eurovision 1991
Peppino di Capri
Peppino di Capri represented Italy at Eurovision 1991 in Rome with “Comme è ddoce 'o mare”, finishing 7th of 22.
- who
- Italian singer and actor
- born
- 27 July 1939, Capri, Italy
- died
- 11 July 2026 (aged 86), Capri, Italy
- contest
- 1991
- best result
- 7th, 1991
- music
- canzone napoletana
- plays
- piano
- sang for
- Italy
Biography
Peppino di Capri, who died in 2026, was an Italian singer, songwriter and pianist with hits in Italy and across Europe. “Comme è ddoce ’o mare”, sung in Neapolitan, was the host country’s song in Rome in 1991 and finished seventh.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Peppino di Capri”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1991 Rome
“Comme è ddoce 'o mare”
7th of 22 Finished 7th of 22, with 89 points.
- Sung in
- Neapolitan
- Written by
- Giampiero Artegiani, Marcello Marocchi
- Conductor
- Bruno Canfora
- Running order
- 22nd of 22
- Age on the night
- 51
- Won that year
- Sweden: Carola, “Fångad av en stormvind”
The story of Eurovision 1991: A tie, a count-back and a show that kept going wrong
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Sanremo Music Festival
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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