Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
National selection
Selection processInternal Selection
Selection date(s)4 October 2017
Selected entrantMaria Iside Fiore
Selected song"Scelgo (My Choice)"
Selected songwriter(s)Stefano Rigamonti
Fabrizio Palaferri
Marco Iardella
Maria Iside Fiore
Finals performance
Final result11th, 86 points
Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄201620172018►

Italy participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 which took place on 26 November 2016 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Italian broadcaster Rai Gulp, which is a channel owned by Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Maria Iside Fiore was internally selected to represent Italy with the song "Scelgo (My Choice)".

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Background

Prior to the 2017 Contest, Italy had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its debut in 2014, having won the contest on their first appearance with the song "Tu primo grande amore", performed by Vincenzo Cantiello. [1]

Before Junior Eurovision

The Italian broadcaster announced on 26 June 2017, that they would be participating at the contest which takes place on 26 November 2017, in Tbilisi, Georgia. The method for selecting their entrant and song was done internally by the national broadcaster, RAI. [2] On 4 October 2017, it was announced that Maria Iside Fiore would be representing Italy at the contest with the song "Scelgo (My Choice)". [3]

Artist and song information

Maria Iside Fiore

Maria Iside Fiore
Born (2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 19) [4]
Carrara, Italy
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals

Maria Iside Fiore (born 10 October 2004) is an Italian singer. She represented Italy at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 26 November 2017 with the song "Scelgo".

Scelgo

Flag of Italy.svg "Scelgo (My Choice)"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Maria Iside Fiore
Languages
Italian, English
Composer(s)
Stefano Rigamonti, Fabrizio Palaferri, Marco Iardella e Maria Iside Fiore
Lyricist(s)
Stefano Rigamonti, Fabrizio Palaferri, Marco Iardella e Maria Iside Fiore
Finals performance
Final result
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Entry chronology
◄ "Cara Mamma (Dear Mom)" (2016)

"Scelgo (My Choice)" is a song by Italian singer Maria Iside Fiore. It represented Italy during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Italy was drawn to perform sixteenth (last) on 26 November 2017, following Australia. [5]

Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [6]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [7] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Italy [8]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 155981312
02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 71312122101
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11663765
04Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1210710811
05Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 14111091514
06Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 88471283
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 5956974
08Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 13148131013
09Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 64154456
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 212211138
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 101514141115
12Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 11126112
13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 471115592
14Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 92311447
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 331353210
16Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

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