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Italy in 1962
Claudio Villa
Song
Addio, addio
Franco Migliacci
Composer(s)
Domenico Modugno
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Biography
1962 saw Domenico Modugno once again winning the San Remo Festival, this time with Addio, Addio. Consequently Domenico flew to Luxembourg to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. However quarrels started and Claudio Villa was flown in on the day of the contest to sing the song in the actual contest. A famous singer in Italy and the neighbouring countries the song Addio, Addio still achieved a disappointing 9th position, maybe due to the pressure put on him. Addio, Addio didn't become a European hit either. But Claudio Villa bounced back in the course of 1962, when he covered Silvio Francesco and Caterina Valente's Quando, Quando, Quando and had a European hit with it. Claudio Villa returned to the Eurovision stage in 1967 with Non Andare Piu Lontano.
Domenico would take his revenge in 1966, when he entered into the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time in his career.
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All Participations for Italy
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | Raphael Gualazzi | Follia d'amore | 189 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 1997 | Jalisse | Fiumi di parole | 114 | 4 |
| 1993 | Enrico Ruggeri | Sole d'Europa | 45 | 12 |
| 1992 | Mia Martini | Rapsodia | 111 | 4 |
| 1991 | Peppino di Capri | Comme e' ddoce 'o mare | 89 | 7 |
| 1990 | Toto Cutugno | Insieme: 1992 | 149 | 1 |
| 1989 | Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali | Avrei voluto | 56 | 9 |
| 1988 | Luca Barbarossa | Ti scrivo | 52 | 12 |
| 1987 | Umberto Tozzi and Raf | Gente di mare | 103 | 3 |
| 1985 | Al Bano and Romina Power | Magic, oh magic | 78 | 7 |
| 1984 | Alice and Battiato | I treni di Tozeur | 70 | 5 |
| 1983 | Riccardo Fogli | Per Lucia | 41 | 11 |
| 1980 | Alan Sorrenti | Non so che darei | 87 | 6 |
| 1979 | Matia Bazar | Raggio di luna | 27 | 15 |
| 1978 | Ricchi e Poveri | Questo amore | 53 | 12 |
| 1977 | Mia Martini | Liberà | 33 | 13 |
| 1976 | Romina and Al Bano | We'll live it all again | 69 | 7 |
| 1975 | Wess and Dori Ghezzi | Era | 115 | 3 |
| 1974 | Gigliola Cinquetti | Si | 18 | 2 |
| 1973 | Massimo Ranieri | Chi sarà con te | 74 | 13 |
| 1972 | Nicola di Bari | I giorni dell' arcobaleno | 92 | 6 |
| 1971 | Massimo Ranieri | L'amore è un attimo | 91 | 5 |
| 1970 | Gianni Morandi | Occhi di ragazza | 5 | 8 |
| 1969 | Iva Zanicchi | Due grosse lacrime bianche | 5 | 13 |
| 1968 | Sergio Endrigo | Marianne | 7 | 10 |
| 1967 | Claudio Villa | Non andare più lontano | 4 | 11 |
| 1966 | Domenico Modugno | Dio come ti amo | 0 | 17 |
| 1965 | Bobby Solo | Se piangi, se ridi | 15 | 5 |
| 1964 | Gigliola Cinquetti | Non ho l'étà | 49 | 1 |
| 1963 | Emilio Pericoli | Uno per tutte | 37 | 3 |
| 1962 | Claudio Villa | Addio, addio | 3 | 9 |
| 1961 | Betty Curtis | Al di là | 12 | 5 |
| 1960 | Renato Rascel | Romantica | 5 | 8 |
| 1959 | Domenico Modugno | Piove | 9 | 6 |
| 1958 | Domenico Modugno | Nel blu dipinto di blu | 13 | 3 |
| 1957 | Nunzio Gallo | Corde della mia chitarra | 7 | 6 |
| 1956 | Franca Raimondi | Aprite le finestre | 0 | 2 |
| 1956 | Tonina Torielli | Amami se vuoi | 0 | 2 |