Italy in EuroMusic Song Contest

Italy is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. Italy was invited to participate in the first edition. The Italian broadcaster RAI is responsible for their participation.

History
Italy debuted in the first edition. They were selected as possible host country for the first edition, but Spain became the host country. In their first appearance they finnished at the seventh place. One year they were able to receive 112 points, and became second. Two points behind the first place, Cyprus. Later they finished again seventh. Unitil the fourth edition they were not able to ended in the top 10. This was the main reason for the RAI to withraw from the contest in the seventh edition. RAI announced to make their comeback in Gothenborg, Sweden, for the ninth edition. The broadcaster selected a song in both Italian and English. However, they finished at the end of the voting at the 13th place, their worst result so far.

In Amsterdam, Italy had to attempt in the semi final. They finished at the 11th place with 69 points. Six points less than Malta, who qualified. In the next edition, they finished again at the 11th place, so they failed to qualify. In Zurich, they were able for the first time since the introducing of the semi finals to qualify for the final. In the final they finished at the 16th place. They qualified again in the next edition. In Tel Aviv, they finished 17th in the final. In Berlin and Madrid, they finished last in the semi final.

RAI decided to withdraw from the competition because of the bad results. Also the popularity of the contest decreased a lot in the country. Italy returned in the twenty-first edition. They failed to qualify. In Glasgow, they again failed and even finished last. In Romania they where again not able to qualify for the final. When the EBU published the list of participating countries for the 24th edition it was clear that Italy would not take part. Later on, RAI said that Italy decided to withdaw from the contest because of the disappointing results. After a long absence, Italy returned in the 32nd edition in Gothenburg. They finished at the third place in the semi final. It was the first time in 19 editions that Italy was able to qualify. In the grand final the country finished at the fourth place. It was their first top-ten result since the third edition. Because of their good result, they qualified automaticcaly for the final where they finished at the 14th place.

After two editions of performing in the grand final, the nation failed to qualify in Dublin. In Lviv, Italy finished at the 8th place in the grand final.