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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Italy
National selection
Selection processSanremo Music Festival 2012
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
14 February 2012
15 February 2012
16 February 2012
17 February 2012
Final:
18 February 2012
Selected entrantNina Zilli
Selected song""L'amore è femmina""
Finals performance
Final result9th, 101 points
[[ Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest| Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
2012

Italy will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and selected their entrant through the Sanremo Music Festival, organised by the Italian broadcaster RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI).

Sanremo 2012

Main article: Sanremo Music Festival 2012

On 5 December, RAI announced that the Italian entry would be chosen through the Sanremo festival 2012, to be held between 14–18 February 2012. A specific jury was once again set up to choose the artist and song best fit to represent Italy in Baku, thus, the winner of the Sanremo contest would not necessarily be the Eurovision entrant. [1][2][3] On 18 February, during the final, Nina Zilli was announced as the Italian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest by Ell & Nikki. RAI precised right after the show that the song for Eurovision might not be her Sanremo entry, "Per sempre".[4] On 3 March, "Per sempre" was confirmed as the Italian entry.[5] However, on 13 March, the decision was changed and "L'amore è femmina" was confirmed as the song she would perform in Baku.[6]

Nights

First night

Big Artists section

On 14 February 2012, each act in the "Big Artists" section performed a previously unreleased song. According to the rules of the contest, a ranking should have been determined by a jury composed of 300 people, each one giving a minimum of 1 point and a maximum of 10 points to each song, and at the end of the night, the two artists receiving the lowest points should have been eliminated.[7] However, during the second performance of the night, a technical problem in the voting system occurred. In the beginning, the jury was asked to continue voting through a paper-based system, but after the last performance, it was announced that the voting was nullified. Therefore, all the artists were admitted to the second night of the show.[8][9]

Due to illness, co-presenter Ivana Mrzazova was unable to attend. She was substituted by Belen Rodriguez and Elisabetta Canalis, the co-presenters of the 2011 festival.[8]

Singer and actor Adriano Celentano was a notable guest the first night. He caused much contrversy when he attacked the Catholic Church and the Italian catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana and newspaper Avvenire during his monologue.[8]

Performances of the contestants of the Big Artists section on the first night[10]
Artist(s) Order Song and writer(s)
Dolcenera 1 "Ci vediamo a casa" (Dolcenera)
Samuele Bersani 2 "Un pallone" (Samuele Bersani)
Noemi 3 "Sono solo parole" (Fabrizio Moro)
Francesco Renga 4 "La tua bellezza" (Francesco Renga, Diego Mancino, Dario Faini)
Chiara Civello 5 "Al posto del mondo" (Chiara Civello, Daiana Tejera)
Irene Fornaciari 6 "Grande mistero" (Davide Van De Sfroos)
Emma Marrone 7 "Non è l'inferno" (Francesco Silvestre, Enrico Palmosi, Luca Sala)
Marlene Kuntz 8 "Canzone per un figlio" (Cristiano Godano, Riccardo Tesio, Luca Bergia)
Eugenio Finardi 9 "E tu lo chiami Dio" (Roberta Di Lorenzo)
Gigi D'Alessio & Loredana Bertè 10 "Respirare" (Gigi D'Alessio, Vincenzo D'Agostino)
Nina Zilli 11 "Per sempre" (Roberto Casalino, Nina Zilli)
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla 12 "Nanì" (Pierdavide Carone, Lucio Dalla)
Arisa 13 "La notte" (Giuseppe Anastasi)
Matia Bazar 14 "Sei tu" (Piero Cassano, Giancarlo Golzi, Fabio Perversi)

Second night

Big Artists section

During the second night, that was held on 15 February 2012, each one of the 14 acts in the "Big Artists" section performed for a second time the chosen song. Each artists received a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 10 points from each member of a jury, composed of 300 people, and the four artists receiving the lowest points—Pierdavide Carone with Lucio Dalla, Marlene Kuntz, Irene Fornaciari and Gigi D'Alessio with Loredana Berté—were eliminated from the competition.[11][12]

Performances of the contestants of the Big Artists section on the second night[13]
Artist(s) Order[14][15] Song Points[16] Place[16]
Nina Zilli 1 "Per sempre" 2,254 1
Arisa 2 "La notte" 2,127 2
Gigi D'Alessio & Loredana Bertè 3 "Respirare" 1,591 11
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla 4 "Nanì" 1,540 13
Matia Bazar 5 "Sei tu" 1,725 9
Eugenio Finardi 6 "E tu lo chiami Dio" 1,752 8
Emma Marrone 7 "Non è l'inferno" 2,126 3
Marlene Kuntz 8 "Canzone per un figlio" 1,298 14
Irene Fornaciari 9 "Grande mistero" 1,571 12
Samuele Bersani 10 "Un pallone" 1,665 10
Chiara Civello 11 "Al posto del mondo" 1,895 6
Noemi 12 "Sono solo parole" 2,099 4
Francesco Renga 13 "La tua bellezza" 1,926 5
Dolcenera 14 "Ci vediamo a casa" 1,859 7

Third night

International duets

During the third nigh, each participant in the "Big Artists" section, including the eliminated ones, performed a foreign-language version of a popular Italian song, together with an international guest. The artists and the songs were announced together with the participants in the festival.[17] On 26 January 2012, it was announced that Nina Hagen, originally included in the list released on 15 January 2012 as the team partner of Loredana Bertè and Gigi D'Alessio, was replaced by Macy Gray, performing the English version of Mia Martini's "Almeno tu nell'universo" instead of a German-language cover of "Piccolo uomo".[18][19] At the end of the night, journalists in the press room voted the best performance. The competition, completely unrelated to the main competition, was won by Marlene Kuntz with Patti Smith, performing "The World Became the World", the English-language version of Premiata Forneria Marconi's "Impressioni di settembre".[20]

Performances of the contestants of the Big Artists section on the third night[21]
Italian artist(s) International artist(s) Order Song Original title and artist(s)
Chiara Civello Shaggy 1 "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" "Io che non vivo (senza te)" (Pino Donaggio)
Samuele Bersani Goran Bregović 2 "My Sweet Romagna" "Romagna mia" (Secondo Casadei)
Nina Zilli Skye Edwards 3 "Never, Never, Never" "Grande grande grande" (Mina)
Matia Bazar Al Jarreau 4 "Speak Softly Love" "Speak Softly Love" (Nino Rota)
Emma Marrone Gary Go 5 "(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" "Il paradiso" (La Ragazza 77 & Patty Pravo)
Arisa José Feliciano 6 "Que Sera" "Che sarà" (Ricchi e Poveri and José Feliciano)
Francesco Renga Sergio Dalma 7 "El mundo" "Il mondo" (Jimmy Fontana)
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla Mads Langer 8 "Anema e core" "Anema e core" (Tito Schipa)
Irene Fornaciari Brian May and Kerry Ellis[22] 9 "I (Who Have Nothing)" "Uno dei tanti" (Joe Sentieri)
Marlene Kuntz Patti Smith 10 "The World Became the World" "Impressioni di settembre" (Premiata Forneria Marconi)
Gigi D'Alessio & Loredana Bertè Macy Gray 11 "The Flame" "Almeno tu nell'universo" (Mia Martini)
Eugenio Finardi Noa 12 "Surrender" "Torna a Surriento" (Mario Massa)
Dolcenera Professor Green 13 "My Life Is Mine" "Vita spericolata" (Vasco Rossi)
Noemi Sarah Jane Morris 14 "To Feel in Love" "Amarsi un po'" (Lucio Battisti)

Repechage round

The four songs eliminated during the second night were performed again, and televoting determined the two songs to be reinstated in the competition.[7] Gigi D'Alessio with Loredana Berté and Pierdavide Carone with Lucio Dalla were admitted to the semi-final of the show, while Irene Fornaciari and Marlene Kuntz were eliminated from the competition.[23]

Performances of the eliminated "Big Artists"
Artist(s) Order Song Votes[16] Result
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla 1 "Nanì" 49.39% Back in competition
Gigi D'Alessio & Loredana Berté 2 "Respirare" 30.82% Back in competition
Irene Fornaciari 3 "Grande mistero" 12.06% Eliminated
Marlene Kuntz 4 "Canzone per un figlio" 7.73% Eliminated

Fourth night

Big Artists section

During the fourth night, each artist still in competition in the Big Artists section dueted with a guest, performing a new version of the competing song. At the end of the night, a ranking was compiled by combining televoting with the votes determined by the Sanremo Festival Orchestra,[7] and the bottom two artists—Chiara Civello and Matia Bazar—were eliminated.[24]

Performances of the Big Artists on the fourth night[25]
Artist Order Song Guest Points
(orchestra)[16] 		Televotes[16] Place
Noemi 1 "Sono solo parole" Gaetano Curreri 14 4.92% 4
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla 2 "Nanì" Gianluca Grignani 5 22.04% 6
Dolcenera 3 "Ci vediamo a casa" Max Gazzé 7 3.88% 10
Gigi D'Alessio & Loredana Bertè 4 "Respirare" Fargetta 15 13.45% 3
Chiara Civello 5 "Al posto del mondo" Francesca Michielin 6 3.30% 12
Samuele Bersani 6 "Un pallone" Paolo Rossi 9 3.03% 9
Eugenio Finardi 7 "E tu lo chiami Dio" Peppe Servillo 8 3.76% 8
Nina Zilli 8 "Per sempre" Giuliano Palma & the Bluebeaters 7 5.11% 7
Arisa 9 "La notte" Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi 18 9.02% 1
Emma Marrone 10 "Non è l'inferno" Alessandra Amoroso 12 22.49% 2
Matia Bazar 11 "Sei tu" Platinette 8 2.28% 11
Francesco Renga 12 "La tua bellezza" Scala & Kolacny Brothers 8 6.72% 5

Marlene Kuntz and Irene Fornaciari, eliminated during the previous night, would have performed with Samuel Umberto Romano and Davide Van De Sfroos, respectively.[26]

Fifth night

First round

The final of the Big Artists section was held on 18 February 2012. During the first round, the ten artists still in competition performed their entries, and a ranking was obtained by combining televoting with the votes determined by the Sanremo Festival Orchestra. Each journalist in the press room also voted one of the competing artists,[7] and Noemi, who received the most votes, obtained the "golden share", gaining three slot in the previous ranking. Therefore, she replaced Gigi D'Alessio and Loredana Berté in the top three artists, and she was admitted to the second round of the final, together with Emma and Arisa.[27]

Performances of the Big Artists on the first round of the final[28][29]
Artist(s) Order Song Points
(orchestra)[16] 		Televotes[16] Points
(golden share)[16] 		Place[16]
Nina Zilli 1 "Per sempre" 17 4.98% 2 7
Gigi D'Alessio & Loredana Berté 2 "Respirare" 31 12.09% 5 4
Emma Marrone 3 "Non è l'inferno" 26 29.65% 7 3
Samuele Bersani 4 "Un pallone" 25 3.18% 0 9
Dolcenera 5 "Ci vediamo a casa" 17 5.59% 2 6
Pierdavide Carone & Lucio Dalla 6 "Nanì" 14 15.74% 9 5
Noemi 7 "Sono solo parole" 33 5.42% 50 1
Arisa 8 "La notte" 38 11.59% 9 2
Eugenio Finardi 9 "E tu lo chiami dio" 15 3.26% 3 10
Francesco Renga 8 "La tua bellezza" 13 8.50% 0 8

Second round

During the second round, the top three artists performed for the last time their entries, and the final ranking was determined by televoting only.[7] Although Nina Zilli did not advance further towards this round she was called on stage and was announced as the Eurovision entrant for Italy by Ell & Nikki. She was chosen by a specific jury among the participants.[4]

Performances of the Big Artists on the second round of the final[30]
Artist Order Song Votes[16] Place[16]
Noemi 1 "Sono solo parole" 14.84% 3
Emma 2 "Non è l'inferno" 49.63% 1
Arisa 3 "La notte" 35.53% 2

Ratings

Episode Date Viewers Share
Night 1[31] 14 February 2012 12,700,000 49.55%
Night 2[32] 15 February 2012 9,200,000 39.27%
Night 3[33] 16 February 2012 10,540,000 47.46%
Night 4[34] 17 February 2012 9,931,000 41.97%
Night 5[35] 18 February 2012 13,287,000 57.43%

At Eurovision

Italy automatically qualified for the final, on 26 May 2012; as part of the "Big Five". They performed in Position 10 in the final and finished 9th with 101 points, successfully finishing in the top 10 for a second consecutive year, following their 2nd place in 2011.

Points awarded to Italy

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

Points awarded by Italy

See also

References

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