Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971

Eurovision Song Contest 1971
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
◄1970 • 1971 • 1972►

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.

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.

Points awarded to Italy

Points awarded to Italy
10 points	9 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	France Monaco	Switzerland Yugoslavia	Sweden	Germany Ireland Malta Spain United Kingdom
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Norway	Austria	Portugal	Belgium Finland Luxembourg Netherlands

Points awarded by Italy

10 points
9 points
8 points
7 points	Switzerland
6 points	Austria Germany Ireland Sweden
5 points	Spain Yugoslavia
4 points	France Malta Monaco Portugal
3 points	Belgium Luxembourg United Kingdom
2 points	Finland Netherlands Norway

See also

• Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1971