Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973

Italy was represented by Massimo Ranieri, with the song '"Chi sarà con te", at the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 7 April in Luxembourg City. As usual, broadcaster RAI chose both song and performer internally. Ranieri had previously represented Italy at the 1971 contest in Dublin.

Eurovision Song Contest 1973
Country Italy
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selected entrantMassimo Ranieri
Selected song"Chi sarà con te"
Finals performance
Final result13th, 74 points
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest
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A strong melodic and structural similarity was noted between "Chi sarà con te" and Anna Identici's 1968 recording "Quando m'innamoro" – familiar to Anglophone audiences via Engelbert Humperdinck's hit English-language cover version "Man Without Love" – but no specific allegations of plagiarism were ever made.

At Eurovision

On the night of the contest Ranieri performed 10th in the running order, following Yugoslavia and preceding eventual contest winners Luxembourg. At the close of voting "Chi sarà con te" had received 74 points, placing Italy a disappointing 13th of the 17 entries, well short of Ranieri's fifth place in 1971.[1]

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See also

References
  1. ESC History - Italy 1973
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