Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) |
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| Selected entrant | Simone Grande | |||
| Selected song | "Pigiama party" | |||
| Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Italy is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, with "Pigiama party" performed by Simone Grande. The Italian broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) internally selected the country's entry for the contest.
Background
[edit]Prior to the 2024 contest, Italy had participated in the contest nine times since its first entry in the 2014 contest, winning the contest with its debut entry "Tu primo grande amore" performed by Vincenzo Cantiello, marking its only win to this point. The nation opted not to take part in the contest in 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[1] In 2022, Rai Gulp – which had previously been in charge of Italy's participation in the contest – was replaced within the structures of RAI by the flagship channel Rai 1, citing a new division of schedules and a desire for such events to reach a wider audience;[2][3] this led to a huge increase of viewers watching the show in Italy.[4] In 2023, Melissa and Ranya competed for Italy with the song "Un mondo giusto", which ended up in 11th place out of 16 entries with 81 points.[5]
Before Junior Eurovision
[edit]During the final of the second season of The Voice Kids in December 2023, host Antonella Clerici revealed that one of the show's twelve finalists would go on to represent Italy in the 2024 contest; this was misinterpreted by much of the Italian press as a confirmation of the show's winner, Simone Grande, being selected to represent the nation, which had not been at that point confirmed by RAI.[6] On 10 September 2024, RAI announced that it had internally selected the Italian entrant for the contest and that they would be revealed on 19 September.[7] Grande (who was, at the time of his selection, a twelve-year-old) was eventually announced as the entrant with the song "Pigiama party".[8][9][10]
At Junior Eurovision
[edit]The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. In Italy, the event will be aired on Rai 2 and RaiPlay, with commentary provided by Mario Acampa.[9][11]
References
[edit]- ^ Granger, Anthony (4 July 2021). "🇮🇹 Italy: Rai Ragazzi Explains Reasons Behind Junior Eurovision Non-Participation". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Ibrayeva, Laura (28 June 2022). "🇮🇹 Italy: Junior Eurovision 2022 Participation Confirmed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Dammacco, Beppe (28 June 2022). "Junior Eurovision 2022, l'Italia ci sarà: show in diretta su Rai 1" [Junior Eurovision 2022, Italy will be there: live show on Rai 1]. Eurofestival News (in Italian). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (12 December 2022). "🇮🇹 Italy: Over 1.5 Million Viewers For Junior Eurovision 2022". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Final of Nice 2023". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (23 December 2023). "Italia elegirá a su representante en Eurovisión Junior 2024 entre los finalistas de la 2º edición de 'The Voice Kids'" [Italy will choose its representative at Junior Eurovision 2024 from among the finalists of the 2nd edition of "The Voice Kids"]. ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (10 September 2024). "🇮🇹 Italy: Junior Eurovision 2024 Participant to Be Revealed on September 19". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Simone Grande will represent Italy in Madrid". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Rai in gara con Simone Grande" [Junior Eurovision Song Contest, Rai in the competition with Simone Grande]. RAI. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2024: Simone Grande in gara per l'Italia con 'Pigiama Party'" [Junior Eurovision 2024: Simone Grande competes for Italy with "Pigiama Party"] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (19 July 2024). "🇮🇹 Italy: Junior Eurovision 2024 Entry to be Revealed in September". Eurovoix. Retrieved 20 September 2024.