Gigliola Cinquetti

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Gigliola Cinquetti”.

The act’s own accounts, as listed on Wikidata. If one is wrong or out of date, tell us and we’ll take it down.

1. 1964 Copenhagen

   Italy

   “Non ho l'età”

   Winner Won the contest with 49 points, ahead of 15 other songs.

   Sung in

   Italian

   Written by

   Mario Panzeri, Nicola Salerno

   Conductor

   Gianfranco Monaldi

   Running order

   12th of 16

   Age on the night

   16

   Play: Gigliola Cinquetti — “Non ho l'età”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1964

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   The story of Eurovision 1964: A banner on the stage, and the biggest landslide there has been →

2. 1974 Brighton

   Italy

   “Sì”

   2nd of 17 Finished 2nd of 17, with 18 points.

   Sung in

   Italian

   Written by

   Corrado Conti, Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Lorenzo Pilat

   Conductor

   Gianfranco Monaldi

   Running order

   17th of 17

   Age on the night

   26

   Won that year

   Sweden: ABBA, “Waterloo”

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As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.

• 1991 A show put together late When it went wrong
• 1974 The missing eighteenth Thrown out, pulled out, stayed away
• 1974 The song Italy would not show Politics, protest and security
• 1966 Modugno against the orchestra Nul points and bad nights
• 1964 A second bow Moments people still talk about

• 1964 A second bow

  Italy's Gigliola Cinquetti sang "Non ho l'età". The hall's reaction was so loud, and went on for so long, that she was let back on stage to take a second bow — something performers at the contest simply weren't given.

• 1964 The result

  Cinquetti finished with 49. The United Kingdom's Matt Monro, in second place, had 17. No winner has ever been further ahead of the field in proportion: almost three times the score of the runner-up.

• 1966 Modugno against the orchestra

  Modugno was unhappy enough with the orchestra to threaten to pull out altogether. The organisers thought about flying in Gigliola Cinquetti as a replacement and decided there wasn't time. So the EBU gave way, and he performed with his own ensemble. It was one of the first entries not accompanied by the orchestra. The man named in the programme as his conductor was in fact on stage playing the piano.

• 1974 The missing eighteenth

  A former winner was among those who did sing: Gigliola Cinquetti, ten years after her landslide. Romuald appeared for the third time, back with Monaco after singing for Luxembourg in 1969.

• 1974 The song Italy would not show

  Cinquetti's song, the runner-up, was called "Sì". Italy was a month away from a referendum on divorce, and the broadcaster feared that a song called "Yes" would look like an attempt to sway the vote.

• 1991 A show put together late

  The presenters were Italy's two winners, Gigliola Cinquetti and Toto Cutugno, and they began by singing their winning songs. After that they spoke Italian, and very little else. English and French, the contest's working languages, appeared only in the voting.

• 1992 The result

  Martin joined a small club of her own: only Lys Assia and Gigliola Cinquetti had also finished both first and second.

• 2020 What was planned

  The final was to have included eight former winners performing their songs, from Gigliola Cinquetti, who won in 1964, to Duncan Laurence.