Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Italy was represented by Domenico Modugno, with the song '"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 11 March in Cannes, France. Broadcaster RAI chose the winning song from the 1959 Sanremo Music Festival as their Eurovision entry: the song had been performed twice at Sanremo and for the second consecutive year Modugno was chosen over Johnny Dorelli as the performer.

Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1959

Italy was represented by Domenico Modugno, with the song '"Piove (Ciao, ciao bambina)", at the 1959 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 11 March in Cannes, France. Broadcaster RAI chose the winning song from the 1959 Sanremo Music Festival as their Eurovision entry: the song had been performed twice at Sanremo and for the second consecutive year Modugno was chosen over Johnny Dorelli as the performer.