Italy in The Song 2

Italy participated inThe Song 2 with the song "Groovy" written by Federico Nardelli and Tancredi Cantú Rajnoldi. The song was performed by the singer Tancredi. The Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) organised the national final La Canzone 2 in order to select the Italian entry for the second edition in Amsterdam, Netherlands. After the final which took place in 13 June 2022, "Groovy" emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from fifteen regional juries and the autonomous-regional juries.

As a member of the "Big Five", Italy automatically qualified to the final. In the final, Italy performed in position 23 and placed eighth out of the 26 participating countries with 129 points.

Background
Prior to the second edition, Italy has participated in The Song one time since its first entry. Its best placing was at the first edition where Fabri Fibra, Colapesce and Dimartino placed second with "Propaganda".

Participation
On June 12, RAI announced that they selected Tancredi to represent the nation in the second edition of The Song. At the same day, RAI, announced the six possible Italian entries.

La Canzone
The final took place in 13th June 2022. Fabri Fibra, Colapesce and Dimartino opened the show with the song "Propaganda". The winning song was "Groovy" written by Federico Nardelli and Tancredi Cantù Rajnoldi

At The Song
Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by RAI. Giorgio was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Italy performed in position 23, following the entry from Luxembourg and before the entry from Poland. At the close of the voting, Italy finished in 8th place overall with 129 points.

Detailed voting results
The full rankings of the Italian HoD for both shows: