Italy has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the twelfth edition in 2014. The Italian participating broadcaster in the contest is (RAI).
History RAI selected its debut entry 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: "", which represented Switzerland in 2004 and "" 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, they ultimately announced that they would return to the 2021 contest in France, where their entrant Elisabetta Lizza placed 10th with 107 points.
Participation overview + Table key 1 First place 3 Third place
Year Artist Song Language Place Points Vincenzo Cantiello "" Italian, English 1 159 Chiara and Martina "" Italian 16 34 Fiamma Boccia " (Dear Mom)" Italian, English 3 209 Maria Iside Fiore " (My Choice)" Italian, English 11 86 Melissa and Marco "What Is Love" Italian, English 7 151 Marta Viola "" Italian, English 7 129 Elisabetta Lizza " (Mirror on the Wall)" Italian, English 10 107 Chanel Dilecta "Bla Bla Bla" Italian, English 11 95 Melissa and Ranya "" Italian, English 11 81 Simone Grande "" Italian, English 9 98 Leonardo Giovannangeli "Rockstar" Italian, English 12 73 Matteo Trullu "" Italian colspan="2"
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. 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)ChannelCommentatorSpokespersonRai GulpAntonella Clerici and Geordie Simone Lijoi Vincenzo Cantiello Simone Lijoi and Jade Scicluna Laura Carusino and Sofia Bartoli Federica Carta and Mario Acampa Yan Musvidas Mario Acampa and Alexia Rizzardi Maria Iside Fiore colspan="2" Rai GulpMario Acampa, Marta Viola and Giorgia BoniCélesteRai 1Mario Acampa, Francesca Fialdini, Rosanna Vaudetti and Gigliola Cinquetti Vincenzo CantielloMario AcampaJulia WazneRai 2Mario Acampa, Simone Barlaam and KazeRai 2, Rai GulpMario Acampa, and Iris Di DomenicoNia
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See also Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest – Senior version of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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