Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

As a member of the "Big Five", Italy automatically qualified for a place in the final, to be held on 18 May 2013. In addition to their participation in the final, Italy was assigned to vote in the first semi-final on 14 May 2013.^[4]

During the Italian delegation's press conference on 15 May, Italy was allocated to perform in the second half of the final.^[5] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Italy would perform 23rd, following Ukraine and preceding Norway.^[6] Italy placed 7th in the final and scored 126 points.^[7]

In Italy, only the first semi-final was aired on Rai 5, commentated by Federica Gentile, while the final was aired on Rai 2 and Rai HD, with commentary by Filippo Solibello, Marco Ardemagni and Natascha Lusenti.^[8][9]

The national jury that provided 50% of the Italian vote in the first semi-final and the final consisted of five journalists: Paolo Giordano, Gianni Sibilla, Luca Dondoni, Fabrizio Basso and Luigi Bolognini.^[10] The Italian spokesperson in the grand final was Federica Gentile.^[11]

Points awarded to Italy (Final)^[12]

Score	Country
12 points	Albania  Spain   Switzerland
10 points	Austria  France  Macedonia
8 points	Croatia  Malta  Slovenia
7 points
6 points	Belgium  Cyprus  Greece  Montenegro
5 points
4 points	Serbia  San Marino
3 points
2 points	Georgia
1 point	Armenia  Romania

Points awarded by Italy (Semi-final 1)[13] Score Country 12 points  Ukraine 10 points  Lithuania 8 points  Moldova 7 points  Belarus 6 points  Denmark 5 points  Estonia 4 points  Russia 3 points  Serbia 2 points  Austria 1 point  Netherlands

Points awarded by Italy (Final)[12] Score Country 12 points  Denmark 10 points  Malta 8 points  Norway 7 points  Greece 6 points  Lithuania 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Moldova 3 points  Hungary 2 points  Spain 1 point  Romania

Televoting results from Italy (Semi-final 1)^[14]

R/O	Country	Percentage	Rank	Points (Televote)
		01		Austria	1.3%	16
02	Estonia	2.5%	11
03	Slovenia	1.5%	14
04	Croatia	2.4%	12
05	Denmark	4.3%	5	6
06	Russia	4.1%	6	5
07	Ukraine	42.3%	1	12
08	Netherlands	2.9%	9	2
09	Montenegro	2.6%	10	1
10	Lithuania	5.7%	3	8
11	Belarus	3.4%	7	4
12	Moldova	15.5%	2	10
13	Ireland	2.2%	13
14	Cyprus	1.5%	15
15	Belgium	3%	8	3
16	Serbia	4.8%	4	7

Televoting results from Italy (Final)^[14]

R/O	Country	Percentage	Rank	Points (Televote)
		01		France	0.52%	25
02	Lithuania	2.27%	10	1
03	Moldova	13.79%	2	10
04	Finland	1.04%	20
05	Spain	1.51%	16
06	Belgium	0.98%	21
07	Estonia	0.95%	22
08	Belarus	1.46%	17
09	Malta	3.07%	7	4
10	Russia	5.01%	5	6
11	Germany	1.20%	18
12	Armenia	1.60%	14
13	Netherlands	1.64%	13
14	Romania	23.20%	1	12
15	United Kingdom	0.80%	24
16	Sweden	0.84%	23
17	Hungary	2.93%	8	3
18	Denmark	3.20%	6	5
19	Iceland	1.09%	19
20	Azerbaijan	2.47%	9	2
21	Greece	11.94%	4	7
22	Ukraine	13.23%	3	8
23	Italy
24	Norway	1.77%	12
25	Georgia	1.95%	11
26	Ireland	1.54%	15

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