Italy in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Fiamma Boccia
Background information
Born	(2003-11-25) 25 November 2003 (age 22) Florence, Italy
Genres	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, piano

Fiamma (born 25 November 2003) is an Italian singer.^[4] She represented Italy at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta, on 20 November 2016 with the song "Cara Mamma", placing third with 209 points.

"Cara Mamma"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Italy
Artist	Fiamma Boccia
Languages	Italian, English
Composers	Marco Iardella, Francesco Spadoni, Alessandro Ghironi
Lyricists	Marco Iardella, Francesco Spadoni, Fiamma Boccia
Finals performance
Final result	3rd
Final points	209 points
Entry chronology
◄ "Viva" (2015)

"Cara Mamma" is a song by, Italian singer, Fiamma Boccia. It represented Italy during the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016. It is composed by Marco Iardella, Francesco Spadoni and Alessandro Ghironi, while the lyrics were written by Marco Iardella, Francesco Spadoni and Fiamma Boccia herself.

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 14 November 2016, Italy was drawn to perform eleventh on 20 November 2016, following Ukraine and preceding Serbia.^[5]

Italy came third in the final, with 209 points. This is their second best placing after Vincenzo Cantiello's first place in 2014.

During the press conference for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016, held in Stockholm, the Reference Group announced several changes to the voting format for the 2016 contest. Previously, points had been awarded based on a combination of 50% National juries and 50% televoting, with one more set of points also given out by a 'Kids' Jury'. However, this year, points will be awarded based on a 50/50 combination of each country's Adult and Kids' Jury, to be announced by a spokesperson. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure will not include a public televote.^[6] Following these results, three expert jurors will also announce their points from 1–8, 10, and 12. These professional jurors are: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and Jedward.^[7]

Points awarded to Italy[8][9][10] Score Adult and expert juries Kids juries 12 points  Mads Grimstad  Macedonia  Malta  Poland 10 points  Christer Björkman  Ireland  Ireland  Albania 8 points  Albania  Netherlands  Australia  Cyprus 7 points  Israel  Bulgaria  Israel  Macedonia 6 points  Bulgaria  Poland  Ukraine  Belarus 5 points  Cyprus  Russia  Serbia 4 points  Belarus  Georgia  Georgia  Netherlands 3 points 2 points  Serbia  Russia 1 point  Armenia  Armenia

Points awarded by Italy[8][9][10] Score Adult jury Kids jury 12 points  Ireland  Malta 10 points  Malta  Armenia 8 points  Australia  Ireland 7 points  Bulgaria  Australia 6 points  Poland  Russia 5 points  Albania  Belarus 4 points  Netherlands  Israel 3 points  Georgia  Bulgaria 2 points  Russia  Macedonia 1 point  Macedonia  Serbia