Italy is the new contestant with Emma Marrone and her song Non è L'Inferno!

 

Officially the Italian Republic (Italian: Repubblica italiana),^{[7][8][9][10]} is a unitaryparliamentary republic in Europe. Italy covers an area of 301,338 km² (116,347 sq mi) and has a largely temperate climate; due to its shape, it is often referred to in Italy as lo Stivale (the Boot).^[11][12] With 61 million inhabitants, it is the 6th most populous country in Europe. Italy is a very highly developed country^[13] and has the third largest economy in the Eurozone and the eighth-largest in the world.^[14]

Since ancient times, Etruscan, Magna Graecia and other cultures have flourished in the territory of present-day Italy, being eventually absorbed by Rome, that has for centuries remained the leading political and religious centre of Western civilisation, capital of the Roman Empire and Christianity. During the Dark Ages, the Italian Peninsula faced calamitous invasions by barbarian tribes, but beginning around the 11th century, numerous Italian city-states rose to great prosperity through shipping, commerce and banking (indeed, modern capitalism has its roots in Medieval Italy).^[15] Especially during The Renaissance, Italian culture thrived, producing scholars, artists, and polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, Michelangelo andMachiavelli. Italian explorers such as Polo, Columbus, Vespucci, and Verrazzano discovered new routes to the Far East and the New World, helping to usher in the European Age of Discovery. Nevertheless, Italy would remain fragmented into many warring states for the rest of the Middle Ages, subsequently falling prey to larger European powers such as France, Spain, and later Austria. Italy would thus enter a long period of decline that lasted until the mid 19th century.

After various unsuccessful attempts, the second and the third wars for Italian independence resulted in the unification of most of present-day Italy between 1859–66.^[16] From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, the new Kingdom of Italy rapidly industrialised and acquired a colonial empire becoming a Great Power.^[17][18] However, Southern and rural Italy remained largely excluded from industrialisation, fuelling a large and influential diaspora. Despite victory in World War I, Italy entered a period of economic crisis and social turmoil, which favoured the establishment of a Fascist dictatorship in 1922. The subsequent participation in World War II at the side the Axis ended in military defeat, economic destruction and civil war. In the years that followed, Italy abolished the monarchy, reinstated democracy, and enjoyed a prolonged economic boom, thus becoming one of the most developed nations^{[5][19][20][21]} and the 5th largest economy in the world by 1990.^[22]

Italy plays a prominent role in global military, cultural and diplomatic affairs^[23] and thus is considered a major regional power.^[24][25][26] Italy is one of the founding and leading member of the European Union. Italy is a member of numerous international institutions, including the UN, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the DAC, the WTO, the G6, G7, G8, G10, G20, theUnion for the Mediterranean, the Latin Union, the Council of Europe, the Central European Initiative, the ASEM and the Uniting for Consensus.

Emmanuela Marrone, also known as Emma or Emma Marrone (born May 25, 1984, in Florence, Italy) is an Italian pop/rock singer.

After working with several bands, she won the Italian talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi in March 2010, and signed a contract with record label Universal Music. On February 18, 2012, she won first place at the annual televised Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with her song Non è l'inferno. She has recorded 1 EP, 3 albums and 15 singles, and received 2 Multiplatinum, 14 Platinum discs and 2Gold discs.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Since 2012, she has publicly performed with the guitar.^[16] In 2013, Emma was selected as the artistic director of one of the teams inAmici di Maria De Filippi.

Marrone represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song "La mia città" and finished 21st.

"Non è l'inferno" (English: It is not the hell) is a song recorded by Italian singer Emma. Written by Francesco Silvestre, Enrico Palmasi and Luca Sala, the song produced by Palmasi.

Released on 15 February 2012 by Marrone's record label Universal Music as the third single of her second studio album Sarò libera (Sanremo Edition). She participated in the Sanremo Music Festival 2012 with the song and placed first.