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Italy has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 51 times since making its debut as one of only seven countries to compete at the first contest in , which took inspiration from the Sanremo Music Festival. The Italian participating broadcaster in the contest is (RAI). It competed at the contest without interruption until , discontinuing its participation on a number of occasions during the 1980s and 1990s. After a 13-year absence starting in , the country returned to the contest in . Italy has won the contest three times, along with an additional 16 top-five finishes. Italy hosted the contest in Naples (), Rome (), and Turin ().
In , "" performed by Domenico Modugno finished third. Commonly known as "", the song became a huge international hit, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 and winning two Grammy Awards at its first edition. "" by Emilio Pericoli also finished third in , before Italy won for the first time in with "" by Gigliola Cinquetti. Cinquetti returned to the contest in and finished second with "", losing to "Waterloo" by ABBA. Italy then finished third in 1975 with "" by Wess and Dori Ghezzi. The country's best result of the 1980s was "" by Umberto Tozzi and Raf finishing third in . Italy's second victory in the contest came in with "" by Toto Cutugno. Other good 1990s results were "" by Mia Martini in and "" by Jalisse in , which both finished fourth. After 1997, Italy withdrew from the competition.
On 31 December 2010, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced that Italy would be returning to the contest as part of the "Big Five", thereby granting the country automatic qualification for the final. Italy's return to the contest has proved to be successful, finishing in the top ten in 13 of the last 15 contests (2011–26), including second places for "Madness of Love" by Raphael Gualazzi () and "" by Mahmood (), and third place for "" by Il Volo (). "Grande amore" won the televote, receiving votes from all countries, but came sixth with the juries. This was the first time since the introduction of the mixed jury/televote system in 2009 that the televote winner did not end up winning the contest. Italy achieved its third victory in the contest in , with "Zitti e buoni" by the rock band Måneskin.
History
(RAI) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Italy since its in 1956.
Absences
Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times. The first withdrawal was in , when RAI stated that interest had diminished in the country. This absence continued through , before Italy returned in . Italy again withdrew in when RAI decided not to enter the contest.
From to , Italy withdrew again, with RAI citing a lack of interest in participating. Italy returned in , before withdrawing again without explanation, and the country did not participate again until .
None of the 20th century Eurovision-winning songs were particularly successful in the Italian charts. "Non ho l'età" by Gigliola Cinquetti was a hit in February 1964 when the song won the 1964 contest, but according to the official "Hit Parade Italia" website, "Waterloo", "Ding-a-dong", "Puppet on a String", "Save Your Kisses for Me" and even Italy's own winning entry of 1990, "Insieme: 1992", all failed to enter the top ten of the records sales charts. A notable exception to this rule was the 1984 entry "I treni di Tozeur" by Alice and Franco Battiato, which shared fifth place in the final, but still became a #3 hit in Italy and also placed at #20 on the chart of the best-selling Italian singles in 1984.
TV censorship of the 1974 contest
RAI refused to broadcast the live because their competing song, sung by Gigliola Cinquetti, coincided with the intense political campaigning for the 1974 Italian divorce referendum which was to be held a month later in May. Despite the Eurovision Song Contest taking place more than a month before the planned vote, Italian censors refused to allow the contest and song to be shown or heard. RAI censors felt that the song, titled "Sì" (Yes), and contained lyrics constantly repeating the aforementioned word could be subject to accusation of being subliminal messaging and a form of propaganda to influence the Italian voting public to vote 'yes' in the referendum (thus to repeal the law that allowed divorce). The song thus remained censored on most Italian state TV and radio stations for over a month. At the contest in Brighton, Cinquetti finished second, losing to ABBA. "Sì" went on to be a UK top ten hit, peaking at number eight. It also reached the German top 20. The contest was broadcast in June.
The 2008–2010 period
In 2008, two notable 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.
Contestants from the , starting with the winner Dima Bilan appeared on the Italian show Carramba! Che fortuna, hosted by Raffaella Carrà on Rai Uno. Whether this was an initiative by Carrà (who presented in spring three shows in TVE concerning the event, including the national final) to try to bring Eurovision back to Italy is not clear, but Sietse Bakker, then-Manager Communications & PR of the Eurovision Song Contest, reiterated that "Italy is still very much welcome to take part in the competition."
Shortly after revealing the list of participants for the , the EBU announced that they would work harder to bring Italy back into the contest, along with former participants Monaco and Austria.
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Return (2011–present)
At a press conference presenting the fourth edition of the Italian X Factor, Rai 2 director Massimo Liofredi announced that the winner of the competition might advance to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest, rather than participate in the Sanremo Festival, as in previous years. On 2 December 2010, it was officially announced by the EBU that Italy had applied to compete in the 2011 contest. Their participation was further confirmed on 31 December with the announcement of the official participant list.
Italy and the "Big" countries
Since 1999, four countries – , , , and the – have automatically qualified for the Eurovision final regardless of their results in previous contests. The participating broadcasters from these countries earned this special status by being the four biggest financial contributors to the EBU, and subsequently became known as the "Big Four". In a meeting with OGAE Serbia in 2007, then-executive supervisor of the contest Svante Stockselius stated that, if Italy were to return to the contest in the future, the country would also automatically qualify for the final, becoming part of a "Big Five". However, with the official announcement of the return of Italy, it was not confirmed whether the country would compete in one of the two semi-finals or be part of the "Big Five", as RAI, third largest contributor to the EBU, had not applied for "Big Five" membership. On 31 December 2010, it was announced that Italy would take part in the and confirmed that the country would automatically qualify for the final as part of the "Big Five". It is one of the only two countries of the Big Five – since it was introduced – to have won, the other being Germany in .
Participation overview
{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Table key
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 1
| First place
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| Second place
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| Third place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | ◁
| Last place
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;" | X
| Entry selected but did not compete
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;" | †
| Upcoming event
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Final
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Semi
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Points
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |
| Franca Raimondi
| ""
| Italian
| rowspan="2"
| rowspan="2"
| colspan="2" rowspan="35"
|-
| Tonina Torrielli
| ""
| Italian
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Nunzio Gallo
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Domenico Modugno
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 13
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Domenico Modugno
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Renato Rascel
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Betty Curtis
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Claudio Villa
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Emilio Pericoli
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 37
|- style="background-color:#FFD700;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Gigliola Cinquetti
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Bobby Solo
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Domenico Modugno
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 17 ◁
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 0
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Claudio Villa
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Sergio Endrigo
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Iva Zanicchi
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Gianni Morandi
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Massimo Ranieri
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 91
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Nicola Di Bari
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 92
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Massimo Ranieri
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 74
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Gigliola Cinquetti
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 18
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Wess and Dori Ghezzi
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 115
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Romina and Al Bano
| "We'll Live It All Again"
| English, Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 69
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Mia Martini
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
|
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 53
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Matia Bazar
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Alan Sorrenti
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 87
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Riccardo Fogli
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 41
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Alice and Franco Battiato
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 70
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Al Bano and Romina Power
| "Magic Oh Magic"
| Italian, English
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 78
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Umberto Tozzi and Raf
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 103
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Luca Barbarossa
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 52
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 56
|- style="background-color:#FFD700;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Toto Cutugno
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 149
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Peppino di Capri
| ""
| Neapolitan
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 89
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Mia Martini
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 111
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Enrico Ruggeri
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
| colspan="2"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Jalisse
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 114
| colspan="2"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Raphael Gualazzi
| "Madness of Love"
| Italian, English
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 189
| colspan="2" rowspan="11"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Nina Zilli
| "<span lang="it">L'amore è femmina</span> (Out of Love)"
| English, Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 101
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Marco Mengoni
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 126
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Emma
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Il Volo
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 292
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Francesca Michielin
| "No Degree of Separation"
| Italian, English
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| style="text-align:center;" | 124
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Francesco Gabbani
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 334
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 308
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Mahmood
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 472
|- style="background-color:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Diodato
| ""
| Italian
| colspan="2" X
|- style="background-color:#FFD700;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Måneskin
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| style="text-align:center;" | 524
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Mahmood and Blanco
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 268
| colspan="2"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Marco Mengoni
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 350
| colspan="2" rowspan="3"
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Angelina Mango
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 268
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Lucio Corsi
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 256
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Sal Da Vinci
| ""
| Italian, Neapolitan
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 281
| colspan="2"
|}
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Artist
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Language
! scope="colgroup" colspan="4" | At Congratulations
! scope="colgroup" colspan="3" | At Eurovision
|-
! scope="col" | Final
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Semi
! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Place
! scope="col" | Points
|-
| Domenico Modugno
| ""
| Italian
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 267
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 200
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 13
|}
Hostings
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!Year
!Location
!Venue
!Presenters
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!scope="row"|
|Naples
|Auditorium RAI
|Renata Mauro
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!scope="row"|
|Rome
|Teatro 15 di Cinecittà
|Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno
|-
!scope="row"|
|Turin
|PalaOlimpico
|Alessandro Cattelan, Laura Pausini and Mika
|}
Awards
Marcel Bezençon Awards
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
!Year
!Category
!Song
!Performer
!style="width:45px;"|Final
!style="width:45px;"|Points
!Host city
!class="unsortable"|
|-bgcolor="#C96"
!scope="row"|
|Press Award
| "Grande amore"
| Il Volo
|style="text-align:center;"| 3
|style="text-align:center;"| 292
| Vienna
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Press Award
| "Occidentali's Karma"
| Francesco Gabbani
|style="text-align:center;"| 6
|style="text-align:center;"| 334
| Kyiv
|
|-bgcolor="silver"
!scope="row"|
|Composer Award
| "Soldi"
| Mahmood
|style="text-align:center;"| 2
|style="text-align:center;"| 465
| Tel Aviv
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Composer Award
| "Due vite"
| Marco Mengoni
|style="text-align:center;"| 4
|style="text-align:center;"| 350
| Liverpool
|
|}
Winner by OGAE members
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|-
!Year
!Song
!Performer
!style="width:45px;"|Final<br>result
!style="width:45px;"|Points
!Host city
!class="unsortable"|
|-bgcolor="#C96"
!scope="row"|
| "Grande amore"
| Il Volo
|style="text-align:center;"| 3
|style="text-align:center;"| 292
| Vienna
|
|-
!scope="row"|
| "Occidentali's Karma"
| Francesco Gabbani
|style="text-align:center;"| 6
|style="text-align:center;"| 334
| Kyiv
|
|-bgcolor="silver"
!scope="row"|
|"Soldi"
|Mahmood
|style="text-align:center;"| 2
|style="text-align:center;"| 465
| Tel Aviv
|
|}
Related involvement
Conductors
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Year
!Eurovision Conductor
!Musical Director
!Notes
!
|-
!scope="row"|
|Gian Stellari
|rowspan="9"
|
|rowspan="14"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Armando Trovajoli
|
|-
!scope="row"|
| Alberto Semprini
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Cinico Angelini
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Gianfranco Intra
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Cinico Angelini
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Gigi Chichellero
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|colspan="2"|Gianni Ferrio
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|rowspan="22"
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|rowspan="2"|Giancarlo Chiaramello
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Ezio Leoni
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|rowspan="10"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Gian Franco Reverberi
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Enrico Polito
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Gianfranco Monaldi
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Natale Massara
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|rowspan="2"|Maurizio Fabrizio
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Nicola Samale
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
| Del Newman
|
|rowspan="7"|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Maurizio Fabrizio
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Giusto Pio
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Fiorenzo Zanotti
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Mario Natale
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Gianni Madonini
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|colspan="2"|Bruno Canfora
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|
|rowspan="15"
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Vittorio Cosma
|
|
|-
!scope="row"|
|Lucio Fabbri
|
|
|}
Heads of delegation
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.
{|class="wikitable"
!Year
!Head of delegation
!
|-
|2011–2019
|Nicola Caligiore
|
|-
|2020–2021
|Simona Martorelli
|
|-
|2022–present
|Mariangela Borneo
|
|}
Commentators and spokespersons
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sticky-header"
|-
|+ Television and radio commentators and spokespersons
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! colspan="2" | Television
! colspan="2" | Radio
! rowspan="2" | Spokesperson
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |
|-
! Channel
! Commentator(s)
! Channel
! Commentator(s)
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="6" |
| Franco Marazzi
| rowspan="6" |
| rowspan="2"
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| rowspan="14"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Bianca Maria Piccinino
| Bianca Maria Piccinino
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row"|
|
| Renato Tagliani
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Giorgio Porro
| Giorgio Porro
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Corrado Mantoni
| Corrado Mantoni
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="4" |
| rowspan="12" | Renato Tagliani
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Renato Tagliani
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="5" |
| rowspan="5" colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" | Renato Tagliani
| rowspan="3"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Rosanna Vaudetti
| rowspan="2" |
| Rosanna Vaudetti
| rowspan="7"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| rowspan="3" | Silvio Noto
| Silvio Noto
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Tullio Grazzini
| Rai Radio 2
| Tullio Grazzini
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Rosanna Vaudetti
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Michele Gammino
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | –
| colspan="4"
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |
|
|
| colspan="2"
| rowspan="3"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="2" |
| Antonio De Robertis
| rowspan="2" |
| Antonio De Robertis
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Rosanna Vaudetti
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
|
| rowspan="8" colspan="2"
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Rosanna Vaudetti
| rowspan="4"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Daniele Piombi
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Gabriella Carlucci
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
|
| Rosanna Vaudetti
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Peppi Franzelin
| rowspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
|
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | –
| colspan="4"
|
|
|-
! scope="row" |
|
| Ettore Andenna
| colspan="2"
| Peppi Franzelin
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | –
| colspan="4"
| rowspan="3"
|
|-
! scope="row" |
| GAY.tv
| Fabio Canino and Paolo Quilici
| colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | –
| colspan="4"
|
|-
! scope="row" |
| Rai 5 <small>(SF2)</small><br />Rai 2 <small>(final)</small>
| Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar
| Rai Radio 2 <small>(SF2)</small>
| Raffaella Carrà and Bob Sinclar
| Raffaella Carrà
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="2" | Rai 5 <small>(SF1)</small><br />Rai 2 <small>(final)</small>
| <small>(SF1)</small><br />Marco Ardemagni and <small>(final)</small>
| rowspan="3" colspan="2"
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Federica Gentile <small>(SF1)</small><br />Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni and
| Federica Gentile
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Rai 4 <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Rai 2 <small>(Final)</small>
| Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Linus and Nicola Savino <small>(Final)</small>
| Linus
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Rai 4 <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Rai 2, Rai HD <small>(final)</small>
| Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Federico Russo and <small>(final)</small>
| rowspan="2" | Rai Radio 2
| rowspan="2" | Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello
| Federico Russo
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="4" | Rai 4 <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Rai 1 <small>(final)</small>
| Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo <small>(final)</small>
| Claudia Andreatti
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| and <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo <small>(final)</small>
| colspan="2"
| rowspan="2" | Giulia Valentina Palermo
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Carolina Di Domenico and Saverio Raimondo <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Serena Rossi and Federico Russo <small>(Final)</small>
| rowspan="2" | Rai Radio 2 <small>(final)</small>
| Carolina Di Domenico and Ema Stokholma
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Ema Stokholma <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Flavio Insinna <small>(final)</small><br />Federico Russo <small>(all shows)</small>
| Federico Russo <small>(Semi-finals)</small><br /> <small>(Final)</small><br /> Ema Stokholma <small>(All shows)</small>
| Ema Stokholma
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" | <s></s>
| <s>Rai 4 <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Rai 1 <small>(final)</small></s>
|
| <s>Rai Radio 2 <small>(final)</small></s>
| colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Rai 4 <small>(Semi-finals)</small><br />Rai 1 <small>(Final)</small>
| Ema Stokholma and Saverio Raimondo <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Gabriele Corsi and Cristiano Malgioglio <small>(final)</small>
| Rai Radio 2 <small>(final)</small>
| Saverio Raimondo <small>(Semi-finals)</small><br /> Gino Castaldo <small>(Final)</small><br /> Ema Stokholma <small>(All shows)</small>
| rowspan="3" | Carolina Di Domenico
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" |
| Rai 1, , Rai Italia
| Gabriele Corsi, Cristiano Malgioglio and Carolina Di Domenico
| rowspan="6" | Rai Radio 2
| rowspan="2" | Ema Stokholma, Gino Castaldo and Saverio Raimondo
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="2" |
|-
| RaiPlay
|
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="4" | Rai 2 <small>(semi-finals)</small><br />Rai 1 <small>(final)</small>
| rowspan="2" | Gabriele Corsi and Mara Maionchi
| , Diletta Parlangeli and Saverio Raimondo
| Kaze
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| rowspan="3" | Diletta Parlangeli and Matteo Osso
|
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Gabriele Corsi and BigMama
| Topo Gigio
| style="text-align:center" |
|-
! scope="row" |
| Gabriele Corsi and Elettra Lamborghini
| Mariasole Pollio
| style="text-align:center" |
|}
Other shows
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
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! Commentator(s)
! Channel(s)
!
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
| Flavio Insinna and Federico Russo
| Rai 1
| rowspan="2" |
|-
| and Ema Stokholma
| Rai 4<br>Rai Radio 2
|}
Photo gallery
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Eurovision Song Contest 1958 - Domenico Modugno.png|Domenico Modugno in Hilversum ()
File:Eurovision Song Contest 1965 - Bobby Solo.jpg|Bobby Solo in Naples ()
File:Gianni Morandi (Italie), Bestanddeelnr 923-3708.jpg|Gianni Morandi in Amsterdam ()
File:Eurovision Song Contest 1976 rehearsals - Italy - Al Bano & Romina Power 4.png|Al Bano and Romina Power in The Hague ()
File:Raphael Gualazzi cropped.jpg|Raphael Gualazzi in Düsseldorf ()
File:ESC2013 - Italy 07.jpg|Marco Mengoni in Malmö ()
File:Emma Marrone, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 12 (crop).jpg|Emma in Copenhagen ()
File:20150520 ESC 2015 Il Volo 8866.jpg|Il Volo in Vienna ()
File:ESC2016 - Italy 13.jpg|Francesca Michielin in Stockholm ()
File:Francesco Gabbani Eurovision 2017.jpg|Francesco Gabbani in Kyiv ()
File:Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro (Italy 2018).jpg|Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro in Lisbon ()
File:Mahmood at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final Dress Rehearsal (3).jpg|Mahmood in Tel Aviv ()
File:ESC 2021 Rotterdam 1st Semi Jury Show Italy2.jpg|Måneskin in Rotterdam ()
File:Eurovision 2023 - Jury Semi-final 1 - Italy - Marco Mengoni (03).jpg|Marco Mengoni in Liverpool ()
File:Angelina Mango Eurovision Song Contest 2024 dress rehearsal semi 2 03.jpg|Angelina Mango in Malmö ()
File:Lucio Corsi at ESC2025 for Italy 7.jpg|Lucio Corsi in Basel ()
File:20260512 Sal Da Vinci Z09 6325.jpg|Sal Da Vinci in Vienna ()
</gallery>
See also
- Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Junior version of the Eurovision Song Contest.