Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971
Italy was represented by Massimo Ranieri, with the song '"L'amore è un attimo", at the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 3 April in Dublin. Both song and performer were chosen internally by broadcaster RAI. Ranieri would later return to represent Italy at the 1973 contest in Luxembourg City.
| Eurovision Song Contest 1971 | ||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selected entrant | Massimo Ranieri | |||
| Selected song | "L'amore è un attimo" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 5th, 91 points | |||
| Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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At Eurovision
On the night of the contest Ranieri performed 11th in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Sweden. The song was a dramatic ballad in the familiar Italian style, and Ranieri gave a powerful performance. At the close of voting "L'amore è un attimo" had received 91 points, placing Italy 5th of the 18 entries, the country's first top 5 placement since 1965.[1]
Points awarded to Italy
| Points awarded to Italy[2] | ||||
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| 10 points | 9 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
| 5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |
Points awarded by Italy[2]
| 10 points | |
| 9 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points |  Switzerland |
| 6 points |  Austria Germany Ireland Sweden |
| 5 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| 4 points |  France Malta Monaco Portugal |
| 3 points | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium Luxembourg United Kingdom |
| 2 points |  Finland Netherlands Norway |
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