Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 Italy was represented by Luca Barbarossa, with the song '"Vivo (Ti scrivo)", at the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 30 April in Dublin. As usual, the song and performer were chosen internally by broadcaster RAI. On the night of the final Barbarossa performed 18th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding France. At the close of the voting "Vivo (Ti scrivo)" had received 52 points (the highest being 8s from Finland, France and Switzerland), placing Italy 12th of the 21 entries. The Italian jury awarded its 12 points to
Hymn (Celine Dion song) Hymn (Celine Dion song) "L'hymne" () is a French-language song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion and Fred Pellerin, released on 19 August 2015 as the lead single from the Quebec animated film, "La guerre des tuques 3D" (2015). The English-language solo version by Dion, "Hymn", was released as the lead single from the English-language version of the film, "Snowtime!", on 5 February 2016. In August 2015, it was revealed that Dion and Pellerin had recorded "L'hymne" for the soundtrack to the animated film "Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D)", a re-imagination of the 1984 film "The Dog Who Stopped