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. Before Italy debuted, there were two entries in Italian: Birchino, which represented Switzerland in 2004 and O-o-o Sole intorno a me which represented San Marino in 2013.

For Italy's most recent participation, see Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019.
Italy
Member stationRai Gulp
National selection events
Participation summary
Appearances6
First appearance2014
Last appearance2019
Best result1st: 2014
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 LijoiGeordie
2015 Simone LijoiVincenzo Cantiello
2016 Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino VigneraJade Scicluna
2017 Laura Carusino and Mario AcampaSofia Bartoli
2018 Federica Carta and Mario AcampaYan Musvidas
2019 Mario Acampa and Alexia RizzardiMaria Iside Fiore
[4][5]
2020 No broadcast Did not participate

See also

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).


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