San Marino: Justine Mayer joins the line-up of UVPSM 2025!

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SMRTV continues to surprise and excite fans with its innovations. While the registrations for the 2025 edition of Una Voce per San Marino are still open and the casting process is ongoing, Justine Mayer, the winner of Tour Music Fest 2024, has secured her spot in the Sanmarinese pre-selection for Eurovision 2025.

Justine Mayer joins UVPSM 2025 Line-up

As announced by SMRTV a few days ago, the winner of the Tour Music Fest 2024, which took place in San Marino, would be granted a direct entry into the Semi-Finals of UVPSM 2025. Justine Mayer from France, triumphed in the Tour Music Fest 2024 final, earning a direct ticket to the First Semi-Final of UVPSM 2025, aiming to represent San Marino in Basel.

The Tour Music Fest is Europe’s largest live music competition dedicated to discovering and promoting new, emerging talent across the continent. Singers, songwriters, rappers, musicians, and DJs from all over Europe are eligible to participate, regardless of their language. The competition, which includes auditions throughout Europe, selects the best artists to compete in the final, which this year took place in San Marino.

UVPSM 2025 – the process

The fourth edition of UVPSM will consist of three phases:

Registrations

The submission window for artists willing to represent San Marino in Eurovision 2025 is open and will remain open until December 31, 2024. There are no other specific rules regarding the submitted acts. There is a freedom of language, music style and territoriality.

Academy & Castings’ stage

The Academy is a gathering for education focused on entertainment-related topics, with the goal of studying and learning about the world of music.

The casting process entails the live, private audition to select the Semi-finalists, followed by the jury’s evaluation. The jury will choose roughly eighty contestants or more to advance to the next round.

Six rounds of castings will be held starting from September until late January 2025, as following:
  1. 26 – 29 September 2024
  2. 17 – 19 October 2024
  3. 14 – 16 November 2024
  4. 12 – 14 December 2024
  5. 9 – 11 January 2025
  6. 23 – 25 January 2025

This stage will take place in San Marino Outlet Experience.

Semi-Finals and Final stage

The eighty selected participants will advance to the final stage:

  • Four semi-finals will take place in order for the committee to select the artists who will directly advance to the Grand Final as well as those who will advance to the second-chance semi-final(fifth semi-final). The artists participating in the second-chance semi-final will also fight for a spot at the selection’s Grand Final. From each semi-final, two artists will advance directly to the Final of UVPSM 2025, while two more acts will be determined via the repechage semi-final.
  • Moreover, a sixth semi-final will be held between Sanmarinese contestants. Out of this semi-final, only one contestant will be directly advanced to the Grand Final.

In total, eleven acts will participate in the Grand Final of UVPSM 2025, which will take place on February 22 and will claim the Sanmarinese representation in Switzerland.

The winner of UVPSM 2025 will be decided by a five-member jury. The winner of the selection will therefore have the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

A notable difference compared to last year’s edition of UVPSM is that there will be no “established artists” category; thus, no invitations will be sent by RTV San Marino.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Megara, UVPSM 2024 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing fourteenth in the second semi-final.

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Source: San Marino RTV

Junior Eurovision 2025: San Marino confirms participation for the 23rd contest!

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Just two weeks after the conclusion of the 22nd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, San Marino has officially confirmed its participation in the upcoming 2025 contest. RTV San Marino made the announcement following a meeting between Idols SM and the Secretary of Tourism.

San Marino stays in the contest

The confirmation of San Marino’s participation in the 23rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest came during a congratulatory meeting between Idols SM and Francesco Pedini Amati, the Secretary of Tourism for San Marino. The Secretary expressed his pride in the country’s presence in the competition, acknowledging the achievement of representing such a small nation on an international stage.

Then, Pedini Amati himself confirmed that San Marino will continue to compete in Junior Eurovision 2025.

Junior Eurovision 2025

Shortly after Georgia‘s victory in Madrid, GPB announced that the country would host the next edition of Junior Eurovision in 2025. However, official statements from the EBU regarding the event’s full details, such as dates and locations, are expected to be released at a later stage.

As of now, several countries have already confirmed their participation in the 23rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest, including:

  • Georgia – GPB (Host Country)
  • Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino

Idols SM were SMRTV’s pick for Junior Eurovision 2024. With their song “Come Noi“, the girl group took the stage of Casa Mágica, finishing however in last place.

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Source: RTV San Marino

Three countries, one mission: Bashar Murad eyes Eurovision once more

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Palestinian artist Bashar Murad, renowned for blending Arabic pop with international musical influences and for his activism, has sparked fresh excitement with a TikTok post hinting at potential submissions to the national selections of three Eurovision countries: San Marino, Ireland, and Iceland. This comes after his near-success in representing Iceland at Eurovision 2024 with his politically charged song “Wild West.” Ultimately, he narrowly missed securing his ticket to Malmö, losing to Hera Björk.

Murad’s participation in Söngvakeppnin, Iceland’s national selection, ignited significant debate. While his music was celebrated for its artistry, it also drew political attention due to his Palestinian roots and the global context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

San Marino, a country known for its openness to international artists, and Ireland, celebrated for its embrace of cultural diversity, stand out as logical choices for Murad’s ambitions. Meanwhile, Iceland, having already showcased Murad’s unique voice and perspective, remains a plausible contender for his renewed attempt to secure a spot on the Eurovision stage.

Whether his efforts will culminate in a Eurovision appearance is yet to be seen. However, his journey continues to inspire discussion, drawing both support and criticism from various audiences.

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Besa to compete in Una Voce per San Marino 2025!

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As the submission window for San Marino’s national selection for Eurovision 2025 remains open, the first stage of evaluating entries has already begun. However, attention is now turning to the upcoming third round of the Academy and Casting phase, which is scheduled to take place from November 14 to 16.

One of the most anticipated auditions in this round is set to feature Besa Kokëdhima, a former Eurovision contestant. The Albanian singer is set to compete for a chance to represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.

Besa’s Bid for San Marino

Besa’s participation in the Sanmarinese national selection, Una Voce per San Marino (UVPSM), has been confirmed by her management team, putting an end to any speculation. Besa, who previously represented Albania at Eurovision, will now aim for a spot in the upcoming contest with San Marino’s flag.

It is not the first time that an ex-Eurovision contestant has participated in San Marino’s open selection. In 2023, Albanian Eurovision 2022 representative Ronela Hajati joined UVPSM and reached the final, drawing attention to the competition’s growing appeal among established artists.

Besa’s International Eurovision Journey

For Besa, this marks another attempt to represent a country other than her native Albania. Back in 2009, she participated in Romania’s national selection for Eurovision. Now, with her eyes set on the Sanmarinese stage, Besa hopes to make her mark once again on the Eurovision stage, but this time with a different flag.

As the UVPSM 2025 selection progresses, Besa’s participation adds another layer of intrigue to this competition already filled with excitement regardless the small size of the country.

Besa won the public’s vote in Festivali I Këngës 2023 with her song Zemrën n’dorë“. Besa released a revamped version in English titled “Titan” for Eurovision, where she did not make it to the Grand Final, finishing fourteenth in the second semi-final.

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Junior Eurovision 2024: Listen to the Sanmarinese entry!

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San Marino returns to the children’s contest for the first time after nine years. Back in September and during a charity event, RTV San Marino announced that a girl band named Idols SM will represent the country in Madrid with their song “Come Noi“. Just moments ago, “Come Noi” was released and its music video was uploaded on Junior Eurovision’s official YouTube channel.

You can listen to “Come Noi” below:

How were Idols SM selected?

The artists’ announcement took place during “Sogna ragazzo sogna“, a fundraising event held in San Marino for research into pediatric cancer diseases.

The girls were selected internally by RTV. In fact and for its return, RTV San Marino decided to choose young artists based in San Marino, after last being represented by Kamilla Ismailova, who was born and raised in Russia.

The two candidate songs, “Poesia” and “Come Noi,” were played for the audience during “Sogna Ragazzo Sogna.” “Come Noi” was chosen as th Sanmarinese entry for Junior Eurovision 2024 after a jury vote. In fact, both songs were composed by Miodio, the first Sanmarinese representative in Eurovision, back in 2008.

Idols SM consists of four girls aged between 11 and 12 years old, namely Asia Ceccoli, Giulia Rinaldi, Giorgia De Descisolo and Vera Stefania Olkhovskaya.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row. The slogan for this year’s contest is “Let’s Bloom!”, while Ruth Lorenzo, Marc Clotet and Melani Garcia will serve as this year’s hosts.

Italy will open the show, while Malta will close the contest. Spain will perform tenth.

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San Marino: The Grand Final of Una Voce per San Marino will take place on February 23 | The first round of castings began!

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Una Voce per San Marino, the Sanmarinese selection for Eurovision 2025, officially commences. The first round of the entries and artists’ evaluation has started, as the registration window has been open since August and more than two hundred participants from twenty countries have already submitted their entries. Meanwhile, RTV San Marino also disclosed the date of the UVPSM 2025 Grand Final.

The first round of the “Academy and Casting” phase

The first casting of the season took place on September 26 and 27, at the San Marino Outlet Experience, among the artists who were willing to represent San Marino in Basel. In the meantime, participants who do not reside in Italy could also audition online (via a live performance sent on video), considering the competition is open to all countries.

Una Voce per San Marino will be held on February

Additionally, RTV San Marino disclosed the forthcoming song festival’s dates. The Grand Final is scheduled for February 23, 2025, with the semi-finals taking place from February 17 to February 21, 2025. There’s a chance that only the Final will be broadcasted live, with the semi-finals possibly being filmed earlier and aired at the previously mentioned dates if last year’s formula is replicated.

UVPSM 2025 – the process

The fourth edition of UVPSM will consist of three phases:

Registrations

The submission window for artists willing to represent San Marino in Eurovision 2025 is open and will remain open until December 31, 2024. There are no other specific rules regarding the submitted acts. There is a freedom of language, music style and territoriality.

Academy & Castings’ stage

The Academy is a gathering for education focused on entertainment-related topics, with the goal of studying and learning about the world of music.

The casting process entails the live, private audition to select the Semi-finalists, followed by the jury’s evaluation. The jury will choose roughly eighty contestants or more to advance to the next round.

Six rounds of castings will be held starting from September until late January 2025, as following:
  1. 26 – 29 September 2024
  2. 17 – 19 October 2024
  3. 14 – 16 November 2024
  4. 12 – 14 December 2024
  5. 9 – 11 January 2025
  6. 23 – 25 January 2025

This stage will take place in San Marino Outlet Experience.

Semi-Finals and Final stage

The eighty selected participants will advance to the final stage:

  • Four semi-finals will take place in order for the committee to select the artists who will directly advance to the Grand Final as well as those who will advance to the second-chance semi-final(fifth semi-final). The artists participating in the second-chance semi-final will also fight for a spot at the selection’s Grand Final. From each semi-final, two artists will advance directly to the Final of UVPSM 2025, while two more acts will be determined via the repechage semi-final.
  • Moreover, a sixth semi-final will be held between Sanmarinese contestants. Out of this semi-final, only one contestant will be directly advanced to the Grand Final.

In total, eleven acts will participate in the Grand Final of UVPSM 2025 and will claim the Sanmarinese representation in Switzerland.

The winner of UVPSM 2025 will be decided by a five-member jury. The winner of the selection will therefore have the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

A notable difference compared to last year’s edition of UVPSM is that there will be no “established artists” category; thus, no invitations will be sent by RTV San Marino.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Megara, UVPSM 2024 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing fourteenth in the second semi-final.

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Source: sanmarinoRTV

San Marino: Over 200 Participants from 20 Countries for ‘Una Voce per San Marino’

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Registrations are now open for the 4th edition of the “Una Voce per San Marino” festival. The festival-contest, which in the last two years has been won by emerging bands, will give the winner the chance to represent the Republic of San Marino at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Switzerland. The festival will feature both Emerging and Big artists in a single category, with no restrictions on citizenship or language choice for the song performed in the competition. Anyone who turns 16 by 15/02/2025 can register. Registrations will close on 31/12/2024.

Contestants will go through the Academy and Casting phases held at the Prestige Lounge of the San Marino Outlet Experience: the first date is set for September 26 and 27, 2024, followed by October 17 and 18; November 14, 15, and 16; December 12, 13, and 14, 2024; January 9, 10, and 11, 2025, and January 23, 24, and 25, 2025.

So far, over 200 applications have been received from artists from Andorra, Belgium, Belarus, Denmark, Ecuador, eSwatini, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Russia, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, the United States, Sweden, and Switzerland.

In February 2025, four semifinals are scheduled, one dedicated to Sammarinese artists and a repechage round. The grand final of “Una Voce per San Marino” will take place at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana, San Marino, where artists will compete against each other.

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Source: SMRTV

Junior Eurovision 2024: Idols SM will represent San Marino in Madrid with their song “Come Noi”!

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The micro state of San Marino returns to the Junior Eurovision Song Contest for the first time after nine years. Just moments ago, it was announced that Idols SM will fly the Sanmarinese flag in Madrid.

How were Idols SM selected?

The artists’ announcement took place during “Sogna ragazzo sogna“, a fundraising event held in San Marino for research into pediatric cancer diseases. Idols SM consists of four girls, namely Asia Ceccoli, Giulia Rinaldi, Giorgia Descisolo and Vera Stefania Olkhovskaya.

The artists were selected internally by RTV. In fact and for its return, RTV San Marino decided to choose young artists based in San Marino, after last being represented by Kamilla Ismailova, who was born and raised in Russia.

The two candidate songs, “Poesia” and “Come Noi,” were played for the audience during “Sogna Ragazzo Sogna.” “Come Noi” was chosen as the Sanmarinese entry for Junior Eurovision 2024 after a jury vote.

“Come Noi” is expected to be released at a later stage.

Junior Eurovision 2024

Seventeen countries will take part in the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest:

  • Albania – RTSH
  • Armenia – AMPTV
  • Cyprus – RIK
  • Estonia – ERR
  • France – FT
  • Georgia – GPB
  • Germany – ARD/NDR
  • Ireland – RTÉ
  • Italy – RAI
  • Malta – PBS
  • North Macedonia – MRT
  • Poland – TVP
  • Portugal – RTP
  • San Marino – RTV San Marino
  • Spain – TVE
  • The Netherlands – AVROTROS
  • Ukraine – UA:PBC

The 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will be held on November 16 in Madrid, Spain, following the country’s second-place finish last year and the refusal of the winning country, France, to host for the second year in a row.

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Source: sanmarinortv

San Marino: The dates for the “Academy & Casting” stage!

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Una Voce per San Marino will return as the country’s selection format for the fourth consecutive year. Despite rumors claiming that San Marino’s participation in Eurovision 2025 is uncertain, the preparations have already started for RTV San Marino.

Meanwhile, casting dates for UVPSM 2025 have also been revealed. The Academy and Casting stage of the competition will be held starting from September until late January 2025:

  1. 26 – 29 September
  2. 17 – 19 October
  3. 14 – 16 November
  4. 12 – 14 December
  5. 9 – 11 January
  6. 23 – 25 January

UVPSM 2025 – the process

This edition of UVPSM will consist of three phases:

Registrations

The submission window for artists willing to represent San Marino in Eurovision 2025 is open and will remain open until December 31, 2024. There are no other specific rules regarding the submitted acts. There is a freedom of language, music style and territoriality.

Academy & Castings’ stage

The Academy is a gathering for education focused on entertainment-related topics, with the goal of studying and learning about the world of music.

The casting process entails the live, private audition to select the Semi-finalists, followed by the jury’s evaluation. The jury will choose roughly eighty contestants or more to advance to the next round.

This stage will take place in San Marino Outlet Experience.

Semi-Finals and Final stage

The eighty selected participants will advance to the final stage:

  • Four semi-finals will take place in order for the committee to select the artists who will directly advance to the Grand Final as well as those who will advance to the second-chance semi-final(fifth semi-final). The artists participating in the second-chance semi-final will also fight for a spot at the selection’s Grand Final. From each semi-final, two artists will advance directly to the Final of UVPSM 2025, while two more acts will be determined via the repechage semi-final.
  • Moreover, a sixth semi-final will be held between Sanmarinese contestants. Out of this semi-final, only one contestant will be directly advanced to the Grand Final.

In total, eleven acts will participate in the Grand Final of UVPSM 2025 and will claim the Sanmarinese representation in Switzerland.

The winner of UVPSM 2025 will be decided by a five-member jury. The winner of the selection will therefore have the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

A notable difference compared to last year’s edition of UVPSM is that there will be no “established artists” category; thus, no invitations will be sent by RTV San Marino.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Megara, UVPSM 2024 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing fourteenth in the second semi-final.

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Source: sanmarinoRTV

San Marino: Submission window for Una Voce per San Marino 2025 now open!

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Despite the many different conversations about a possible withdrawal, the small country of San Marino, is going to take part in Eurovision 2025, which is set to take place in Switzerland! Read more