Zone Song Contest 7

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**Participation map**
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     Participating countries     Did not qualify from the semi final or the PSR     Countries that participated in the past but not this edition
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**Zone Song Contest 7**, often referred as **ZSC 7**, was the seventh edition of the Zone Song Contest. This edition was located in Italy as host country. RAI is the TV station chosen by the Italian delegation to televise and organize such important event of this dimensions for all Europe and the world after their victory in the sixth edition with the singer *Matteo Faustini* and the song *"Vorrei (La Rabbia Soffice)"* with 339 points. Just twelve points behind the second place occuped by the host country Denmark and the third place was for Bulgaria. This was the first edition to be celebrated on Italy, and the first time that the slogan of the edition was in a non-English language. Italy surprised by winning the festival since in its first three editions they was in last place and had not managed to surpass the eleventh position in their five participations.

**RAI** selected on October 4 the three hosts of the seventh edition: *Ambra Angiolini*, *Amedeo Sebastiani* and *Raffaela Carrà*, together they had to present the two Semi-Finals and the Grand Final, as well as the Alocation Draw and the *Red Carpet* of the Zone Song Contest 7. **43** countries confirmed their participation, without returns or withdrawals.

## Location

**Italy** is a country consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it. Italy is located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, in Southern Europe, and is also considered part of Western Europe. A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital and largest city, the country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi) and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in Tunisian waters (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, after Germany and France.

**Rome** is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, and a special comune named Comune di Roma Capitale. With 2,860,009 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), Rome is the country's most populated comune and the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome, with a population of 4,355,725 residents, is the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy.

### Bidding phase

Francesca Luigia, Head of Delegation of Italy and head of the RAI presented with a little delay the four cities that would be fighting to host the festival, given the great reception at several cities that wanted to organize the festival, it was very difficult to just choose four, but finally the chosen was Rome with the largest stadium in which the festival had been held, with a capacity of 70,000 people.

**Key**
  †  Host venue   ‡  Shortlisted venues

 Rome | Stadio Olimpico † | 70,634

## Results

### Semi-Final 1

Germany, Italy and United Kingdom will also vote in this semi-final.

### Semi-Final 2

France and Spain will also vote in this semi-final.

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