Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Italy debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest when the twelfth edition of competition was held in Malta in 2014.[1] The Italian broadcaster, RAI, selected the debut entry of country via an internal selection as "Tu primo grande amore" by the singer Vincenzo Cantiello. Italy finished the 2014 edition with a total of 159 points and ranked first. That made Italy the second country that won with the debut entry after Croatia's victory in the first edition.

For Italy's most recent participation, see Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Italy
Member station	Rai Gulp
National selection events	Internal selection 2014, 2016–2019 National final Ti lascio una canzone 2015
Participation summary
Appearances	6
First appearance	2014
Best result	1st: 2014
Worst result	16th: 2015
External links
Italy's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

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.

Participation

Table key

1	Winner
3	Third place

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2014	Vincenzo Cantiello	"Tu primo grande amore"	Italian, English	1	159
2015	Chiara & Martina Scarpari[2]	"Viva"	Italian	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 & Marco	"What Is Love"	Italian, English	7	151
2019	Marta Viola	"La voce della terra"	Italian, English	7	129

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.[3] 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)	Commentator	Spokesperson	Ref.
2014	Antonella Clerici and Simone Lijoi	Geordie
2015	Simone Lijoi	Vincenzo Cantiello
2016	Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino Vignera	Jade Scicluna
2017	Laura Carusino and Mario Acampa	Sofia Bartoli
2018	Federica Carta and Mario Acampa	Yan Musvidas
2019	Mario Acampa and Alexia Rizzardi	Maria Iside Fiore	[4][5]

Photo gallery

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  Vincenzo Cantiello in Malta International Airport with the winner's prize, after his victory (2014)
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  Chiara & Martina performing "Viva" in Sofia (2015)
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  Fiamma Boccia performing "Cara Mamma (Dear Mom)" in Valletta (2016)
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  Mellissa & Marco in Minsk (2018)

See also

• 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.

References

1. Fisher, Luke James (8 July 2014). "Italy joins Junior Eurovision !". junioreurovision.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
2. "Chiara and Martina win Italian run-off!".
3. Fisher, Luke James (21 November 2015). "Tonight: Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015!". Junior Eurovision Song Contest – Bulgaria 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
4. Granger, Anthony (16 November 2019). "Italy: Mario Acampa to Commentate on Junior Eurovision 2019". eurovoix.com.
5. Giuntini, Cristina (23 November 2019). "Maria Iside super spokesperson per l'Italia!". ogaeitaly.net (in Italian).