ITALY
Eurovision wins: 
2 (1964,1990)
Number of appearances: 36
Debut: 1956
Worst result: Last (1966)
Best voting buddy: Portugal
2011 Entry: Raphael Gualazzi – Follia D’Amore
Semi-final: As a Big 5 country Italy is directly qualified for the final on May 14.
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The Artist:
Raphael Gualazzi is an Italian jazz pianist and singer. At the 2011 San Remo Festival he won both the Newcomers’ Category and the Critics Award. A special jury chose him to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest and he was officially announced as Italy’s representative on the evening of the San Remo Final.
The Song:
The song was written by Raphael Gualazzi
The performance at San Remo:
The official video:
Have your say:
The Eurovision Times 
If Eurovision was a Big Band competition, this would be great and a likely winner!
It will be different to the other entries and may get some big scores because of that but I don’t think it’s strong enough to win…
Hopefully it’ll be successful enough to keep the Italians interested to re-enter next year!
Agree! I think its like Belgium this year. Low with televotes, high with juries and overall 5-8 place.. I think that would be enough to keep Italy interested…
one of my favourites this year! good luck italy :)
Love it!
Hello there, I am from Portugal and I invite you guys to vote Portugal HOMENS DA LUTA “Luta é Alegria”
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It would be nice if you stayed on topic. Thanks!
J’aime bien mais j’aime pas quand il fait sa voix aiguë.
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Great song !! This is also one of my favorites this year. I am very happy with Italy’s return in ESC and I wish them all the best of luck