Around 4.9 million people from Italy watched the finale of the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, when the songwriting competition took place in Liverpool.

The average audience of the ESC in the country during the period from 1987 to 2023 peaked in 1991 at about 6.7 million viewers. Due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled and a replacement show named “Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light” was broadcasted instead of the contest’s finale.