Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Country	Italy
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selected entrant	Alice & Franco Battiato
Selected song	"I treni di Tozeur"
Finals performance
Final result	5th=, 70 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1983 • 1984 • 1985►

Italy was represented by Alice and Franco Battiato, with the song '"I treni di Tozeur", at the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 May in Luxembourg City. The song was chosen internally by Italian broadcaster RAI.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Alice and Battiato performed 18th in the running order, following Switzerland and preceding Portugal. At the close of voting "I treni di Tozeur" had picked up 70 points, placing Italy joint 5th (with Belgium) of the 19 entries. The song had received maximum 12s from Finland and Spain, but nine of the national juries had failed to vote for it at all. The Italian jury awarded its 12 points to Ireland.^[1]

"I treni di Tozeur" is one of the most highly regarded songs in Eurovision history and usually features prominently in polls of the best Eurovision songs of all time. The fact that it failed to challenge for victory in what is widely considered one of the weakest contests of all is often mentioned as one of Eurovision's biggest mysteries – however, it has also been said that the song's very sophistication, elliptical lyrics and unusually complex structure (it does not have a definable chorus) could have worked against it at a time when Eurovision juries were still voting heavily in favour of either traditional big ballads or frothy Euro-pop, and there are also several other examples from the 1980s of songs, now very well thought of, which failed conspicuously at Eurovision through being too avant-garde at the time to find favour with old-style juries.

See also

• Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1984

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)