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Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Italy
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Participating broadcasterRai Gulp
Participation summary
Appearances2
First appearance2014
Highest placement1st: 2014

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 Gulp, 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 first country that won with the debut entry after Croatia's victory in the first edition.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title Place Points
2014 Vincenzo Cantiello Italian, English "Tu primo grande amore" 1 159
2015 Chiara & Martina Scarpari[2] Italian "Viva" 16 34

Photogallery

Voting history

As of 2014, Italy's voting history is as follows:

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s) Commentator Spokesperson
2014 Antonella Clerici and Simone Lijoi Geordie
2015 Simone Lijoi Vincenzo Cantiello

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!".