Italy in 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.

Before The Song
On May 18, RAI announced that the country planned a national selection.

Final
The winner was Fabri Fibra with Colapesce & Dimartino with the song "Propaganda".

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 14, following the entry from Poland and before the entry from Norway. At the close of the voting, Italy finished in second place overall with 188 points.

Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Italian jury:
 * Franco Zanetti (jury chairperson) of the music information website rockoll.it
 * Valerio Paolini-founder and software architect of musixmatch
 * Nicolò Cerioni director, stylist, videomaker
 * Cinzia Poli - Radio host, designer
 * Paolo Di Gioia - Musician