Italy

Italy has participated in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 45 times since making its debut at the first contest, with their best position being 1st, achieving this at the Own Eurovision Song Contest 43. Their winning song "No Hero", performed by Elisa received a total amount of 200 points.

Most of their entries were selected through internal selection. Starting with Own Eurovision Song Contest 45, the entries were selected with Festival di Sanremo.

Italy managed to qualify to the grand final twenty-seven times. The country also autoqualified 7 times, following their results in the previous editions.

The country has hosted the contest in the forty-fourth edition with Milan being the host city.

Contestants
Table key
 * Winner
 * Second place
 * Third place
 * Automatically qualified to the final
 * Did not qualify for the final
 * Last place
 * Did not compete
 * Withdrawn or disqualified