Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country  Italy
National selection
Selection process Internal Selection
Selection date(s) Artist: 22 January 2014
Song: 24 January 2014
Selected entrant Emma
Selected song "La mia città"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result 21st, 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.

Internal selection

On 22 January 2014, RAI announced that Emma Marrone had been selected as the Italian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. This year RAI opted to forego selecting an artist from the list of participants at the Sanremo Music Festival, which had been the method of selection since 2011.[1]

On 24 January 2014, RAI revealed that Emma would perform "La mia città" (My city) at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.[2]

At Eurovision

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.[3] During the Italian delegation's press conference on 6 May 2014, Italy was allocated to compete in the second half of the final.[4] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Italy would perform 16th, following Russia and preceding Slovenia.[5] Italy placed 21st in the final, scoring 33 points.

On stage, Emma was joined by two guitarists, one keyboard player, one drummer and one backing vocalist, Arianna Mereu.[6] The Italian performance is based on a concept of glam rock from the 70s combined with futuristic elements.[7]

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.[8][9] The Italian spokesperson revealing the result of the Italian vote in the final was Linus.[10]

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

Semi-final 2

Points awarded in second semi-final:

12 points Austria
10 points Poland
8 points Finland
7 points Slovenia
6 points Greece
5 points Malta
4 points Romania
3 points  Switzerland
2 points Macedonia
1 point Lithuania

Final

Points awarded in the final:

12 points Austria
10 points Ukraine
8 points Poland
7 points Iceland
6 points Finland
5 points Romania
4 points Netherlands
3 points Greece
2 points  Switzerland
1 point Malta

Split voting results

The following five members comprise the Italian jury:[11]

Semi-final 2

The Italian votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[12]

Semi-final 2 – Italian Results
Draw Country L. de Gennaro A. Laffranchi P. Folli A. Miro F. Pasquero Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (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

Final

The Italian votes in the grand final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.[13]

Final – Italian Results
Draw Country L. de Gennaro A. Laffranchi P. Folli A. Miro F. Pasquero Average Jury Rank Televote Rank Combined Rank Scoreboard (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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (22 January 2014). "Emma to represent Italy in Copenhagen!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (24 January 2014). "Italy: Emma will sing La Mia Città". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (20 January 2014). "Allocation Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (6 May 2014). "Emma, a goddess on stage for Italy". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Storvik-Green, Simon (9 May 2014). "Running order for the Grand Final revealed!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "All’Eurovision con Emma Marrone ci sarà anche Arianna Mereu" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  7. ↑ Leon, Jakov I. (4 May 2014). "Emma’s glam rock performance for Italy". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Per le semifinali dell’Eurovision 2014 torna la coppia Solibello-Ardemagni" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "A Linus e Nicola Savino la finale dell’ESC 2014 su Rai 2" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Sarà Linus ad annunciare i voti dell’Italia all’Eurovision 2014" (in Italian). Eurofestival News. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Brey, Marco (1 May 2014). "Who will be in the expert juries?". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Second Semi-Final". Eurovision.tv. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.