Italy

Italy has participated in The Song four times since its debut in the first edition, achieving its best result and first win in the third edition by Il Tre, with the song "Guess Who's Back". La canzone, a song contest that has been taking place every edition in Italy, has been used to select the country's entry for The Song.

The Song 1
Italy participated in The Song 1 with the song "Propaganda" written by Alessandro Pulga, Davide Petrella, Fabrizio Tarducci and Stefano Tognini. The song was performed by Fabri Fibra, Colapesce and Dimartino. The Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) held a national final in order to select the Italian entry for the first contest in Dublin, Ireland. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of six entries. The results of a public televote exclusively resulted in the selection of "Propaganda" performed by Fabri Fibra, Colapesce and Dimartino as the Italian entry, having received 31% of the votes.

Italy was announced to be one of the four pre-qualified countries in the final. Italy performed in position 14. They finished second with an amount of 188 points, 91 points behind the winner.

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.

The Song 3
Italy participated in The Song 3 with the song "Guess Who's Back" written by Guido Luigi Senia, Michael Tenisci and Tom Beaver. The song was performed by Il Tre. The Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) held a national final in order to select the Italian entry for the first contest in Nicosia, Cyprus. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of six entries. The results of a public televote exclusively resulted in the selection of "Guess Who's Back" performed by Il Tre as the Italian entry, having received 52.5% of the votes.

Italy was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of The Song which took place on 28 August 2022. Performing during the show in position 8, "Guess Who's Back" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 24 September It was later revealed that Ukraine placed first out of the 20 participating countries in the semi-final with 251 points. In the final, Italy performed in position 12 and placed first out of the 27 participating countries, winning the contest with 257 points. This was Italy's first win in The Song.

The Song 4
Italy participated and hosted The Song 4 with the song "Canguro" written and performed by Fulminacci. The Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) held a national final in order to select the Italian entry for the first contest in Italy. An open call for submissions was held which resulted in the shortlisting of six entries. The results of a public televote exclusively resulted in the selection of "Canguro" performed by Fulminacci as the Italian entry, having received 53.33% of the votes.

As the host country, Italy qualified to compete directly in the final of The Song.

Draw history
Italy has so far competed in a total of five shows: one semi-final and four finals. The country has been allocated to perform in the second half for the majority of the contests (two times in the first half, three times in the second half). As of the fourth edition, Italy has never participated in the second semi-final and the pre-qualification round.

12 points
As of the third edition, Italy has awarded a total of six 12 points and has received twelve 12 points through the semi-finals and the finals of the editions.

The Song Second Chance
The contest takes place during the contest, usually during the first semi-final of the respective edition. It is not an televised event, but only through YouTube. Italy debuted in the first edition.