Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Italy selected their first Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 entry through an internal selection. On 4 September 2014 it was revealed that Vincenzo Cantiello would represent Italy with the song "Tu primo grande amore".^[1]

Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country	Italy
Selection process	Internal selection
Announcement date	Artist: 4 September 2014 Song: 3 October 2014
Competing entry
Song	"Tu primo grande amore"
Artist	Vincenzo Cantiello
Placement
Final result	1st, 159 points
Participation chronology
2014 • 2015►

Vincenzo Cantiello (JESC 2014 winner) before interview for kidsmusic.info

Internal selection

Shortly after the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013, the Italian broadcaster RAI revealed that they were interested in participating in the 2014 contest and attended a workshop for interested broadcasters.^[2][3] On 8 July 2014, it was announced that Italy would in fact make their debut in the 2014 contest.^[4] Two months later on 4 September 2014, the broadcaster revealed that Vincenzo Cantiello had been internally selected to represent the country with the song "Tu primo grande amore" in Marsa, Malta.^[1]

At Junior Eurovision

At the running order draw which took place on 9 November 2014, Italy were drawn to perform eleventh on 15 November 2014, following Montenegro and preceding Armenia.^[5][6]

Voting

Points awarded to Italy[7] Score Country 12 points[a]  Kids Jury  Montenegro  San Marino  Slovenia 10 points  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Georgia  Malta  Ukraine 8 points  Armenia  Netherlands  Serbia 7 points  Sweden 6 points  Russia 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points  Belarus 1 point

Points awarded by Italy[7] Score Country 12 points  Malta 10 points  Bulgaria 8 points  San Marino 7 points  Netherlands 6 points  Serbia 5 points  Cyprus 4 points  Sweden 3 points  Ukraine 2 points  Armenia 1 point  Belarus

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Italian jury:^[8]

• Dario Salvatori
• Barbara Mosconi
• Mariolina Simone
• Massimiliano Pani
• Davide Maggio

Detailed voting results from Italy^[8]

Draw	Country	D. Salvatori	B. Mosconi	M. Simone	M. Pani	D. Maggio	Average Jury Points	Televoting Points	Points Awarded
01	Belarus	6	1	7			1	6	1
02	Bulgaria	10			2			12	10
03	San Marino	3	6		1	10	2	10	8
04	Croatia
05	Cyprus		12	12	3		8	3	5
06	Georgia				12	1
07	Sweden	8	5	8	5	3	10		4
08	Ukraine	2		1	7			8	3
09	Slovenia	5	8	4	4	4	5	1
10	Montenegro		3			2
11	Italy
12	Armenia	4	4	10		7	4	4	2
13	Russia	7		2	8	6	3	2
14	Serbia		10	5	6	12	12		6
15	Malta	1	2	6	10	8	6	7	12
16	Netherlands	12	7	3		5	7	5	7

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.