Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Participating broadcaster| Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI)
Participation summary
Appearances| 9
First appearance| 2014
Highest placement| 1st: 2014

Participation history

*     * 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020

* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

External links
Italy's page at JuniorEurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see
Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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

## History

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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

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Table key  1  | First place

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3  | Third place
† | Upcoming event
Year  | Artist  | Song  | Language  | Place  | Points

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2014 | Vincenzo Cantiello | "Tu primo grande amore"  | Italian, English  | 1  | 159
2015 | Chiara and Martina  | "Viva"  | Italian[a] | 16  | 34
2016 | Fiamma Boccia  | "Cara mamma (Dear Mom)"  | Italian, English  | 3  | 209
2017 | Maria Iside Fiore  | "Scelgo (My Choice)"  | Italian, English  | 11  | 86
2018 | Melissa and Marco  | "What Is Love"  | Italian, English  | 7  | 151
2019 | Marta Viola  | "La voce della terra"  | Italian, English  | 7  | 129
2021 | Elisabetta Lizza  | "Specchio (Mirror on the Wall)"  | Italian, English  | 10  | 107
2022 | Chanel Dilecta  | "Bla Bla Bla"  | Italian, English  | 11  | 95
2023 | Melissa and Ranya  | "Un mondo giusto"  | Italian, English  | 11  | 81
2024 | TBA September 2024 †[4] | Upcoming †

## Commentators and spokespersons

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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.[5] 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)  | Channel  | Commentator  | Spokesperson  | Ref.

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2014 | Rai Gulp | Antonella Clerici and Simone Lijoi | Geordie |
2015 | Simone Lijoi | Vincenzo Cantiello |

[6]

2016 | Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino Vignera | Jade Scicluna |

[7]

2017 | Laura Carusino and Mario Acampa | Sofia Bartoli |

[8]

2018 | Federica Carta and Mario Acampa | Yan Musvidas |

[9]

2019 | Mario Acampa and Alexia Rizzardi | Maria Iside Fiore |

[10][11]

2020 | No broadcast | Did not participate | N/A
2021 | Rai Gulp  | Mario Acampa, Marta Viola and Giorgia Boni | Céleste  |

[12]

2022 | Rai 1 | Mario Acampa, Francesca Fialdini, Rosanna Vaudetti and Gigliola Cinquetti | Vincenzo Cantiello  | [13][14]
2023 | Mario Acampa  | Julia Wazne  | [15][16]
2024 | Rai 2 | TBA |

[17]

## Photo gallery

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* Vincenzo Cantiello in Malta International Airport with the winner's prize, after his victory (2014)

* Chiara & Martina performing "Viva" in Sofia (2015)

* Fiamma Boccia performing "Cara Mamma (Dear Mom)" in Valletta (2016)

* Mellissa and Marco in Minsk (2018)

## See also

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* Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest - Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
* Italy in the Eurovision Young Dancers - A competition organised by the EBU for younger dancers aged between 16 and 21.
* Italy in the Eurovision Young Musicians - A competition organised by the EBU for musicians aged 18 years and younger.

## Notes

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1. ^ Contains words in English

## References

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1. ^ Fisher, Luke James (8 July 2014). "Italy joins Junior Eurovision !". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
2. ^ "🇮🇹 Italy will not participate in Junior Eurovision 2021". ESCXTRA.com. 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
3. ^ Farren, Neil (2021-08-30). "Italy: Junior Eurovision 2021 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
4. ^ "Più Voci, Più Talento – Presentazione Dell'offerta 2024/2025" [More Voices, More Talent - Presentation of the 2024/2025 offer] (PDF) (in Italian). RAI. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
5. ^ Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
6. ^ "Ogae Italy: JESC 2015: I cantanti e le canzoni - parte 3". Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
7. ^ Granger, Anthony (13 October 2016). "Italy: Junior Eurovision 2016 Commentators Announced". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
8. ^ "Italy: Laura Carusino & Mario Acampa To Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2017". Eurovoix. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
9. ^ Granger, Anthony (19 November 2018). "Italy: Federica Carta & Mario Acampa to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2018". Eurovoix. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
10. ^ Granger, Anthony (16 November 2019). "Italy: Mario Acampa to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2019". eurovoix.com.
11. ^ Giuntini, Cristina (23 November 2019). "Maria Iside super spokesperson per l'Italia!". ogaeitaly.net (in Italian).
12. ^ Granger, Anthony (5 December 2021). "🇮🇹 Italy: Mario Acampa & Marta Viola to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2021". eurovoix.com.
13. ^ Dammacco, Beppe (2022-06-28). "Junior Eurovision 2022, l'Italia ci sarà: show in diretta su Rai 1". Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-06-28.
14. ^ Brown, Alistair (2022-11-03). "🇮🇹 Italy: Commentators Revealed For Junior Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
15. ^ Dammacco, Beppe (2023-07-07). "Junior Eurovision 2023 su Rai 2, l'Italia ci sarà. Mario Acampa al commento" [Junior Eurovision 2023 on Rai 2, Italy will be there. Mario Acampa on commentary]. Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-07-10.
16. ^ "Rai Kids – L'offerta Rai per i giovanissimi" [Rai Kids – Rai's offer for the very young]. Cinecircolo Romano (in Italian). 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
17. ^ "Presentazione dell'Offerta 2024/25 Rai Kids" (PDF). RAI. 2024-07-19. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

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* France
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Winning performers

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* Dino Jelusić
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* Vladimir Arzumanyan
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2020s|

* Valentina
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* Zoé Clauzure

Winning songs

| 2000s|

* "Ti si moja prva ljubav"
* "Antes muerta que sencilla"
* "My vmeste"
* "Vesenniy jazz"
* "S druz'yami"
* "Bzz.."
* "Click Clack"

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2010s|

* "Mama"
* "Candy Music"
* "Nebo"
* "The Start"
* "Tu primo grande amore"
* "Not My Soul"
* "Mzeo"
* "Wings"
* "Anyone I Want to Be"
* "Superhero"

2020s|

* "J'imagine"
* "Qami Qami"
* "Oh Maman !"
* "Cœur"

Winning songwriters

| 2000s|

* Dino Jelusić
* María Isabel
* Ksenia Sitnik
* Tolmachevy Sisters
* Alexey Zhigalkovich
* Giorgi Shiolashvili / Mariam Kikuashvili / Mariam Tatulashvili
* Ralf Mackenbach

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2010s|

* Vladimir Arzumanyan
* George Kukhianidze
* Anastasiya Petryk
* Gaia Cauchi / Matt Muxu
* Vincenzo Cantiello
* Destiny Chukunyere / Elton Zarb / Matt Muxu
* Maka Davitaia / Giga Kukhianidze
* Taras Demchuk
* Maegan Cottone / Nathan Duvall / Cutfather / Peter Wallevik / Daniel Davidsen / Małgorzata Uściłowska / Patryk Kumór [pl]
* Małgorzata Uściłowska / Patryk Kumór [pl] / Dominic Buczkowski-Wojtaszek [pl]

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* Igit / Barbara Pravi
* Tokionine / Vahram Petrosyan / Maléna / David Tserunyan
* Barbara Pravi / Frédéric Château [fr] / Nico Staff

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Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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* Vincenzo Cantiello
* "Tu primo grande amore"
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