Dari tahun [[Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1994|1994]] hingga [[Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1996|1996]] Italia kembali tidak ikut bertanding dengan alasan tidak tertarik untuk ikut berkompetisi. Italia kembali hadir di tahun [[Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1997|1997]], sebelum akhirnya absen kembali untuk masa waktu yang cukup panjang tanpa memberikan alasan yang jelas. Italia mulai kembali dan rutin mengirimkan waklilnya semenjak [[Kontes Lagu Eurovision 2011]].
NoneTidak ofsatupun thelagu Eurovisionkemenanangan winningdi songs[[Kontes wereLagu particularlyEurovision]] successfulsukses inbertengger thedi Italiantangga chartslagu Italia. "Lagu [[Non ho l'eta|''Non ho l'eta'']]"byyang Giglioladinyanyikan Cinquettioleh (GrandPrixGigliola 1964)Cinquetti wassempat amenjadi hit indi Februarybulan Februari 1964 whenketika thelagu songtersebut wonmenang thedalam [[Sanremo festivalFestival]], but accordingnamun tomenurut thelaman officialresmi "Hit Parade Italia" website, "lagu ''[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]", "[[Ding-A-Dong]]", "[[Puppet on a String]]", "[[Save Your Kisses for Me]]" and even Italy's', owndan winningbahkan entrylagu ofkemenangan 1990,Italia sendiri "[[Insieme: 1992|''Insieme: 1992'']]", allkesemuanya failedtidak topernah enterberhail themenembus top10 tenteratas oftangga thelagu recordsdi sales chartsItalia. ANamun, notableada exceptionsatu tolagu thisdi rule[[Kontes was,Lagu however,Eurovision]] theyang 1984cukup entrysukses di Italia yaitu lagu yang berjudul "[[I treni di Tozeur|''I treni di Tozeur'']]"byyang dibawakan oleh [[Alice (Italian singer)|Alice]] anddan [[Franco Battiato]] whichdi shared[[Kontes 5thLagu positionEurovision in1984]] theberhasil finalmenduduki buturutan stillketiga becamedi atangga #3lagu hitItalia indan Italymasuk andurutan was also placed at #ke-20 onlagu thedengan chartpenjualan ofterbaik the best-selling singles in Italydi oftahun 1984.<ref>[http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_weeks/index.html Hit Parade Italia, chart entry "I Treni di Tozeur"]</ref>
However, in 2008 two noted 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>{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/10782/italy_maestro_tempera_calls_italy_back_to_eurovision|title=Italy: Maestro Tempera calls Italy back to Eurovision|publisher=ESCToday|last=Kasapoglou|first=Yiorgos|date=7 March 2008|accessdate=7 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news/history?id=1143|title=Cutugno: "Italy's absence unfortunate"|publisher=''[[European Broadcasting Union]]''|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|date=16 June 2008|accessdate=16 June 2008}}</ref>
