Italy: Eurovision Song Contest finale audience 2022

Around 6.6 million people from Italy watched the finale of the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022, when the songwriting competition took place in Italy.
The average audience of the ESC in the country during the period from 1987 to 2022 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.

Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2022 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of viewers in thousands
2022	6,600
2021	4,512
2020**	2,763
2019	3,539
2018	3,430
2017	3,742
2016	3,300
2015	3,292
2014	1,747
2013	1,878
2012	1,410
2011	1,291
1997*	903
1993*	944
1992	471
1991	6,683
1990*	659
1989*	1,105
1988	707
1987	598

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Release date

May 2022

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Region

Italy

Survey time period

1987 to 2022

Supplementary notes

*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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