# 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.

## History

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, 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

| Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points |
| 2014 | Vincenzo Cantiello | "Tu primo grande amore" | Italian, English | 1 | 159 |
| 2015 | Chiara and Martina | "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 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 | Simone Grande | "Pigiama party" | Italian, English | 9 | 98 |
| 2025 | Confirmed intention to participate † | Confirmed intention to participate † | Confirmed intention to participate † | Confirmed intention to participate † | Confirmed intention to participate † |

## 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) | Channel | Commentator | Spokesperson | Ref. |
| 2014 | Rai Gulp | Antonella Clerici and Simone Lijoi [de] | Geordie | |
| 2015 | Rai Gulp | Simone Lijoi | Vincenzo Cantiello | |
| 2016 | Rai Gulp | Simone Lijoi and Laura Carusino Vignera [it] | Jade Scicluna | |
| 2017 | Rai Gulp | Laura Carusino and Mario Acampa [it] | Sofia Bartoli | |
| 2018 | Rai Gulp | Federica Carta and Mario Acampa | Yan Musvidas | |
| 2019 | Rai Gulp | Mario Acampa and Alexia Rizzardi | Maria Iside Fiore | |
| 2020 | No broadcast | No broadcast | Did not participate | N/A |
| 2021 | Rai Gulp | Mario Acampa, Marta Viola and Giorgia Boni | Céleste | |
| 2022 | Rai 1 | Mario Acampa, Francesca Fialdini, Rosanna Vaudetti and Gigliola Cinquetti | Vincenzo Cantiello | |
| 2023 | Rai 1 | Mario Acampa | Julia Wazne | |
| 2024 | Rai 2 | Mario Acampa, Simone Barlaam and Kaze | Unknown | |

## Photo gallery

* 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)