Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Italy in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Italy in the; Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country	Italy
Selection process	Artist: Sanremo Music Festival 2012 ; Song: Internal selection
Selection date	Artist: 18 February 2012; Song: 13 March 2012
Competing entry
Song	"L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"
Artist	Nina Zilli
Songwriters	Charlie Mason ; Christian Rabb; Kristoffer Sjökvist; Frida Molander; Nina Zilli;
Placement
Final result	9th, 101 points
Participation chronology

Last updated April 11, 2025

Italy was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Italian entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Italian broadcaster RAI. The artist was selected by a special committee from the participants of the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 and the song selection was carried out by the artist. Nina Zilli represented Italy with the song "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)", which placed 9th in the final, scoring 101 points.^[1]^[2]

Internal selection

Artist selection

On 16 January 2012, Italian broadcaster RAI confirmed that the performer that would represent Italy at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected by a special committee from the competing artists at the Sanremo Music Festival 2012. The competition took place between 14–18 February 2012 with the winner being selected on the last day of the festival. The competing artists in the "Big Artists" and "Newcomers" category were:^[3]

"Big Artists" Category

During the final evening of the Sanremo Music Festival 2012, Nina Zilli was announced as the artist that would represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Emma Marrone was selected as the winner with the song "Non è l'inferno".^[4]

Song selection

On 3 March 2012, RAI confirmed that Nina Zilli would perform her Sanremo Music Festival 2012 song "Per sempre" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.^[5] However, RAI later confirmed on 13 March 2012 that Zilli would perform "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 instead.^[2]

At Eurovision

Italy automatically qualified to compete in the final on 26 May 2012 as part of the "Big Five". Italy was drawn to perform tenth, after France and preceding Estonia. Italy achieved 9th place with 101 points, finishing in the top ten for a second consecutive year.^[6] The televote awarded Italy 17th place with 56 points and the jury awarded 4th place with 157 points.^[7]

Voting

Points awarded to Italy

Points awarded to Italy (Final)^[8]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points	Malta
8 points
7 points	Albania Estonia San Marino
6 points
5 points	Hungary Macedonia Moldova Slovakia Slovenia Switzerland
4 points	Georgia Israel Lithuania Norway Ukraine
3 points	Denmark Greece
2 points	Croatia Cyprus Germany Ireland Montenegro Portugal
1 point	France Spain

Points awarded by Italy

Points awarded by Italy (Semi-final 1)^[9]
Score	Country
12 points	Albania
10 points	Romania
8 points	Switzerland
7 points	Cyprus
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Greece
4 points	Moldova
3 points	San Marino
2 points	Russia
1 point	Iceland

Points awarded by Italy (Final)^[8]
Score	Country
12 points	Albania
10 points	Russia
8 points	Germany
7 points	Romania
6 points	Serbia
5 points	Cyprus
4 points	Moldova
3 points	Ukraine
2 points	Denmark
1 point	Macedonia

Detailed voting results from Italy

Televoting results from Italy (Semi-final 1)^[10]
Draw	Country	Percentage of Votes	Rank	Points (Televote)
01	Montenegro	1.54%	15
02	Iceland	3.9%	8	3
03	Greece	4.67%	6	5
04	Latvia	2%	14
05	Albania	13.87%	2	10
06	Romania	27.22%	1	12
07	Switzerland	4.61%	7	4
08	Belgium	0.77%	18
09	Finland	2.52%	11
10	Israel	2.19%	12
11	San Marino	8.55%	4	7
12	Cyprus	3.8%	9	2
13	Denmark	1.25%	17
14	Russia	6.32%	5	6
15	Hungary	2.09%	13
16	Austria	1.36%	16
17	Moldova	9.97%	3	8
18	Ireland	3.38%	10	1

Televoting results from Italy (Final)^[10]
Draw	Country	Percentage of Votes	Rank	Points (Televote)
01	United Kingdom	0.46%	25
02	Hungary	0.66%	22
03	Albania	12.92%	2	10
04	Lithuania	2.36%	12
05	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.43%	16
06	Russia	5.23%	5	6
07	Iceland	1.74%	15
08	Cyprus	1.86%	14
09	France	0.65%	23
10	Italy
11	Estonia	1.05%	20
12	Norway	0.61%	24
13	Azerbaijan	0.68%	21
14	Romania	28.32%	1	12
15	Denmark	1.25%	17
16	Greece	2.28%	13
17	Sweden	3.12%	8	3
18	Turkey	2.79%	9	2
19	Spain	2.38%	11
20	Germany	2.43%	10	1
21	Malta	1.25%	18
22	Macedonia	3.66%	6	5
23	Ireland	1.13%	19
24	Serbia	7.39%	4	7
25	Ukraine	3.13%	7	4
26	Moldova	11.22%	3	8

References

↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013.
1 2 Escuerdo, Victor M. (13 March 2012). "Italy changes their song to L'Amore È Femmina". Eurovision.tv.
↑ Escuerdo, Victor M. (16 January 2012). "Italy returns after comeback-2nd place". Eurovision.tv.
↑ Escuerdo, Victor M. (19 February 2012). "Italy: Nina Zilli to Baku!". Eurovision.tv.
↑ "Italy: Nina Zilli confirms she will sing 'Per Sempre' in Baku!". ESCDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
↑ "First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
↑ Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
1 2 "Results of the Grand Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
↑ "Results of the First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
1 2 Granger, Anthony (6 June 2012). "Italy: 2012 Televote Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 March 2024.

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[finalresults-1] "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013.

[NinaIT-2] 1 2 Escuerdo, Victor M. (13 March 2012). "Italy changes their song to L'Amore È Femmina". Eurovision.tv.

[SR1-3] Escuerdo, Victor M. (16 January 2012). "Italy returns after comeback-2nd place". Eurovision.tv.

[Marco-4] Escuerdo, Victor M. (19 February 2012). "Italy: Nina Zilli to Baku!". Eurovision.tv.

[Italy5-5] "Italy: Nina Zilli confirms she will sing 'Per Sempre' in Baku!". ESCDaily.com. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[6] "First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

[splitresults-7] Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

[2012final-8] 1 2 "Results of the Grand Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[2012semi1-9] "Results of the First Semi-Final of Baku 2012". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

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Artists	Al Bano and Romina Power Alice Luca Barbarossa Franco Battiato Blanco Gigliola Cinquetti Lucio Corsi Betty Curtis Toto Cutugno Nicola Di Bari Peppino di Capri ~~Diodato~~ Emma Sergio Endrigo Riccardo Fogli Francesco Gabbani Nunzio Gallo Dori Ghezzi Raphael Gualazzi Jalisse Fausto Leali Mahmood Måneskin Angelina Mango Mia Martini Matia Bazar Marco Mengoni Ermal Meta Francesca Michielin Domenico Modugno Gianni Morandi Fabrizio Moro Anna Oxa Emilio Pericoli Raf Franca Raimondi Massimo Ranieri Renato Rascel Ricchi e Poveri Enrico Ruggeri Bobby Solo Alan Sorrenti Tonina Torrielli Umberto Tozzi Claudio Villa Il Volo Wess Iva Zanicchi Nina Zilli
Songs	" Addio, addio " " Al di là " "Amami se vuoi" "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" " L'amore è un attimo " " Aprite le finestre " "Avrei voluto" " Brividi " "Chi sarà con te" "Comme è ddoce 'o mare" " Corde della mia chitarra " " Dio, come ti amo " "Due grosse lacrime bianche" " Due vite " " Era " " L'essenziale " ~~" Fai rumore "~~ " Fiumi di parole " " Gente di mare " " I giorni dell'arcobaleno " " Grande amore " " Insieme: 1992 " "Libera" "Madness of Love" "Magic Oh Magic" " Marianne " " La mia città " " La noia " " Nel blu, dipinto di blu " "No Degree of Separation" "Non andare più lontano" " Non ho l'età " " Non mi avete fatto niente " " Non so che darei " " Occhi di ragazza " " Occidentali's Karma " " Per Lucia " " Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina) " "Questo amore" "Raggio di luna" "Rapsodia" " Romantica " " Se piangi, se ridi " " Sì " " Soldi " "Sole d'Europa" " I treni di Tozeur " " Uno per tutte " "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" " Volevo essere un duro " "We'll Live It All Again" " Zitti e buoni "
Note: Entries scored out signify where Italy did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.