As the Junior Eurovision 2024 contest begins to take shape, countries continue to confirm whether they will be taking part in the contest in Madrid. The latest to confirm participation at this year’s event is Italian broadcaster Rai.
Italy will take part in Junior Eurovision 2024
Italy confirmed their participation at this year’s event to fellow Eurovision fansite Eurovoix. Rai also confirmed that they will announce their representative for this year’s edition in due course. This brings the total number of countries having confirmed their Junior Eurovision 2024 participation to 9, you can see the rest of the list below
- 🇪🇪 Estonia – Annabelle Atts
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- 🇮🇹 Italy
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia – Ana Vanchevska and Aleksej Ivanovski
- 🇵🇱 Poland
- 🇪🇸 Spain (Host Country)
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Italy’s Junior Eurovision Journey
Italy made its Junior Eurovision debut in 2014 with Vincenzo Cantiello and the song “Tu primo grande amore”. The performance scored 159 points on its way to a victory. Since winning, Italy’s best result is a 3rd place in the 2016 contest. Italy has so far participated eight times in the contest.
Italy’s most recent participation was in 2023. Melissa and Ranya’s “Un Mondo Giusto” finished 11th after receiving 81 points with 37 points coming from the international juries and 44 points from the online voters.
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News Source: Eurovoix/Rai
Photo Credit: Max Doughty/That Eurovision Site
Tim J