Italy: RAI selects Elisabetta Lizza for Junior Eurovision 2021 to sing “Specchio (Mirror on the Wall)”

Italy: RAI selects Elisabetta Lizza for Junior Eurovision 2021 to sing “Specchio (Mirror on the Wall)”
Thursday, 11 November 2021

  • The Italian national broadcaster, RAI, has confirmed Elisabetta Lizza will be the country's  Junior Eurovision 2021 hopeful to sing “Specchio (Mirror on the Wall)”.

    The ESC 2022 host nation will be sending Elisabetta Lizza to Paris in order to defend the Italian colors at the upcoming Junior Eurovision 2021 set to take place on December 19,2021 at La Seine Musicale concert hall. 

    The young talented act will be performing the song “Specchio (Mirror on the Wall)” which will be released in the following days. 

     

     

    A few words for Elisabetta

    Elisabetta Lizza is originally from Ardo, a small town in the province of Brescia, which belongs to a peculiar hilly area also known as '' Franciacorta ''.

    The young singer has experienced big stages and audences as she has been performing in musicals and participating in local competitions the last three years. Without doubt all this previous experience have made her ready now to take the bigger stage of Junior Eurovision 2021. 

    Elisabetta sings, dances and plays the piano and as she has stated, the two things that make her happy are playing the piano and eating Italian with her family and friends. Her favorite artists are Sam Smith, Bruno Mars and of course Måneskin!

     

    Italy in Junior Eurovision

    The country mades 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. 

    News Source: RAI/ Eurofestivalnews.com

    Image: RAI