Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Country	Italy
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Massimo Ranieri
Selected song	"Chi sarà con te"
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 74 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1972 • 1973 • 1974►

Italy was represented by Massimo Ranieri, with the song '"Chi sarà con te", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City. As usual, broadcaster RAI chose both song and performer internally. Ranieri had previously represented Italy at the 1971 contest in Dublin.

A strong melodic and structural similarity was noted between "Chi sarà con te" and Anna Identici's 1968 recording "Quando m'innamoro" – familiar to Anglophone audiences via Engelbert Humperdinck's hit English-language cover version "Man Without Love" – but no specific allegations of plagiarism were ever made.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Ranieri performed 10th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding eventual contest winners Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Chi sarà con te" had received 74 points, placing Italy a disappointing 13th of the 17 entries, well short of Ranieri's fifth place in 1971.^[1]

See also

• Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1973

References

Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 to 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 to 1996 1997 1998 to 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016   Artists 1950s Franca Raimondi (1956) Tonina Torrielli (1956) Nunzio Gallo Domenico Modugno Domenico Modugno 1960s Renato Rascel Betty Curtis Claudio Villa Emilio Pericoli Gigliola Cinquetti Bobby Solo Domenico Modugno Claudio Villa Sergio Endrigo Iva Zanicchi 1970s Gianni Morandi Massimo Ranieri Nicola Di Bari Massimo Ranieri Gigliola Cinquetti Wess and Dori Ghezzi Al Bano & Romina Power Mia Martini Ricchi e Poveri Matia Bazar 1980s Alan Sorrenti 1981 to 1982 Riccardo Fogli Alice & Battiato Al Bano & Romina Power 1986 Umberto Tozzi and Raf Luca Barbarossa Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali 1990s Toto Cutugno Peppino di Capri Mia Martini Enrico Ruggeri 1994 to 1996 Jalisse 1998 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2009 2010s 2010 Raphael Gualazzi Nina Zilli Marco Mengoni Emma Il Volo Francesca Michielin   Songs 1950s "Amami se vuoi" (1956) "Aprite le finestre" (1956) "Corde della mia chitarra" "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" "Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)" 1960s "Romantica" "Al di là" "Addio, addio" "Uno per tutte" "Non ho l'età" "Se piangi, se ridi" "Dio, come ti amo" "Non andare più lontano" "Marianne" "Due grosse lacrime bianche" 1970s "Occhi di ragazza" "L'amore è un attimo" "I giorni dell'arcobaleno" "Chi sarà con te" "Sì" "Era" "We'll Live It All Again" "Libera" "Questo amore" "Raggio di luna" 1980s "Non so che darei" 1981 to 1982 "Per Lucia" "I treni di Tozeur" "Magic Oh Magic" 1986 "Gente di mare" "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" "Avrei voluto" 1990s "Insieme: 1992" "Comme è ddoce 'o mare" "Rapsodia" "Sole d'Europa" 1994 to 1996 "Fiumi di parole" 1998 to 1999 2000s 2000 to 2009 2010s 2010 "Madness of Love" "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)" "L'essenziale" "La mia città" "Grande amore" (Note: Entries scored out are when Italy did not compete)