Italy in 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.

Background
Prior to the third edition, Italy has participated in The Song two times since its first entry. Its best placing was at the first edition where Fabri Fibra, Colapesce and Dimartino placed second with "Propaganda". However, its worst finish was when it placed eight in the second edition with "Groovy" by Tancredi.

Participation
On July 22, RAI announced that they would choose the representative of the nation via the national selection "La Canzone". The next day, RAI, announced the six possible Italian entries.

La Canzone
The two songs that advanced in the Super-final were, "Rumours" performed by Betta Lemme and "Guess Who's Back" performed by Il Tre.

Super-final
The winner was Il Tre with the song "Guess Who's Back". The Song gathered 52.5% of the votes.

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: