Following the success of "È tutto un attimo", Oxa began pursuing television presenting and was a co-presenter of "Fantastico" in 1988 and 1989. Oxa entered the Sanremo Music Festival 1989 as a duet with Italian singer Fausto Leali, performing the song "Ti lascerò". "Ti lascerò" went on to win the competition, becoming the first winning song for both Oxa and Leali, and became Oxa's third number-one single in Italy. Following their win, the duo was selected to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne. They opted to record a new song for the competition, and competed with "Avrei voluto"; the song placed ninth in the final. "Avrei voluto" was released as a single from Oxa's album "Tutti i brividi del mondo" (1989), which became her second chart-topping album in Italy.