eurovision 1978
Ricchi e Poveri
Ricchi e Poveri represented Italy at Eurovision 1978 in Paris with “Questo amore”, finishing 12th of 20.
- what
- Italian band
- formed
- 1967, Italy
- contest
- 1978
- best result
- 12th, 1978
- music
- popular music, disco, pop rock
- active
- since 1967
- members
- Franco Gatti, Angelo Sotgiu, Angela Brambati, Marina Occhiena past and present
- sang for
- Italy
Biography
Ricchi e Poveri is an Italian pop group, formed in Genoa in 1967 by Angela Brambati, Angelo Sotgiu, Franco Gatti and Marina Occhiena. “Questo amore” finished twelfth in Paris in 1978.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Ricchi e Poveri”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1978 Paris
“Questo amore”
12th of 20 Finished 12th of 20, with 53 points.
- Sung in
- Italian
- Written by
- Sergio Bardotti, Dario Farina, Mauro Lusini
- Conductor
- Nicola Samale
- Running order
- 3rd of 20
- Won that year
- Israel: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, “A-Ba-Ni-Bi (א-ב-ני-בי)”
The story of Eurovision 1978: A-Ba-Ni-Bi, a bunch of daffodils and the first nul points
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Sanremo Music Festival
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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