Last nights first semi final has broken records as the most watched first semi final in Italy’s history in the Eurovision Song Contest.
On average 514,000 viewers tuned into Rai4 to watch the first semi final of this years Eurovision Song Contest live from Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Viewing figures increased by 157,000 viewers over the first semi final last year 357,000 viewers watched the contest live from Stockholm, Sweden. The show had a viewing share of 1.98%.
Previous Semi-Final One Viewing Figures:
- 2011 – Semi Final One Not Broadcast
- 2012 – 64,000 viewers – Rai5
- 2013 – 149,292 viewers – Rai5
- 2014 – 285,000 viewers – Rai4
- 2015 – 212,000 viewers – Rai4 (Broadcast delayed)
- 2016 – 357,000 viewers – Rai4
Source: Eurofestival News, Eurofestival News
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Italy debuted in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, and has participated a total of 42 times to date. Italy returned to the contest in 2011, having last participated in 1997. Italy has won the contest twice, the first time being in 1964 with Gigliola Cinquetti’s “Non ho l’età”, and the second being in 1990 with Toto Cutugno’s “Insieme: 1990”. Italy’s hosting of the contest in 1991 has been remembered as one of the most chaotic contests to date. Since their return in 2011 Italy has finished in the top 10 on four occasions, finishing in 2nd in 2011 with Raphael Gualazzi’s “The Madness of Love” and 3rd in 2015 with Il Volo’s “Grande amore”. The former was the jury winner of Eurovision 2011, and the latter was the winner of the public vote in 2015.
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