ESC PREVIEW Today: #9- ITALY.  A preview of the 43 songs in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, which begins this May in Lisbon, Portugal. The preview begins with the weakest songs and works its way to the best in this year's line-up.The songs are ranked in order of quality as heard in the studio versions.

EUROVISION 2018 PREVIEW

9.

ITALY

NON MI AVETE FATTO NIENTE

Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro

Italy participated in the first ESC in 1956.  Its 2 wins were in 1964 and 1990. This year's entry is a song in defiance of terrorism performed in Italian by respected musicians Ermal Meta and Fabrizio Moro.

While its lyrics are powerful, its message may be lost to non-Italian speakers. Italy is one of "The Big 5" nations and is already in the Grand Final. It is unlikely to give the country its 3rd win at Eurovision. 

10 FRANCE

11 CYPRUS

12 ARMENIA

313 AZERBAIJAN

14 DENMARK

15 SWITZERLAND

16 SPAIN

17 ICELAND

18 NORWAY

19 UKRAINE

20 MONTENEGRO

21 F.Y,R. MACEDONIA

22 CROATIA

23 PORTUGAL

24 CZECH REPUBLIC

25 ROMANIA

26 BELARUS

27 LATVIA

28 POLAND

29 AUSTRIA

30 GREECE

31 IRELAND

32 BULGARIA

33 GERMANY

34 GEORGIA

35 LITHUANIA

36 MALTA

37 RUSSIA

38 SLOVENIA

39 NETHERLANDS

40 ALBANIA

41 SERBIA

42 HUNGARY

43 SAN MARINO

Hear a special playlist with all the songs from this year’s contest as they are released on spotify.

spotify:user:alanrosscaffelatte:playlist:3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2

https://open.spotify.com/user/alanrosscaffelatte/playlist/3aFWyVHxGLWZ3Xwb6K3tf2?si=XiLET1zpTlabrf3yAVNfiw