Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country Italy
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 22 January 2014
Song: 24 January 2014
Selected entrantEmma
Selected song"La mia città"
Selected songwriter(s)Emma Marrone
Finals performance
Final result21st, 33 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was selected internally by the Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI). Emma represented Italy with the song "La mia città". In the final, Italy placed 21st, scoring 33 points.

Background

Main article: Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2014 contest,

1990 with the song "Insieme: 1992" performed by Toto Cutugno. Italy has withdrawn from the Eurovision Song Contest a number of times with their most recent absence spanning from 1998 until 2010. Their return in 2011 with the song "Madness of Love", performed by Raphael Gualazzi, placed second—their highest result, to this point, since their victory in 1990. The nation saw further success in 2012 and 2013
, placing ninth and seventh, respectively.

The Italian broadcaster for the 2014 Contest, who broadcast the event in Italy and organised the selection process for its entry, was RAI. Italy has previously organised national finals and internal selections to select their Eurovision entry. Between 2011 and 2013, the broadcaster used the Sanremo Music Festival as an artist selection pool where a special committee would select one of the competing artist, independent of the results in the competition, as the Eurovision entrant. The selected entrant was then responsible for selecting the song they would compete with. This method was again used for 2014.

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 22 January 2014, RAI announced that they had internally selected Emma Marrone to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[2][3] On 24 January 2014, RAI revealed that Emma would perform "La mia città" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[4]

At Eurovision

Emma presenting herself at the contest

As a member of the

"Big Five", Italy automatically qualified for a place in the final, held on 10 May 2014. In addition to their participation in the final, Italy was assigned to vote in the second semi-final on 8 May 2014.[5] During the Italian delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, Italy was allocated to compete in the second half of the final.[6] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Italy would perform 16th, following Russia and preceding Slovenia.[7]

Italy placed 21st in the final out of 26, scoring 33 points.[8] This represented one of the lowest placements in Italy's Eurovision Song Contest history – its lowest ever by absolute finishing position, but not its lowest relative finish or score (having previously finished 17th and joint-last with 0 points in the 1966 contest with Domenico Modugno's "Dio, come ti amo").

On stage, Emma was joined by two guitarists, one keyboard player, one drummer and one backing vocalist, Arianna Mereu.[9] The Italian performance is based on a concept of glam rock from the 70s combined with futuristic elements.[10]

In Italy, the broadcast of the first and second semi-finals aired on Rai 4 with commentary by Marco Ardemagni and Filippo Solibello, while the final aired on Rai 2 with commentary by Linus and Nicola Savino.[11][12] The Italian spokesperson revealing the result of the Italian vote in the final was Linus.[13]

Voting

Points awarded to Italy

Points awarded to Italy (Final)[14]
Score Country
12 points  Malta
10 points  Albania
8 points
7 points
6 points  Montenegro
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point  France

Points awarded by Italy

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Italian jury:[16]

Detailed voting results from Italy (Semi-final 2)[17]
Draw Country L. de Gennaro A. Laffranchi P. Folli A. Mirò F. Pasquero Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Points
01  Malta 2 2 4 4 1 2 11 6 5
02  Israel 8 5 11 12 11 10 9 12
03  Norway 10 8 6 14 10 11 14 13
04  Georgia 11 11 2 1 9 5 13 11
05  Poland 4 7 15 11 2 6 3 2 10
06  Austria 3 3 3 2 5 3 2 1 12
07  Lithuania 7 10 7 3 13 7 10 10 1
08  Finland 1 1 1 5 3 1 8 3 8
09  Ireland 15 15 13 15 14 15 15 15
10  Belarus 13 13 14 13 15 14 12 14
11  Macedonia 6 6 12 10 12 9 7 9 2
12   Switzerland 14 12 8 6 8 12 4 8 3
13  Greece 9 9 10 9 6 8 5 5 6
14  Slovenia 5 4 5 7 4 4 6 4 7
15  Romania 12 14 9 8 7 13 1 7 4
Detailed voting results from Italy (Final)[18]
Draw Country L. de Gennaro A. Laffranchi P. Folli A. Mirò F. Pasquero Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Points
01  Ukraine 8 6 5 5 3 4 4 2 10
02  Belarus 13 21 15 13 19 19 20 23
03  Azerbaijan 14 20 16 12 17 18 25 24
04  Iceland 4 2 2 4 2 2 10 4 7
05  Norway 20 12 10 16 14 12 19 16
06  Romania 22 25 8 14 4 13 1 6 5
07  Armenia 19 19 24 24 18 24 7 14
08  Montenegro 11 10 18 10 25 14 21 20
09  Poland 9 4 21 9 1 6 3 3 8
10  Greece 18 13 14 7 13 11 8 8 3
11  Austria 2 3 3 3 6 3 2 1 12
12  Germany 17 16 12 6 12 10 22 17
13  Sweden 12 14 9 23 20 17 13 12
14  France 25 15 23 15 24 23 24 25
15  Russia 10 17 20 18 23 20 11 15
16  Italy
17  Slovenia 7 7 4 19 9 7 18 11
18  Finland 1 1 1 2 5 1 12 5 6
19  Spain 15 22 19 21 16 21 15 21
20   Switzerland 24 11 17 11 11 15 5 9 2
21  Hungary 5 18 11 20 21 16 17 19
22  Malta 23 5 7 8 8 8 14 10 1
23  Denmark 3 8 22 17 7 9 23 18
24  Netherlands 6 9 6 1 10 5 9 7 4
25  San Marino 21 23 25 25 15 25 6 13
26  United Kingdom 16 24 13 22 22 22 16 22

References

  1. ^ "Italy Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (22 January 2014). "Emma to represent Italy in Copenhagen!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  3. ^ Granger, Anthony (24 January 2014). "Italy: Emma Marrone To Sing "La mia città"". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (24 January 2014). "Italy: Emma will sing La Mia Città". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (20 January 2014). "Allocation Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  6. ^ Escudero, Victor M. (6 May 2014). "Emma, a goddess on stage for Italy". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  7. ^ Storvik-Green, Simon (9 May 2014). "Running order for the Grand Final revealed!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Grand Final of Copenhagen 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "All'Eurovision con Emma Marrone ci sarà anche Arianna Mereu" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  10. ^ Leon, Jakov I. (4 May 2014). "Emma's glam rock performance for Italy". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Per le semifinali dell'Eurovision 2014 torna la coppia Solibello-Ardemagni" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  12. ^ "A Linus e Nicola Savino la finale dell'ESC 2014 su Rai 2" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Sarà Linus ad annunciare i voti dell'Italia all'Eurovision 2014" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  14. ^ a b "Results of the Grand Final of Copenhagen 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Results of the Second Semi-Final of Copenhagen 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  16. ^ Brey, Marco (1 May 2014). "Who will be in the expert juries?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  17. ^ "Full Split Results | Second Semi-Final of Copenhagen 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  18. ^ "Full Split Results | Grand Final of Copenhagen 2014". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
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