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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. 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 will ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ti Lascio Una Canzone
''Ti lascio una canzone'' (English: ''Leavin' you a song'') was an Italian music talent show for aspiring singers aged 7 to 15, all of whom were required to cover the most beloved songs in the history of Italian pop music. The songs covered in the program, which represent the true stars of the show, are “golden oldies”. They are symbolically “left” for us, in what amounts to a musical heritage, to be interpreted by the singers of tomorrow, in order to ensure that the melodies and lyrics which have provided the background music to past generations are not lost. The songs are covered by young singing talents, who interpret the best-loved songs of Italian pop music during each broadcast. Italian and international singing guests become part of “story” of the evening’s broadcast, enlarging the musical panorama covered by that particular episode. The guests stars perform without taking part in the competition, singing their greatest hits and engaging in duets with the youn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy In The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Italy participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 which took place on 25 November 2018 in Minsk, Belarus. The Italian broadcaster Rai Gulp, which is a channel owned by Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Melissa and Marco were internally selected to represent Italy with the song "What Is Love", which finished seventh with 151 points at the event, receiving the top 12 points from the Macedonian jury and a cumulative 57 points through online voting. Background Before the 2018 Contest, Italy had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its debut in , having won the contest on their first appearance with the song "Tu primo grande amore", performed by Vincenzo Cantiello. Before Junior Eurovision The Italian broadcaster announced on 26 June 2018, that they would be participating at the contest which takes place on 25 November 2018, in Minsk, Belarus. The method for selecting their entrant a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigliola Cinquetti
Gigliola Cinquetti (; born Giliola Cinquetti on 20 December 1947) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Life and career Gigliola Cinquetti was born into a wealthy family in Verona. From the ages of 9 to 13, she studied and took piano lessons, taking exams in music theory. She loves painting and art. Her career as a professional singer began when she was 16. At the age of 16 she won the Sanremo Music Festival in 1964 singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"), with music composed by Mario Panzeri and lyrics by Nicola Salerno. Her win enabled her to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 in Copenhagen with the same song, where she claimed her country's first ever victory in the event. Cinquetti became the youngest winner of the contest, aged 16 years and 92 days. Only one younger artist has triumphed since: Sandra Kim in 1986. The song became an international success, even spending 17 weeks in the UK Singles Chart and ending the year as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosanna Vaudetti
Rosanna Vaudetti is a television host and announcer for RAI. Vaudetti was born on 19 December 1937 in Ancona. She was educated at the University of Turin where she was appointed by Radiotelevisione Italiana RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ... around late 1960 and became a television announcer for Secondo Programma in 1961. Vaudetti hosted the Italian game show Games Without Frontiers in the 1970s; she was the Italian commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest seven times and the Italian spokesperson in the contest three times. She was married to television director . In April 1999 Vaudetti was appointed Commander of the Italian Republic. Rosanna Vaudetti is Roman Catholic. References External links *TV Blog of Rosanna Vaudetti 1937 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Fialdini
Francesca Fialdini (born 11 October 1979 in Massa) is an Italian television and radio host. Biography After graduating in Communication Sciences from the Sapienza University of Rome, she began her career working in radio as a collaborator for the foreign editorial staff and as a news anchor on Vatican Radio in 2004. From 2005 to September 2013 she worked as correspondent and anchorwoman for the news in the program ''A sua immagine'', broadcast on Rai 1. From 2008 to 2012 she leads ''Videozine'', column of cinema and TV series on Fox. Since January 2010 she has presented the literary culture program ''Cultbook - Storie'' on Rai 2, since July of the same year she has been leading, together with Roberto Zampa, the radio program ''Un'estate fa'' on Rai Radio 1. Since November 2012 she has been a correspondent for the weekly program ''Fictionmania'', broadcast on Rai Premium. In July 2012 she presented the Premio Strega alongside Luca Salerno on Rai 1 and in January 2013 she joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, usually aimed towards families, including ''TG1'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events. It was launched on 3 January 1954 as the first regular television service in Italy. It was the only one until 4 November 1961, when RAI launched a second channel. The channel was initially referred to as "Programma Nazionale". It received other names, such as "Rete 1" and "Raiuno" until it adopted its current name "Rai 1". It has the highest viewership in Italy, and regularly competes with Mediaset's Canale 5. In the United Kingdom, it is available in free to air satellite broadcast from Hot Bird 13B. Early history The first set of programming for Rai 1 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgia Boni
''Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends'' is an Italian live-action sitcom which premiered on Rai Gulp on August 29, 2016. The series was created by Iginio Straffi. It focuses on two roommates at the Fashion Academy of Milan: Maggie (Emanuela Rei), an American girl on a scholarship in Italy, and Bianca (Giorgia Boni), the daughter of an Italian fashion entrepreneur. The series was originally developed as a 2011 television pilot starring the Californian musical duo Kalina and Kiana, titled "My American Friend." The pilot was co-produced by Rainbow SpA and Nickelodeon, which are both part of Viacom. Two Italian actresses, Emanuela Rei and Giorgia Boni, were recast as the two leads after the pilot was greenlit for a full series. As requested by RAI, the series was first performed in Italian and later dubbed into other languages. Three seasons of ''Maggie & Bianca'' were filmed at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. Plot Maggie is an eccentric American girl from Portland who wins a scholarship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Viola
Italy participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which took place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland. The Italian broadcaster Rai Gulp, which is a channel owned by Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), was responsible for organising their entry for the contest. Marta Viola was internally selected to represent Italy with the song "La voce della terra". Background Prior to the 2019 Contest, Italy had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest five times since its debut in , having won the contest on their first appearance with the song "Tu primo grande amore", performed by Vincenzo Cantiello. Before Junior Eurovision The Italian broadcaster announced on 26 June 2018, that they would be participating at the contest which takes place on 24 November 2019, in Gliwice, Poland. The method for selecting their entrant and song was done internally by the national broadcaster, RAI. On 9 October 2019, it was announced that Marta Viola would be representing Italy at the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonella Clerici
Antonella Clerici (; born in Legnano on 6 December 1963) is an Italian television host and journalist. Biography She debuted in 1985 in Telereporter as a TV announcer. In 1987, she switched to Rai 2 where she presented ''Semaforo giallo'', ''Oggi sport'' and later two popular sports programs, ''Dribbling'' and ''Domenica Sprint''. During the same years she also presented ''Ristorante Italia'' and ''Segreti per voi''. Later she hosted ''Forza Italia'' on Odeon TV with Fabio Fazio and Walter Zenga. Clerici returned to Rai 2 in 1995 with another show about football, ''Telegoal''. From 1996 to 1998, she was one of the presenters of ''Unomattina'', a daily Rai 1 morning show, and she followed the 1998 Fifa World Cup with the depth program ''Occhio al mondiale'', with Giorgio Tosatti and Giampiero Galeazzi. In 1999/2000, she switched to Mediaset where she hosted ''Ma quanto costa?'', aired by Retequattro. She also hosted the daily program ''Telegatti Story'' and the morning show ''A t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai Gulp
Rai Gulp is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's television channel for early teenagers, and is known for its programming for children between the ages of eight and fourteen. History Rai Gulp began broadcasting on 1 June 2007 as a replacement of Rai Doc and Rai Futura, the latter two were closed shortly before its launch. Since 2009, when RaiSat Smash Girls end broadcasting in 2009, some programs that were broadcast on that channel have been present in the schedule of the channel From 27 April 2010, the programming of the channel has been coordinated by the Rai Ragazzi structure. From autumn 2010 the channel slightly changes aspect (for example in promos and bumpers) and changes the target audience into the range from 8 to 14 years. New cartoons, children's fiction, and other products are added. From 1 January 2011, the official speaker of Rai Gulp is the voice ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Ivanov (singer)
Ivan Ivanov (Bulgarian: Иван Иванов; born 7 April 2000) is a Bulgarian singer and songwriter. Life and work Ivan Ivanov was born on 7 April 2000 in Gorna Oryahovitsa, a small town in northeastern Bulgaria. Ivanov first became interested in music when he was 7 years old, but started to sing at the age of 8. His very first single "Kurazh" (My courage) was released in June 2009, in which he rose to fame. 2010–present He released his first "mature" single (his second original hit single) in January 2010, titled "Po-trudno" (Harder). He released his third single "Tova Ne e Taka" (It's not so") in August 2010. Ivanov represented Bulgaria in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Yerevan, Armenia on 3 December with his song "Supergeroy" (Superhero), placing 8th with a total of 60 points. He commentated on the live stream of Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the thirteenth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
