Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Italy in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement dateArtist: 4 October 2023
Song: 12 October 2023
Competing entry
Song"Un mondo giusto"
ArtistMelissa and Ranya
Songwriters Franco Fasano
Marco Iardella
Placement
Final result11th, 81 points
Participation chronology
◄202220232024►

Italy was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France, with Melissa and Ranya performing "Un mondo giusto". Italian broadcaster RAI, responsible for the country's participation, selected its artists and song via an internal selection.

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Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Italy has participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight 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. On the country's most recent appearance, in 2022, the Italian broadcaster internally selected Chanel Dilecta to represent Italy at the contest with the song "Bla Bla Bla". She achieved eleventh place with 95 points.

Italy withdrew from the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and despite initially announcing that they would not return in 2021, [1] they ultimately announced their participation in the 2021 contest in France. [2]

Before Junior Eurovision

Upon confirming its participation in the 2023 contest, RAI declared it would internally select its entrant. On 4 October, RAI announced Melissa and Ranya – Melissa Agliottone and Ranya Moufidi, respectively the winner and one of the finalists of The Voice Kids – as the Italian representatives. Their entry, "Un mondo giusto", was composed by Franco Fasano and Marco Iardella in English and Italian, and was revealed on 12 October. [3] [4] [5]

At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on 26 November 2023.

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every participating broadcaster assembled 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 2023 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 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 three 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.

At the end of the show, Italy received 37 points from juries and 44 points from online voting, placing 11th. [8]

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Italian jury: [9]

  • Andrea Devecchi
  • Francesco Ferrero
  • Maria Polidori
  • Chiara Cappello
  • Elisa Nali
Detailed voting results from Italy [8]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 35272112
02Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 71012956
03Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 57811492
04Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14155121513
05Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 13145338
06Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 13111341311
07Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1199151414
08Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 21366665
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 121211101215
10Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 627141183
11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 914159812
12Flag of France.svg  France 1011231210
13Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 44101747
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15631310101
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8848574

References

  1. "Italy will not participate in Junior Eurovision 2021". ESCXTRA.com. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. Farren, Neil (30 August 2021). "Italy: Junior Eurovision 2021 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. Farren, Neil (4 October 2023). "Italy: Melissa and Ranya to Junior Eurovision 2023". Eurovoix. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. Granger, Anthony (11 October 2023). "Italy: Melissa and Ranya's Junior Eurovision Entry to be Revealed Tomorrow". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. Farren, Neil (12 October 2023). "Italy: Melissa and Ranya Release 'Un Mondo Giusto'". Eurovoix. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  7. How To Vote on Junior Eurovision 2023. Junioreurovision.tv (video). European Broadcasting Union. 14 November 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Results of the Final of Nice 2023". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023.
  9. "Final of Nice 2023". junioreurovision.tv.