eurovision 1987
Umberto Tozzi
Umberto Tozzi represented Italy at Eurovision 1987 in Brussels with “Gente di mare”, finishing 3rd of 22.
- who
- Italian singer-songwriter
- born
- 4 March 1952, Turin, Italy
- contest
- 1987
- best result
- 3rd, 1987
- music
- rock
- plays
- guitar
- active
- since 1968
- sang for
- Italy
Biography
Umberto Tozzi is an Italian pop and rock singer and songwriter who has sold more than seventy million records, in several languages. With Raf, Tozzi sang “Gente di mare” in Brussels in 1987 and finished third.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Umberto Tozzi”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1987 Brussels
“Gente di mare”
3rd of 22 Finished 3rd of 22, with 103 points.
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Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Sanremo Music Festival
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
In our contest stories
What we wrote about Umberto Tozzi, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1987 The result
Germany's Wind were second, as they had been two years earlier. Italy's Umberto Tozzi and Raf were third with "Gente di mare", and Yugoslavia fourth.
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