| Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) | |||
| Country |  Italy | |||
| Selection process | Sanremo Music Festival 2018 | |||
| Selection date | 10 February 2018 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | |||
| Artist | Ermal Meta andFabrizio Moro | |||
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| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 308 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Italy was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Non mi avete fatto niente", written byErmal Meta,Fabrizio Moro, and Andrea Febo, and performed by Meta and Moro themselves. The Italian participating broadcaster,Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), announced in October 2017 that the winning performer(s) of theBig Artists section of theSanremo Music Festival 2018 would earn the right to represent the country at the contest.
Prior to the 2018 contest,Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) had participated in theEurovision Song Contest representing Italy forty-three times since its first entry during the inaugural contest in1956.[1] Since then, it has won the contest on two occasions: in1964 with the song "Non ho l'età" performed byGigliola Cinquetti and in1990 with the song "Insieme: 1992" performed byToto Cutugno. RAI has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times with their most recent absence spanning from 1998 until 2010. Its return in2011 with the song "Madness of Love", performed byRaphael Gualazzi, placed second—their highest result, to this point, since their victory in 1990. In2017, the song "Occidentali's Karma" byFrancesco Gabbani placed sixth with 334 points.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, RAI organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its participation in the 2018 contest on 15 September 2017.[2] Between 2011 and 2013, RAI used theSanremo Music Festival as an artist selection pool where a special committee would select one of the competing artist, independent of the results in the competition, as the Eurovision entrant. The selected entrant was then responsible for selecting the song they would compete with. For 2014, RAI forwent using the Sanremo Music Festival artist lineup and internally selected their entry. Since 2015, the winning artist of the Sanremo Music Festival is rewarded with the opportunity to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest, although in 2016 the winner declined and the broadcaster appointed the runner-up as the Italian entrant.
On 12 October 2017, Italian broadcaster RAI confirmed that the performer that would represent Italy at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest would be selected from the competing artists at theSanremo Music Festival 2018. According to the rules of Sanremo 2018, the winner of theCampioni orBig Artists category earns 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 another participant via their own criteria. The competition took place between 6–10 February 2018 with the winner being selected on the last day of the festival.[3]
Twenty artists competed in theBig Artists category of Sanremo 2018. Among the competing artists were former Eurovision Song Contest entrants who represented Italy:Riccardo Fogli in1983,Luca Barbarossa in1988,Enrico Ruggeri, frontman ofDecibel in1993, andNina Zilli in2012.[4] The performers in the "Big Artists" category were:
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Annalisa | "Il mondo prima di te" | Annalisa Scarrone, Davide Simonetta,Alessandro Raina |
| Decibel | "Lettera dal Duca" | Silvio Capeccia,Enrico Ruggeri, Fulvio Muzio |
| Diodato andRoy Paci | "Adesso" | Antonio Diodato |
| Elio e le Storie Tese | "Arrivedorci" | Sergio Conforti,Stefano Belisari, Davide Luca Civaschi, Nicola Fasani |
| Enzo Avitabile feat.Peppe Servillo | "Il coraggio di ogni giorno" | Pacifico,Enzo Avitabile, Peppe Servillo |
| Ermal Meta andFabrizio Moro | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | Ermal Meta,Fabrizio Moro, Andrea Febo |
| Giovanni Caccamo | "Eterno" | Cheope,Giovanni Caccamo |
| The Kolors | "Frida (mai, mai, mai)" | Davide Petrella,Dario Faini, Alessandro Raina, Antonio "Stash" Fiordispino |
| Le Vibrazioni | "Così sbagliato" | Francesco Sarcina, Andrea Bonomo, Luca Chiaravalli, Davide Simonetta |
| Lo Stato Sociale | "Una vita in vacanza" | Lodovico Guenzi, Alberto Gazzola, Francesco Draicchio, Matteo Romagnoli, Alberto Guidetti, Enrico Roberto |
| Luca Barbarossa | "Passame er sale" | Luca Barbarossa |
| Mario Biondi | "Rivederti" | Mario Biondi, Giuseppe Furnari, Fisicaro |
| Max Gazzè | "La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" | Francesco Gazzè,Max Gazzè, Francesco De Benedettis |
| Nina Zilli | "Senza appartenere" | Giordana Angi, Antonio Iammarino,Nina Zilli |
| Noemi | "Non smettere mai di cercarmi" | Diego Calvetti, Massimiliano Pelan,Veronica Scopelliti, Fabio De Martino |
| Ornella Vanoni feat.Bungaro andPacifico | "Imparare ad amarsi" | Bungaro,Pacifico, Cesare Chiodo, Antonio Fresa |
| Red Canzian | "Ognuno ha il suo racconto" | Red Canzian, Michele Porru |
| Renzo Rubino | "Custodire" | Renzo Rubino |
| Roby Facchinetti andRiccardo Fogli | "Il segreto del tempo" | Pacifico,Roby Facchinetti |
| Ron | "Almeno pensami" | Lucio Dalla |
During the final evening of the Sanremo Music Festival 2018,Ermal Meta andFabrizio Moro were selected as the winners with the song "Non mi avete fatto niente". RAI later confirmed during the closing press conference for the Sanremo Music Festival on 10 February 2018 that Meta and Moro had agreed to participate in Eurovision and would perform their Sanremo song "Non mi avete fatto niente" at the contest in Lisbon.[5]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Expert Jury (20%) | Press Jury (30%) | Televote (50%) | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Luca Barbarossa | "Passame er sale" | 3 | 11 | 4 | 6.83% | 7 |
| 2 | Red Canzian | "Ognuno ha il suo racconto" | 13 | 16 | 13 | 2.06% | 15 |
| 3 | The Kolors | "Frida (mai, mai, mai)" | 10 | 8 | 5 | 5.99% | 9 |
| 4 | Elio e le Storie Tese | "Arrivedorci" | 16 | 19 | 19 | 1.14% | 20 |
| 5 | Ron | "Almeno pensami" | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.13% | 4 |
| 6 | Max Gazzè | "La leggenda di Cristalda e Pizzomunno" | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6.93% | 6 |
| 7 | Annalisa | "Il mondo prima di te" | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8.31% | 3 |
| 8 | Renzo Rubino | "Custodire" | 17 | 12 | 11 | 2.69% | 13 |
| 9 | Decibel | "Lettera dal Duca" | 17 | 15 | 15 | 1.99% | 16 |
| 10 | Ornella Vanoni feat.Bungaro andPacifico | "Imparare ad amarsi" | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7.07% | 5 |
| 11 | Giovanni Caccamo | "Eterno" | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2.99% | 10 |
| 12 | Lo Stato Sociale | "Una vita in vacanza" | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10.50% | 2 |
| 13 | Roby Facchinetti andRiccardo Fogli | "Il segreto del tempo" | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1.70% | 18 |
| 14 | Diodato andRoy Paci | "Adesso" | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6.78% | 8 |
| 15 | Nina Zilli | "Senza appartenere" | 11 | 17 | 18 | 1.94% | 17 |
| 16 | Noemi | "Non smettere mai di cercarmi" | 17 | 14 | 16 | 2.09% | 14 |
| 17 | Ermal Meta andFabrizio Moro | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16.56% | 1 |
| 18 | Mario Biondi | "Rivederti" | 9 | 17 | 20 | 1.69% | 19 |
| 19 | Le Vibrazioni | "Così sbagliato" | 13 | 8 | 17 | 2.82% | 11 |
| 20 | Enzo Avitabile feat. Peppe Servillo | "Il coraggio di ogni giorno" | 13 | 10 | 14 | 2.79% | 12 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury (50%) | Televote (50%) | Total | Place |
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| 1 | Annalisa | "Il mondo prima di te" | 23.69% | 23.49% | 26.94% | 3 |
| 2 | Lo Stato Sociale | "Una vita in vacanza" | 38.00% | 22.10% | 28.40% | 2 |
| 3 | Ermal Meta andFabrizio Moro | "Non mi avete fatto niente" | 38.31% | 54.41% | 44.66% | 1 |
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 took place at theAltice Arena inLisbon, Portugal and consisted of two semi-finals on 8 and 10 May and the final on 12 May 2018.[6] 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 for 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. In addition to their participation in the final, Italy was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals.
| Score | Televote | Jury |
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| 12 points |  Albania | |
| 10 points |  Malta | |
| 8 points | ||
| 7 points | ||
| 6 points | ||
| 5 points | ||
| 4 points |  Belarus | |
| 3 points |  Armenia |  Spain |
| 2 points |  Czech Republic | |
| 1 point |
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The following members comprised the Italian jury:[9]
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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| A. Nesi | S. Comini | S. Gavarotti | M. Catalano | B. Mosconi | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 |  Norway | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 02 |  Romania | 12 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 12 | |
| 03 |  Serbia | 13 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| 04 |  San Marino | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| 05 |  Denmark | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| 06 |  Russia | 6 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | |
| 07 |  Moldova | 3 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 08 |  Netherlands | 14 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 09 |  Australia | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| 10 |  Georgia | 15 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 17 | ||
| 11 |  Poland | 11 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | |
| 12 | Malta | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| 13 |  Hungary | 9 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 6 | |
| 14 |  Latvia | 16 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 16 | ||
| 15 |  Sweden | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | |
| 16 |  Montenegro | 18 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 18 | ||
| 17 |  Slovenia | 17 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 18 |  Ukraine | 10 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 8 | |
| Draw | Country | Jury | Televote | |||||||
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| A. Nesi | S. Comini | S. Gavarotti | M. Catalano | B. Mosconi | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||
| 01 | Ukraine | 24 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 3 | 8 | |
| 02 | Spain | 16 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 17 | ||
| 03 | Slovenia | 23 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | ||
| 04 |  Lithuania | 9 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | ||
| 05 |  Austria | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 | |
| 06 |  Estonia | 11 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 07 | Norway | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 19 | |
| 08 |  Portugal | 21 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 23 | 25 | ||
| 09 |  United Kingdom | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 | |
| 10 | Serbia | 20 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Germany | 1 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| 12 | Albania | 19 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 12 | |
| 13 |  France | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 16 | ||
| 14 | Czech Republic | 12 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 12 | ||
| 15 | Denmark | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 16 | Australia | 7 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 23 | ||
| 17 |  Finland | 15 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 20 | ||
| 18 |  Bulgaria | 14 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 11 | ||
| 19 | Moldova | 13 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 10 | |
| 20 | Sweden | 5 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 24 | |
| 21 | Hungary | 18 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Israel | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 17 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 18 | ||
| 24 |  Ireland | 25 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| 25 |  Cyprus | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 26 | Italy | |||||||||
