Annalisa Scarrone (known professionally as Annalisa) is a singer from Italy. She is the
Italian artist with more participations for her country (nine) and the second with more participations in the contest, after Helena Paparizou (with ten). She participated a total of six times for
San Marino, two for
Italy and once for
Vatican City.
The songs she presented have been:
• "Senza riserva" for Vatican City in the 1st edition, that arrived 2nd;
• "L'Ultimo Addio" for San Marino in in the 5th edition, that qualified and placed 8th in the final;
• "Una Finestra tra le Stelle" for her country in the 8th edition, that brought the first and only victory to Italy;
• "Il Diluvio Universale" (in the 12th edition and placed 5th), "Sento solo il presente" (in the 14th edition and arrived 5th again), "Splende" (in the 18th edition and achieved a 8th position), and "Used To You" (in the 27th edition and failed to qualify arriving 11th in the semi-final). All of these songs represented San Marino;
• "Se avessi un cuore", performed for Italy in the 34th edition of the contest, it qualified and arrived 9th in the final;
• "Tutto Sommato" for San Marino in the 4th Special edition, but failed to qualify arriving 11th in the semi-final.
The songs Annalisa presented to the contest are (in alphabetical order): "Il Diluvio Universale", "L'Ultimo Addio", "Se avessi un cuore", "Sento solo il presente", "Senza riserva", "Splende", "Tutto Sommato", "Una Finestra tra le Stelle" and "Used To You".
Annalisa has also been the host of the show that took place in Milan in the 9th edition, along with the singer Arisa.