Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025

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Italy in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Participating broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Selection processInternal selection
Announcement date
  • Artist: 30 September 2025
Competing entry
Song"Rockstar"
ArtistLeonardo Giovannangeli
Participation chronology
◄2024 •2025

Italy will be represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Rockstar" performed by Leonardo Giovannangeli. The Italian participating broadcaster, Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI), internally selected its entry for the contest.

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Background

Prior to the 2025 contest, Italy had participated in the contest ten times since its first entry in the 2014 contest, winning the contest with its debut entry " Tu primo grande amore " performed by Vincenzo Cantiello, marking its only win to this point. The nation opted not to take part in the contest in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] In 2022, Rai Gulp  –which had previously been in charge of Italy's participation in the contest –was replaced within the structures of RAI by the flagship channel Rai 1, citing a new division of schedules and a desire for such events to reach a wider audience; [2] [3] this led to a large increase of viewers watching the show in Italy. [4] The show was moved to Rai 2 in 2024, experiencing a drop in viewership, [5] though the structural responsibilities within RAI remained the same. [6] In 2024, Simone Grande competed for Italy with the song "Pigiama party", which ended up in 9th place out of 17 entries with 98 points. [7]

Before Junior Eurovision

Internal selection

On 30 September 2025, RAI announced that it had internally selected eleven-year-old Leonardo Giovannangeli with the song "Rockstar" as the Italian entrant for the 2025 contest. [8] [9] Giovannangeli had previously participated in the third season  [ it ] of The Voice Kids, where he had reached the final as part of team Clementino. [10]

At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will take place at the Olympic Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia on 13 December 2025. In Italy, the event will be aired on Rai 2 and RaiPlay, with commentary provided by Mario Acampa  [ it ]; Rai Kids will be responsible for the television production of the Italian broadcast. [9] [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ Granger, Anthony (4 July 2021). "🇮🇹 Italy: Rai Ragazzi Explains Reasons Behind Junior Eurovision Non-Participation". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Ibrayeva, Laura (28 June 2022). "🇮🇹 Italy: Junior Eurovision 2022 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Dammacco, Beppe (28 June 2022). "Junior Eurovision 2022, l'Italia ci sarà: show in diretta su Rai 1" [Junior Eurovision 2022, Italy will be there: live show on Rai 1]. Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Granger, Anthony (12 December 2022). "🇮🇹 Italy: Over 1.5 Million Viewers For Junior Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Granger, Anthony (17 November 2024). "🇮🇹 Italy: 283,000 Viewers Watched Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Rai in gara con Simone Grande" [Junior Eurovision Song Contest, RAI in the competition with Simone Grande]. RAI. 19 September 2024. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Final of Madrid 2024". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  8. ↑ "Leonardo Giovannangeli will be performing for Italy in Tbilisi". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Leonardo Giovannangeli in gara al Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025" [Leonardo Giovannangeli to compete in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025] (in Italian). RAI. 30 September 2025. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  10. ↑ Di Lorenzo, Paolo (30 September 2025). "Leonardo Giovannangeli rappresenterà l'Italia a "Junior Eurovision 2025"" [Leonardo Giovannangeli will represent Italy at Junior Eurovision 2025]. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "Un racconto infinito – Presentazione dell'offerta 2025/2026" [An infinite tale – Presentation of the 2025/2026 offer](PDF) (in Italian). RAI. 28 June 2025. p. 14. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Conte, Davide (27 June 2025). "🇮🇹 Italy: Junior Eurovision 2025 Act to Be Revealed in September". Eurovoix. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
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