Nina Zilli will not be performing Per sempre in the final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, the Italian broadcaster together with Nina's label, Universal Music decided to send L'amore e femmina. 

Three acts were chosen tonight. 

Latvia will send to Baku Anmary singing the tribute to Eurovision "Beautiful song". Croatian song by Nina Badric was presented today "Nebo". San Remo concluded the 5th night by presenting the entry for ESC. Nina Zilly was the chosen act even not being the winner of the Grand finale. The young competition was won by Alessandro Casilio who is only 15 years old and probably that's the reason why he will not be the italian singer in ESC.

Italy left Eurovision 14 years ago and now its back with a jazz style. A very different song for this contest. Raphael Gualazzi is a very good jazz singer but we are not certain if this style is going to conquer the audience. No matter what, its good to have Italy back!

Raphael Gualazzi will represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song Follia d'amore. Gualazii won the juries' confidence as well as the tele voting of the 61st edition of the famous San Remo Festival.

Italy is one of the automatically qualified five countries in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. This year their national broadcaster (RAI) decided to come back to the Eurovision family as they left the competition in 1997 when Jalisse's Fiumi di parole scored a respectable 4th placing in Ireland.

Raphael Gualazzi was selected by a special jury consisting in Gianni Morandi, Mauro Mazza, Massimo Liofredi, Mark Simeon, Maurizio Zoccarato and George Giuffra. The singer will represent Italy at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with Follia d'amore a jazz song written by himself. source: esctoday

Italy took part for the last time in 1997 and returns after 13 years of absence. The large country directly qualifies for participation in the Final and thus becomes part of the 'Big Five', along with France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom.

We will have another spoken language country back in the contest. San Marino will returno after Mi Odio participation that didnt qualify. Will it be a surprise to have a share of 12 points between these countries during the voting?

source: eurovision.tv

Today is the day every Eurovision Song Contest fan has been waiting for; After 13 years of absence, Italian broadcaster RAI applied for participation in the Eurovision Song Contest!

Last Friday was the deadline for public service broadcasters from all over Europe to apply for participation in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, which is scheduled to take part on 10, 12 and 14 May in Düsseldorf, Germany. Italy has a rich tradition at the Eurovision Song Contest. They won the contest twice, back in 1965 and 1991, and often finished top-10

Italy started one of the first music contests in Europe with big popularity, San Remo that inspired the Eurovision Song Contest some years after.