Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Country	Italy
National selection
Selection process	Sanremo Music Festival 1997
Selected artist(s)	Jalisse
Selected song	"Fiumi di parole"
Finals performance
Final result	4th, 114 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1993 • 1997 • 2011►

Italy returned to the Eurovision Song Contest at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, after withdrawing in 1994. The Italian entry was "Fiumi di parole", performed by Jalisse.

Selection

The Italian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, held in Dublin, Ireland, was the winner of the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy. The winner was Jalisse with the song "Fiumi di parole" (River of words), composed by Fabio Ricci and Alessandra Drusian (the members of Jalisse) with Carmen Di Domenico.

At Eurovision

Jalisse performed 9th on the night of the contest, following the Netherlands and preceding Spain. "Fiumi di parole" received 114 points, placing 4th in a field of 25.

After this entry Italy withdrew from the contest, and would not return for the next 13 years, until 2011.

Points awarded to Italy

Points awarded to Italy

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Portugal	Croatia Slovenia Switzerland	Poland Spain	Netherlands Russia	Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Greece Turkey	Denmark Germany	Hungary Sweden United Kingdom		Austria Iceland Ireland

Points awarded by Italy

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Ireland
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Turkey
6 points	Malta
5 points	Germany
4 points	Cyprus
3 points	Spain
2 points	Switzerland
1 point	Poland

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 1997
• Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest