Next years Italy participated with Sanremo related entries. In 1987 one of the winners Umberto Tozzi took the winning song's writer Raf with him to perform Gente di mare and in 1988 third placed Luca Barbarossa took it away with Ti scrivo after the winner Massimo Ranieri and runner up Toto Cutugno or declined or were not asked. In 1989 the winning team Anna Oxa & Fausto Leali took another duet to Eurovision and instead of Ti lasceró sung Avrei voluto.
In 1990 runner up Toto Cutugno, already in RAI's payroll was given the job even if the rumours of third placed Mietta were very insisting until the last moment. The winners Pooh propably never ever considered participation. 1991 after Toto's win in Zagreb Peppino di Capri came out of the blue without any connection to that year's Sanremo. 1992 runner up Mia Martini got second chance in Eurovision but instead of bringing the Sanremo song Gli uomini non cambiano sung Rapsodia. The winner Luca Barbarossa most likely said No grazie! And in 1993 Enrigo Ruggeri won Sanremo with Mistero but brought to Eurovision less succesful Sole d'Europa.
And that brings us to Aleandro Baldi and his Passerá, winner of 1994 when Italy decided to stay home again.... Laura Pausini's Strani amori was third and perfect for Eurovision in her pre-worldfamous state of career and the runner up Signor Tenente by Giorgio Faletti would have been like a breath of fresh air, too.
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