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| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Sanremo Music Festival 2017 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 11 February 2017 | |||
| Selected entrant | Francesco Gabbani | |||
| Selected song | "Occidentali's Karma" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 6th, 334 points | |||
| Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Occidentali's Karma", written by Francesco Gabbani, Filippo Gabbani, Luca Chiaravalli and Fabio Ilacqua. The song was performed by Francesco Gabbani. Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) announced in October 2016 that the winning performer(s) of the Big Artists section of the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 would earn the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The selected performer would also be given the right to choose their own song to compete with at Eurovision. In February 2017, Francesco Gabbani emerged as the winner of Sanremo with the song "Occidentali's Karma". The artist accepted the invitation to represent Italy at Eurovision and decided that "Occidentali's Karma" would be his contest entry.
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