehearsals - Italy - Al Bano & Romina Power 4.png

  Al Bano and Romina Power in The Hague (Template:Escyr)

• Raphael Gualazzi cropped.jpg

  Raphael Gualazzi in Düsseldorf (Template:Escyr)

• ESC2013 - Italy 07.jpg

  Marco Mengoni in Malmö (Template:Escyr)

• Emma Marrone, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 12 (crop).jpg

  Emma in Copenhagen (Template:Escyr)

• 20150520 ESC 2015 Il Volo 8866.jpg

  Il Volo in Vienna (Template:Escyr)

• ESC2016 - Italy 13.jpg

  Francesca Michielin in Stockholm (Template:Escyr)

• Francesco Gabbani Eurovision 2017.jpg

  Francesco Gabbani in Kyiv (Template:Escyr)

• Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro (Italy 2018).jpg

  Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro in Lisbon (Template:Escyr)

• Mahmood at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final Dress Rehearsal (3).jpg

  Mahmood in Tel Aviv (Template:Escyr)

• ESC 2021 Rotterdam 1st Semi Jury Show Italy2.jpg

  Måneskin in Rotterdam (Template:Escyr)

• Eurovision 2023 - Jury Semi-final 1 - Italy - Marco Mengoni (03).jpg

  Marco Mengoni in Liverpool (Template:Escyr)

• Angelina Mango Eurovision Song Contest 2024 dress rehearsal semi 2 03.jpg

  Angelina Mango in Malmö (Template:Escyr)

• Lucio Corsi at ESC2025 for Italy 7.jpg

  Lucio Corsi in Basel (Template:Escyr)

See also

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

External links

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