Contestants from the 2008 contest , starting with the winner Dima Bilan appeared on the Italian show '' Carramba ! Che fortuna '' , hosted by Raffaella Carrà on Rai Uno . Whether this was an initiative by Carrà ( who presented three shows in TVE concerning the event ) to try to bring Eurovision back to Italy is not clear , but Sietse Bakker , Manager Communications & PR of the Eurovision Song Contest , reiterated that " Italy is still very much welcome to take part in the competition . " Shortly after revealing the list of participants for the 2009 Contest the EBU announced that , for the 2010 Contest , they would work harder to bring Italy back into the contest , along with former participants Monaco and Austria
2008 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest