Italy: Chanel Dilecta to fly the flag at Junior Eurovision 2022

• The Italian national broadcaster, RAI, has confirmed Chanel Dilecta as the country's Junior Eurovsion 2022 hopeful.

  One more participating country out of the total 16 of the upcoming Junior Eurovision 2022 has unveiled their representative for Yerevan. Italy has internally selected Chanel Dialecta to defend the Italian colors in Yerevan, Armenia performing the song 'BLA BLA BLA'. 

   

  A few words for Chanel

  Chanel Dilecta Apolloni has been studying singing and ballet since the age of 4, along with piano,modern dance and the performing arts. She is an all-round performer who has already participated in international competitions such as the TMF (Tour Music Fest) 2021, the Italian Performer Cup and the talent The Coach.

  In her spare time Chanel Dilecta designs jewelry, has a passion for reading, knitting and enjoys solving Rubik's cubes. He lives in Thiene, in the province of Vicenza, with her family and his toothless dog called Rambo.

  The young woman from Thienese will perform on the stage of the competition with "Bla Bla Bla", a song that has not yet been presented and of which we will have more information next week.

   

  Italy in Junior Eurovision

  The country made its debut in the competition in the 2014 edition in Malta. The internally selected  Vincenzo Cantiello represented the country with the song "Tu primo grande amore" achieving to bring the trophy on home soil on the nation's first apprearance. That made Italy the second country that won with the debut entry after Croatia's victory in the first edition.

  Italy hasn't missed an edition since then apart from the 2020 one due to the covid-10 pandemic. It's next best placing came in 2016 with Flamma Boccia who came 3rd performing "Cara Mamma' (Dear Mom) . In 2018 the flag flew the duo Melissa and Marco with their entry “What is Love“, which finished in 7th place with 151 points, while in 2019 Marta Viola with "La Voce Della Terra"  at Gliwice-Silesia, Poland gave another 7th placing for the country. 

  In 2021 in Paris Elisabetta Lizza defended the Italian colors with the song “Specchio (Mirror On The Wall)” finishing 10th with an overall score of 107 points. 

   

  News source: Junioreurovision.tv

  Image: Photo EBU: Be Basic Studio / Rai

   

   

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