The finale of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in 2025 was viewed by about 4.76 million people in Italy. The average audience of the ESC in the country during the period from 1987 to 2024 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.
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Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025
(in 1,000s)
*Data are rounded.
**Figures for 2020 refer to Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, a replacement show for the official Eurovision Song Contest 2020 which was cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Until 1997, the Eurovision Song Contest consisted in one night. In the statistic, data from 1987 to 1997 refer to the unique night, while figures from 2011 onwards refer to the finale.
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Eurofestival News. (May 18, 2025). Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
Eurofestival News. "Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 18, 2025. Statista. Accessed June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
Eurofestival News. (2025). Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
Eurofestival News. "Average Number of Viewers of The Finale of The Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 May 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
Eurofestival News, Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/ (last visited June 26, 2025)
Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Eurofestival News, May 18, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
