Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Eurovision Song Contest 2023
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
National selection
Selection process Sanremo Music Festival 2023
Selection date(s)11 February 2023
Selected entrant Marco Mengoni
Selected song" Due vite "
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result4th, 350 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Italian broadcaster RAI announced in June 2022 that the winning performer(s) of the Sanremo Music Festival 2023, later revealed to be Marco Mengoni with " Due vite ", would earn the right to represent the nation at the contest. [1]

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Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-six times since its first entry at the inaugural contest in 1956. [2] Since then, Italy has won the contest on three occasions: in 1964 with the song " Non ho l'età " performed by Gigliola Cinquetti, in 1990 with " Insieme: 1992 " by Toto Cutugno, and in 2021 with " Zitti e buoni " by Måneskin. Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times, with their most recent absence spanning from 1998 until 2010. Italy made its return in 2011, and their entry "Madness of Love", performed by Raphael Gualazzi, placed second—their highest result, to that point, since their victory in 1990. A number of top 10 placements followed in the next editions, culminating with their victory in 2021. As hosts in 2022, Italy placed sixth with "Brividi" by Mahmood and Blanco. [3]

Between 2011 and 2013 and since 2015, the Sanremo Music Festival has regularly been used to select the Italian entrant to the contest, at first through an intermediate stage of internal selection among the contestants, and after 2014 (when a full internal selection took place), the winner of the festival has always earned the right of first refusal to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before Eurovision

Sanremo Music Festival 2023

Italian broadcaster RAI confirmed that the performer that would represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 would be selected from the competing artists at the Sanremo Music Festival 2023, the 73rd edition of the event. According to the rules of Sanremo 2023, the winner of the festival will earn the right to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, but in case the artist is not available or refuses the offer, the organisers of the event reserve the right to choose someone else via their own criteria. [4] The competition took place between 7 and 11 February 2023, with the winner being selected on the last day of the festival.

For the fourth year in a row, Amadeus served as the artistic director and presenter of Sanremo, [5] alongside Eurovision 1970 participant Gianni Morandi, and was joined on stage by Chiara Ferragni, Francesca Fagnani  [ it ], Paola Egonu and Chiara Francini, each on a different night. 28 artists, six of which directly qualifying from the newcomers' section Sanremo Giovani (held on 16 December 2022), competed in the festival. This took place over the course of five consecutive nights, articulated as follows:

The first 22 competing artists were announced on 4 December 2022. [6] On 16 December, the six artists qualifying from the Sanremo Giovani section were announced, alongside the titles of all 28 competing songs. [7] Two former Eurovision Song Contest entrants were among the competing artists: Anna Oxa (1989) and Marco Mengoni (2013). Additionally, Mara Sattei's song was written by Damiano David, who won the 2021 contest as the vocalist and frontman of Måneskin.

Final

The 28 Big Artists each performed their entry again for a final time on 11 February 2023. A combination of public televoting, press jury voting and demoscopic jury voting selected the top five to face a superfinal vote, then the winner of Sanremo 2023 was decided by a combination of public televoting (34%), demoscopic jury voting (33%) and press jury voting (33%). Marco Mengoni was declared the winner of the contest with the song "Due vite". [8]

Final – 11 February 2023
DrawArtistSongPlace
1 Elodie "Due"9
2 Colla Zio "Non mi va"20
3 Mara Sattei "Duemilaminuti"19
4 Tananai "Tango"5
5 Colapesce Dimartino "Splash"10
6 Giorgia "Parole dette male"6
7 Modà "Lasciami"11
8 Ultimo "Alba"4
9 Lazza " Cenere "2
10 Marco Mengoni " Due vite "1
11 Rosa Chemical "Made in Italy"8
12 I Cugini di Campagna "Lettera 22"21
13 Madame " Il bene nel male "7
14 Ariete "Mare di guai"14
15 Mr. Rain "Supereroi"3
16 Paola e Chiara "Furore"17
17 Levante "Vivo"23
18 LDA "Se poi domani"15
19 Coma_Cose "L'addio"13
20 Olly "Polvere"24
21 Articolo 31 "Un bel viaggio"16
22 Will "Stupido"26
23 Leo Gassmann "Terzo cuore"18
24 Gianmaria "Mostro"22
25 Anna Oxa "Sali (Canto dell'anima)"25
26 Shari "Egoista"27
27 Gianluca Grignani "Quando ti manca il fiato"12
28 Sethu "Cause perse"28
Superfinal – 11 February 2023
DrawArtistSongDemoscopic jury
(33%)		Press jury
(33%)		Televote
(34%)		TotalPlace
1 Ultimo "Alba"4th5th20.39%12.25%4th
2 Tananai "Tango"5th3rd11.15%11.15%5th
3 Lazza " Cenere "3rd2nd18.28%16.64%2nd
4 Marco Mengoni " Due vite "1st1st32.31%45.53%1st
5 Mr. Rain "Supereroi"2nd4th17.87%14.43%3rd

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. As a member of the "Big Five", Italy automatically qualified to compete in the final on 13 May 2023. In addition to its participation in the final, Italy was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. This was decided via a draw held during the semi-final allocation draw on 31 January 2023, when it was announced that Italy would be voting in the first semi-final. [9]

Voting

Points awarded to Italy

Points awarded by Italy

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Italian jury:

  • Carlo Massarini
  • Fabrizio D'Alessio
  • Maria Grazia Fontana
  • Stefania Zizzari
  • Tiziana Donati (Tosca)
Detailed voting results from Italy (Semi-final 1) [11]
DrawCountryTelevote
RankPoints
01Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 210
02Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 12
03Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 101
04Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 11
05Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 92
06Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14
07Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 65
08Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 74
09Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 56
10Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 112
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 83
12Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 15
13Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 38
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13
15Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 47
Detailed voting results from Italy (Final) [10]
DrawCountryJuryTelevote
Juror 1Juror 2Juror 3Juror 4Juror 5RankPointsRankPoints
01Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 106118141219
02Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 13111218121621
03Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 161282974101
04Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15241317251913
05Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 941471110115
06Flag of France.svg  France 8131511131516
07Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 172151241111
08Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 391616191322
09Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1436333883
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 22221725232447
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
12Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 72021325620
13Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21231820242356
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 257484792
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2019919161823
16Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 181046109212
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 6183556524
18Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 232519232025112
19Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 12209121038
20Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 241721211721210
21Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 19142224182014
22Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 58101468317
23Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 41111511265
24Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 127231571418
25Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 25162422212274
26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 11152510221725

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