Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Country
Italy
National selection
Selection process
Sanremo Music Festival 2017
Selection date(s)
11 February 2017
Selected entrant
Francesco Gabbani
Selected song
"Occidentali's Karma"
Selected songwriter(s)
Francesco Gabbani
Filippo Gabbani
Luca Chiaravalli
Fabio Ilacqua
Finals performance
Final result
6th, 334 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Occidentali's Karma", written by Francesco Gabbani, Filippo Gabbani, Luca Chiaravalli and Fabio Ilacqua. The song was performed by Francesco Gabbani. Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) announced in October 2016 that the winning performer(s) of the Big Artists section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 would earn the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The selected performer would also be given the right to choose their own song to compete with at Eurovision. In February 2017, Francesco Gabbani emerged as the winner of Sanremo with the song "Occidentali's Karma". The artist accepted the invitation to represent Italy at Eurovision and decided that "Occidentali's Karma" would be his contest entry.
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