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Italy in 1985
Al Bano and Romina Power
Song
Magic, oh magic
Christiano Minellono
Composer(s)
Dario Farina, Michael Hoffmann
More information
Biography
1985 sees the return of Al Bano and Romina Power to the Eurovision stage. In 1976 they were there as well, that time with the song We'll Live It All Again. This song had been the first European hit for the duo and it wouldn't be until 1982 before they returned into the European charts again with the hits Sincerita and Sharazan. Although Magic, Oh Magic didn't do that bad in the actual contest, it didn't set the hearts of records buying Europe alight. The duo returned to the European charts however to the European charts in the late-80's and early 90's with Liberta and Donna Per Amore. At the end of the 90's the duo is till highly succesful in Italy.
Michael Hoffmann, one of the composers of Magic, Oh Magic is a famous German opera singer.
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History
We are currently updating our country history pages and therefore, they are temporarily unavailable! How many times they won? Who represented the country in 1960? This and a lot more is available in the history section soon!
All Participations for Italy
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
