Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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| Country |
 Italy
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Ti lascio una canzone | |||
| Selection date(s) | 19 September 2015 | |||
| Selected entrant | Chiara & Martina Scarpari | |||
| Selected song | "Viva" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 16th, 34 points | |||
| Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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"Viva" |
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| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry | |
| Country | |
| Artist(s) |
Chiara and Martina Scarpari
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| Languages | |
| Composer(s) |
Luigi D'Alessio, Adriano Pennino
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| Lyricist(s) |
Fabrizio Berlincioni, Chiara Scarpari, Martina Scarpari
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| Finals performance | |
| Final result |
16
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| Final points |
34
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Italy will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria after winning in its first appearance in the 2014 contest. They had initially selected their act through the national final Ti lascio una canzone on 12 September 2015, were Chiara and Martina Scarpari had won. However, on 17 September 2015, it was announced that there were technical issues in the voting, and the final would be re-run on 19 September 2015. The Scarpari sisters went on to win the re-run final, and would still represent Italy at the 2015 contest. Italy finished in 16th place during the contest with 34 points.
On 24 June 2015, the Italian national broadcast Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) confirmed Italy's participation at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015. It was also announced that the country representative will be select through a national final, to be held during the first episode of the forthcoming edition of Ti lascio una canzone, on 12 September.
The qualifiers were selected by 33% of Jury vote, 33% of Orchestra vote and 33% of Televote.
The 6 qualifiers sang together a medley consisting of the Italian Eurovision entry "L'Essenziale" (2013), "Gente di Mare" (1987) and "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu" (1958). The 2 superfinalists were selected by 50% Jury and 50% Televote. Chiara and Martina Scarpari and Giovanni Sutera Sardo advance to the Round 3.
The winner of the national final was selected by 100% Televote.
On 17 September 2015, the Italian broadcaster RAI announced that the third round results were cancelled due to technical problems with the televoting. Emanuele Bertelli was announced at the start of the third round as being the superfinalist instead of Giovanni Scutera Sardo. The correction of this error was only made after the Scarpari Sisters had made an exhibition during the televoting.
The repetition of the national final's third round was held on 19 September during the junior talent show Ti lascio una canzone. The winner was selected by 100% Televote.
Born in Reggio Calabria on May 22, 2000, the sisters Chiara and Martina Scarpari showed a natural love of music since their early childhood. Chiara and Martina’s singing talent was noticed first by their grandfather, who five years ago encouraged them to follow their passion. Three years later they met their mentor, Christian Cosentino, who raised the bar even higher and encouraged them to sing and compete on an international level. After the victories in some local contests, in 2014 Chiara and Martina debuted on the Rai1 prime time talent show for teens ‘Ti lascio una canzone.’ After two winning nights, they qualified for the final night and earned third place.
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