Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Participation summary
Appearances10
First appearance 2014
Highest placement1st: 2014
Participation history
External links
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Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Italy debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest when the twelfth edition of competition was held in Malta in 2014. [1]

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History

The Italian broadcaster, RAI, selected the debut entry of country via an internal selection as "Tu primo grande amore" by Vincenzo Cantiello, which went on to win with a total of 159 points. This made Italy the second country to win with the debut entry after Croatia's victory in the first edition. Before Italy debuted, there were two entries sung in Italian: "Birichino", which represented Switzerland in 2004 and "O-o-o Sole intorno a me" which represented San Marino in 2013.

In 2015, the Italian broadcaster decided to participate again, this time sending the twins Chiara and Martina Scarpari to the contest. However, Italy only finished 16th in the contest, collecting 34 points. The next year, Italy achieved its second podium finishing third.

Italy withdrew from the 2020 contest because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite initially announcing that they would not return to the 2021 contest, [2] they ultimately announced that they would return to the 2021 contest in France, where their entrant Elisabetta Lizza placed 10th with 107 points. [3]

Participation overview

Table key
1First place
3Third place
Upcoming event
YearArtistSongLanguagePlacePoints
2014 Vincenzo Cantiello " Tu primo grande amore " Italian, English1159
2015 Chiara and Martina"Viva"Italian [a] 1634
2016 Fiamma Boccia"Cara mamma (Dear Mom)"Italian, English3209
2017 Maria Iside Fiore"Scelgo (My Choice)"Italian, English1186
2018 Melissa and Marco"What Is Love"Italian, English7151
2019 Marta Viola"La voce della terra"Italian, English7129
2021 Elisabetta Lizza"Specchio (Mirror on the Wall)"Italian, English10107
2022 Chanel Dilecta"Bla Bla Bla"Italian, English1195
2023 Melissa and Ranya"Un mondo giusto"Italian, English1181
2024 Simone Grande"Pigiama party"Italian, English998

Commentators and spokespersons

The contests are broadcast online worldwide through the official Junior Eurovision Song Contest website junioreurovision.tv and YouTube. In 2015, the online broadcasts featured commentary in English by junioreurovision.tv editor Luke Fisher and 2011 Bulgarian Junior Eurovision Song Contest entrant Ivan Ivanov. [4] The Italian broadcaster, RAI, sent their own commentators to each contest in order to provide commentary in the Italian language. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Italy. The table below list the details of each commentator and spokesperson since 2014.

Year(s)ChannelCommentatorSpokespersonRef.
2014 Rai Gulp Antonella Clerici and Simone Lijoi  [ de ]Geordie
2015 Simone Lijoi Vincenzo Cantiello
[5]
2016 Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino Vignera  [ it ]Jade Scicluna
[6]
2017 Laura Carusino and Mario Acampa  [ it ]Sofia Bartoli
[7]
2018 Federica Carta and Mario AcampaYan Musvidas
[8]
2019 Mario Acampa and Alexia RizzardiMaria Iside Fiore
2020 No broadcastDid not participateN/A
2021 Rai GulpMario Acampa, Marta Viola and Giorgia Boni Céleste
2022 Rai 1 Mario Acampa, Francesca Fialdini, Rosanna Vaudetti and Gigliola Cinquetti Vincenzo Cantiello [12] [13]
2023 Mario AcampaJulia Wazne [14] [15]
2024 Rai 2 Mario Acampa, Simone Barlaam and KazeUnknown

See also

Notes

  1. Contains words in English

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