Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times since its debut in . RAI is the Italian broadcaster. Italy had missed only nineteen contests: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  and . Italy would return to the contest in  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 ()
Toto Cutugno — Insieme: 1992 ()
Måneskin — Zitti e buoni ()

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

 Hostings 
Italy has hosted the contest three times, one time in Naples (), one time in Rome () and one time in Turin ().
YearLocationVenueNaplesAuditorium RAIRomeTeatro 15 di CinecittàTurinPalaOlimpico

 Related pages 
 Sanremo Music Festival

 Notes 

 References 

Category:Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest