Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978

Italy was represented by quartet Ricchi e Poveri, with the song '"Questo amore", at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 22 April in Paris. Broadcaster RAI chose the song and performers internally.

Eurovision Song Contest 1978
Country Italy
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selected entrantRicchi e Poveri
Selected song"Questo amore"
Finals performance
Final result12th, 53 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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At Eurovision

On the night of the final Ricchi e Poveri performed third in the running order, following Norway and preceding Finland. Prior to the contest observers had rated "Questo amore" as one of the better songs in what was considered an exceptionally weak line-up. However, on the night of the contest the group gave a very mediocre vocal performance, worsened by the sound balance being out of true, giving the already indifferent vocals a harsh, exposed quality. At the close of voting "Questo amore" had 53 points, placing Italy 12th of the 20 entries. Coincidentally, for the third consecutive year Italy received its highest mark (10 in this case) from Ireland. The Italian jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg.[1]

Points awarded to Italy
Points awarded to Italy
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Italy
12 points Luxembourg
10 points France
8 points Israel
7 points Monaco
6 points Belgium
5 points Netherlands
4 points Portugal
3 points Germany
2 points Greece
1 point  Switzerland

See also

References
  1. ESC History - Italy 1978
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