The finale of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in 2024 was viewed by about 5.3 million people in Italy. This is the second-highest audience for a Eurovision Grand Final in Italy since their return in 2011, second only to the 2022 edition when Italy hosted. 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.
Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024
(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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ESCplus.com. (May 12, 2024). Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
ESCplus.com. "Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Chart. May 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
ESCplus.com. (2024). Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
ESCplus.com. "Average Number of Viewers of The Finale of The Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/
ESCplus.com, Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/ (last visited October 12, 2024)
Average number of viewers of the finale of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy from 1987 to 2024 (in 1,000s) [Graph], ESCplus.com, May 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/685537/average-audience-of-eurovision-song-contest-finale-italy/