Italia dalam Kontes Lagu Eurovision

Italia adalah satu dari tujuh negara yang mengikuti Kontes Lagu Eurovision dari pertama kontes ini digelar, yaitu pada tahun 1956. Italia telah ikut serta dalam Kontes Lagu Eurovision sebanyak 43 kali. Italia rutin mengirimkan perwakilannya di Kontes Lagu Eurovision sampai tahun 1997. Setelah absen selama empat belas tahun, Italia kembali berkompetisi di Kontes Lagu Eurovision 2011. Italia mencatatkan dua kali kemenangan sepanjang sejarah penyelenggaraan Kontes Lagu Eurovision.

Italia
Bendera
Stasiun anggotaRAI
Even seleksi nasionalSanremo Music Festival
Partisipasi
Total partisipasi43
Partisipasi pertama1956
Hasil terbaik1st: 1964, 1990
Hasil terburukLast: 1966
Nul points: 1966
Pranala luar

Pada tahun 1958, Domenico Modugno berhasil meraih posisi ketiga dengan menyanyilakan lagu Nel blu, dipinto di blu. Lagu ini juga dikenal dengan judul Volare dan menjadi lagu terkenal dan masuk jajaran tangga lagu internasional. Pada Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1963, Italia kembali meraih tempat ketiga melalui Emilio Pericoli dengan lagu Uno per tutte. Setahun setelah itu pada Kontes Lagu Eurovision 1964 Italia akhirnya berhasil meraih gelar juara untuk pertama kalinya lewat Gigliola Cinquetti dengan lagu Non ho l'età. Pada tahun 1974 Gigliola Cinquetti kembali bertanding dengan membawakan lagu berjudul Si dan berhasil menduduki tempat kedua setelah kalah oleh grup musik asal Swedia, ABBA dengan lagu Waterloo. Italia kembali meraih posisi ketiga di tahun 1975 oleh Wess dan Dori Ghezzi dengan lagu Era. Prestasi terbaik Italia pada dekade 1980-an terjadi saat Umberto Tozzi dan Raf berhasil menduduki tempat ketiga di tahun 1987. Kemenangan kedua Italia dicapai di tahun 1990 oleh Toto Cutugnoand thedengan lagu Insieme: 1992. Pada tahun 1992 dan 1997 Italia meraih kedudukan keempat oleh Mia Martini dan Jalisse. Italia tidak berpartisipasi dalam Kontes Lagu Eurovision dalam sejak tahun 1998 hingga kembali bertanding di tahun 2011.

Uni Penyiaran Eropa (EBU) mengumumkan

The EBU announced that they would work harder to bring Italy back to the contest in 2010, along with former participants Monaco and Austria, but again Italy did not participate in the contest. On 31 December 2010, it was officially announced by the EBU that Italy would be returning to the contest as part of the "Big Five", meaning that it automatically qualified for the final of the 2011 contest. Italy's return to the contest proved to be successful, with Raphael Gualazzi finishing second.

Italy has finished in the top ten in five of the last seven contests (2011–17). In 2015, Il Volo won the televoting receiving votes from all countries, but the juries placed them sixth, ending with a third place overall. Since the introduction of the 50/50 voting system in 2009, this was the first time that the winner of the viewers vote did not win the contest.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title Place Points Semi Points
1956 Franca Raimondi Italian "Aprite le finestre" 2 [1] N/A No semi-finals
Tonina Torrielli Italian "Amami se vuoi" 2 [1] N/A
1957 Nunzio Gallo Italian "Corde della mia chitarra" 6 7
1958 Domenico Modugno Italian "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" 3 13
1959 Domenico Modugno Italian "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" 6 9
1960 Renato Rascel Italian "Romantica" 8 5
1961 Betty Curtis Italian "Al di là" 5 12
1962 Claudio Villa Italian "Addio, addio" 9 3
1963 Emilio Pericoli Italian "Uno per tutte" 3 37
1964 Gigliola Cinquetti Italian "Non ho l'età" 1 49
1965 Bobby Solo Italian "Se piangi, se ridi" 5 15
1966 Domenico Modugno Italian "Dio, come ti amo" 17 0
1967 Claudio Villa Italian "Non andare più lontano" 11 4
1968 Sergio Endrigo Italian "Marianne" 10 7
1969 Iva Zanicchi Italian "Due grosse lacrime bianche" 13 5
1970 Gianni Morandi Italian "Occhi di ragazza" 8 5
1971 Massimo Ranieri Italian "L'amore è un attimo" 5 91
1972 Nicola di Bari Italian "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" 6 92
1973 Massimo Ranieri Italian "Chi sarà con te" 13 74
1974 Gigliola Cinquetti Italian "" 2 18
1975 Wess and Dori Ghezzi Italian "Era" 3 115
1976 Al Bano & Romina Power Italian, English "We'll Live It All Again" 7 69
1977 Mia Martini Italian "Libera" 13 33
1978 Ricchi e Poveri Italian "Questo amore" 12 53
1979 Matia Bazar Italian "Raggio di luna" 15 27
1980 Alan Sorrenti Italian "Non so che darei" 6 87
Did not participate between 1981 and 1982
1983 Riccardo Fogli Italian "Per Lucia" 11 41
1984 Alice & Battiato Italian "I treni di Tozeur" 5 70
1985 Al Bano & Romina Power Italian, English "Magic Oh Magic" 7 78
1986 Did not participate
1987 Umberto Tozzi and Raf Italian "Gente di mare" 3 103
1988 Luca Barbarossa Italian "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" 12 52
1989 Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali Italian "Avrei voluto" 9 56
1990 Toto Cutugno Italian "Insieme: 1992" 1 149
1991 Peppino di Capri Neapolitan "Comme è ddoce 'o mare" 7 89
1992 Mia Martini Italian "Rapsodia" 4 111
1993 Enrico Ruggeri Italian "Sole d'Europa" 12 45 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
Did not participate between 1994 and 1996 No semi-finals3
1997 Jalisse Italian "Fiumi di parole" 4 114
Did not participate between 1998 and 2010
2011 Raphael Gualazzi Italian, English "Madness of Love" 2 189 Member of the "Big 5"
2012 Nina Zilli English, Italian "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" 9 101
2013 Marco Mengoni Italian "L'essenziale" 7 126
2014 Emma Italian "La mia città" 21 33
2015 Il Volo Italian "Grande amore" 3 292
2016 Francesca Michielin Italian, English "No Degree of Separation" 16 124
2017 Francesco Gabbani Italian "Occidentali's Karma" 6 334
2018
NOTES:
1. ^ The full results for the first contest in 1956 are unknown, only the winner was announced. The official Eurovision site lists all the other songs as being placed second.
2. Italy has never competed in the semi-finals as it did not participate in 1996 (when all countries save for the previous year's winner had to go through a pre-selection jury) and has been a part of the "Big 5" since it rejoined the contest in 2011.
3. No semi-finals until 2004; Italy did not participate until 2011.

Referensi

  1. ^ a b Barclay, Simon (June 17, 2010). The Complete and Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Silverthorn Press. hlm. 24. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1.