"Vivo" (English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 translation: "Alive (I Write To You)") was the Italian

Italy

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...

, performed in Italian

Italian language

Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

 by Luca Barbarossa

Luca Barbarossa

Luca Barbarossa is an Italian singer-songwriter who has released 12 albums since 1981, and is known for his participation in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.- Early career :...

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The song is a ballad, in which Barbarossa apologises to the recipient of a letter he is writing for using this method of communication. This recipient appears to be a former lover, as he sings that "Without a good reason/I just scream out your name/It makes me feel alive" and makes mention of deep feelings which needed to be communicated.

The song was performed eighteenth on the night (following Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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's Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....

 with "Croire

Croire

"Croire" was the Luxembourgish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in French by Belgian singer Lara Fabian, an at the time 18 year old up and coming artist, and some twenty years later an established performer in all of Europe, the U.S...

" and preceding France

France

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's Gérard Lenorman

Gérard Lenorman

Gérard Lenorman is a French singer.Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados when it was a maternity hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. Lenorman has four children: Mathieu, Justine, Clémence and Victor...

 with "Chanteur de charme

Chanteur De Charme

"Chanteur de charme" was the French entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in French by Gérard Lenorman....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 52 points, placing 12th in a field of 21.

It was succeeded as Italian representative

Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest

Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest frequently from 1956 to 1997. It was one of only seven countries that competed at the very first contest...

 at the 1989 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

The Eurovision Song Contest 1989 was the 34th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 6 May 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Switzerland gained the hosting rights after Celine Dion's victory in Dublin the previous year. The presenters were Lolita Morena and Jacques Deschenaux. Riva was the winner of...

 by Anna Oxa

Anna Oxa

Anna Oxa is an Italian singer of Albanian descent, well-known through her numerous appearances in the televised Italian song contest, the Sanremo Music Festival. In 1978, at the age of sixteen, she took second place with the song "Un'emozione da poco" at the Sanremo Festival...

 & Fausto Leali

Fausto Leali

Fausto Leali is an Italian singer, famous for his rough and aggressive voice, in sharp contrast with Italian melody conventions. Due to his voice, he is nicknamed "The black white" .-Beginnings:...

 with "Avrei voluto

Avrei Voluto

"Avrei voluto" was the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, performed in Italian by Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali....

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