San Marino: Listen to the studio version of “Stripper”!

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A while ago, the song of Achille Lauro, the winner of Una Voce per San Marino was released. The song “Stripper” which will represent San Marino in Eurovision 2022, had not been released as of now and a lot of fans were looking forward to listening to it after Achille Lauro’s win in the national final.

Listen to “Stripper” by Achille Lauro representing San Marino this year:

Also the lyric video was released alongside the studio version:

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San Marino: Una Voce per San Marino to Remain as Eurovision Selection for 2023!

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Una Voce per San Marino will remain as the Sanmarinese Eurovision selection for Eurovision 2023.

After a long journey with over 600 submitted songs and 7 consecutive nights of shows from San Marino, it’s Achille Lauro, fresh off his Sanremo performance, who will represent Eurovision’s smallest country in Turin this May with the song “Stripper”.

During the winner’s press conference, Federico Pedini Amati, the Secretary of State for Tourism, Postal Services, Economic Cooperation and the World Expo of the Republic of San Marino, confirmed that Una Voce per San Marino would also be used to select the nation’s entrant for Eurovision 2023.

“We’re not stopping here. Next year we will be even bigger.”

 

Una Voce per San Marino marked only the second time in history that San Marino chose their Eurovision entry through a national final. The first time was in 2018, when 1in360 was used as the Sanmarinese Eurovision selection. Una Voce per San Marino was held over a week, where new artists competed against each other to progress to the final alongside established artists.

Achille Lauro will perform in the first half of the second semi-final on May 12.

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San Marino: Achille Lauro will represent the country in Turin!

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It’s no secret San Marino decided to host a NF this year in order to determine the representative with the song. ‘Una Voce per San Marino’ is the country’s second national selection ever hosted. The Grand Final took place today at 21:00 CET.

The show consisted of eighteen artists, nine of them were established performers, also known as ‘Big Artists’ and the other nine were ‘Emerging Artists’. They had been competing in a week of semi-finals and finals to secure a place in the show.

The show was hosted by 2011/2020/2021 Sammarinese representative Senhit and Jonathan Kashanian.

The participants were:

  • Aaron Sibley – “Pressure”
  • Achille Lauro – “Stripper”
  • Alessia Labate – “World Falls Down”
  • Burak Yeter ft. Alessandro Coli – “More Than You”
  • Camille Cabaltera – “Move ‘Em Like You Never Did”
  • Cristina Ramos – “Heartless Game”
  • Elena & Francesco Faggi – “Nothing Can Blow Me Out”
  • Fabry & Labiuse feat. Miodio – “Blu”
  • Francesco Monte – “Mi ricordo di te (Adrenalina)”
  • Ivana Spagna – “Seriously in Love”
  • Kurt Cassar – “Tears of Gold”
  • Maria Chiara Leoni – “Tiramisù”
  • Mate – “DNA”
  • Matteo Faustini – “L’ultima parola”
  • Sebastian Schmidt – “Running”
  • Tony Cicco, Deshedus & Alberto Fortis – “Sono un uomo”
  • Valerio Scanu – “Io credo”
  • Vina Rose – “Sweet Denial”

The Italian singer-songwriter Al Bano performed tonight in Una voce per San Marino. He represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1976 and 1985.

The winner was determined by jury voting, the jury panel consisted of:

  • Mogol – President of the Jury
  • Simon Lee – conductor, composer, arranger
  • Clarissa Martinelli – Presenter at Radio Bruno
  • Susanne Georgi – Singer at Eurovision 2009 for Andorra
  • Dino Stewart – Managing Director at BMG Italy

Achille Lauro will represent San Marino at ESC 2022 with his song ‘Stripper’.

Who is Achille?

Lauro De Marinis (born 11 July 1990), known professionally as Achille Lauro, is an Italian rapper and singer. He gained popularity in the Italian hip hop scene and he competed in at the San Remo with the song “Rolls Royce”, at the 2020 edition with the song “Me ne frego”, and at the 2022 edition with the song “Domenica”.

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San Marino: Una Voce per San Marino final tonight!

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After a marathon process, San Marino selects its representative at Eurovision 2022. Tonight takes place the grand final of Una Voce per San Marino.

Eighteen artists will take part in tonight’s final, with nine of them qualifying through yesterday’s final of the “rising artists” and the other nine being direct finalists. It is worth mentioning that normally 19 artists would participate in the final of Una Voce per San Marino, but the direct finalist, Blind, announced yesterday that he is facing some health problems that do not allow him to participate in the final.

Artists

The artists claiming to represent San Marino in Turin tonight are:

  • Francesco Monte 🇮🇹
  • Burak Yeter & Alessandro Coli 🇹🇷🇮🇹
  • Cristina Ramos 🇪🇸
  • Valerio Scanu 🇮🇹
  • Ivana Spagna 🇮🇹
  • Matteo Faustini 🇮🇹
  • Tony Cicco, Deshedus & Alberto Fortis 🇮🇹
  • Fabry & Labiuse ft. Miodio 🇸🇲
  • Achille Lauro 🇮🇹
  • Mate
  • Elena & Francesco Faggi
  • Maria Chiara Leoni
  • Alessia Labate
  • Vina Rose
  • Kurt Cassar
  • Sebastian Schmidt
  • Camille Cabaltera
  • Aaron Sibley

The final selection will be based on the preference of a jury that will select the winner.

Presenters of the grand final of Una Voce per San Marino will be Senhit and Jonathan Kashanian.

Tonight’s final starts at 22:00 and will last three hours. You can watch it through the San Marino RTV site by clicking HERE.

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San Marino 2022: A Sanremo winner among Una Voce per San Marino big names

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San Marino RTV has revealed the “big names” competing in their national final for Eurovision in a press conference.

These are the nine big names participating in Una Voce per San Marino 2022:

  • Achille Lauro is attempting to represent San Marino after his participation in Sanremo
  • Alessandro Coli feat. Burak Yeter: Originally from Santarcangelo the singer is performing with internationally renowned Turkish DJ Burak Yeter
  • Blind: is a rapper who received some recognition after his participation on the X Factor Italy in 2020
    • Spanish singer Cristina Ramos is better known for winning “Got Talent España” in 2016. She is a rock and opera singer.  Her audition video has more than 30 million views.

  • Francesco Monte is a model TV and social media personality.  He participated at the Sanremo Giovani in 2021.  He became famous after participating in his country on Big Brother.
  • Matteo Faustini has previously participated in Sanremo in 2020
    • Ivana Spagna is one of the biggest names in the competition. She is a legendary figure in Italian disco with many hits in her discography.  Spagna has received a gold certification in 2006 with over 10 million records sold.

  • Valerio Scanu: He won the Sanremo Festival in 2010.  He also participated in Amici di Maria De Filippi.
  • Tony Cicco & Deshedus & Alberto Fortis
  • Fabry & La Biuse Feat. I Miodi: Miodio who was the first Sanmarinese representative in Eurovision returns as the San Marino “wild card” for the competition.

The program of Una voce per San Marino is:

February 13 – First Semifinal for up-and-coming artists
February 14 – Second Semifinal for up-and-coming artists
February 15 – Third Semifinal for up-and-coming artists
February 16 – Fourth Semifinal for the artists of San Marino
February 17 – Second Chance
February 18 – Final for up-and-coming artists
February 19 – Grand Final

The Grand Final will take place on February 19, 2022 at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. A total of 18 artists will participate in the final, nine up and nine acclaimed, who will be invited directly by Media Evolution Srl .

The final will be presented by Senhit and Jonatan Kashanian.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all San Marino developments at Eurovision 2022!

Source: San Marino RTV

San Marino: With Rappresentante Di Lista at Eurovision 2022?

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They may not have won Sanremo 2022, but the Rappresentante Di Lista came back with an enigmatic statement.

Hello, how are you?

We are really thinking of being a candidate for Eurovision with San Marino, we are thinking of doing it!

Whether this is a joke or not we will find out by tomorrow when the artists of Una Voce Per San Marino will be announced.

San Marino RTV announced that the 9 Artists who will compete to represent the country at Eurovision 2022 in Turin will be revealed on February 8. The press conference will be held at the Westin Palace Hotel in Milan, Italy.

Those nine artists have already qualified directly for the final of Una voce per San Marino, which will be held on February 19. In the final, they will compete with 9 other artists who will have participated in a round of semifinals during this week.

This is the first time San Marino has used Una Voce Per San Marino as a selection process, having previously used various formats. This year the process opened worldwide and 299 artists and over 500 songs were selected!

Rappresentante Di Lista finished in seventh place at the Sanremo 2022.

 

 

San Marino: The announcement of the Big Artists to take place on 8 February!

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The nine Big Artists who will compete in Una voce per San Marino will be presented to the public on 8 February.

San Marino RTV has announced that the 9 Big Artists who will compete to represent the country at Eurovision 2022 in Turin will be revealed on 8 February. The press conference will take place at the Westin Palace Hotel in Milan, Italy.

The Big Artists have already qualified directly for the final of Una voce per San Marino, which will take place on 19 February. In the final, they will compete with 9 other artists who will have participated in a round of semi-finals and heats during the previous week.

The grand final will take place at Teatro Nuovo.

This is the first time that San Marino has used Una Voce Per San Marino as a selection process, having previously used various formats such as 1in360, Digital Battle or internal selections. This year the process was opened worldwide and 299 artists and over 500 songs were submitted!

Source:  San Marino RTV

Eurovision 2022: Here are the results of the allocation draw!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place in Palazzo Madama in Turin. Find out below in which of the 2 Semi-Finals your country will perform and vote in. The annual event was hosted by Carolina di Domenico and Mario Acampa.

The Semi-Final Allocation Draw and Host City Insignia Exchange are key milestones on the path to the Eurovision Song Contest each year.

During the ceremony, Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam, passed on the Host City Insignia to Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin. The insignia key chain, weighing over 30 kilograms with the new addition of Rotterdam’s insignia, was handed over to Turin. The Italian city is now officially the Host City of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Draw Procedure

The 36 countries competing in the semifinals were divided into six pots, based on the points they have exchanged in recent years. This is done in order to avoid, as much as possible, the alliances and bloc voting that appear every year in the voting.

Allocation Pots

Big 5

With the host Italy, directly in the final, along with the rest of the Big 5 (UK, France, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semifinal that the direct finalists will vote.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • France
  • Italy

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Germany
  • United Kingdom

Their performance in the dress rehearsal will be shown in the semifinals where the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal visibility of the countries that are directly in the final and the countries that compete in the semifinals. Essentially, viewers watch each entry twice during the shows.

Allocation Draw

The draw of the countries for the two semifinals had two parts. In the first part, the 36 countries that participate in the semifinals, were drawn in which of the two will compete. 18 countries will compete in both the first and the second semifinal.

In the second part each country found out if it will appear in the first or in the second half of the semifinal that will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the producers of the show at a later time.

First Semi-Final (10 May):

1st Half

  • Albania
  • Switzerland
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Moldova
  • Bulgaria
  • Ukraine
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands

2nd Half

  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Portugal
  • Denmark
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Iceland
  • Greece

Second Semi-Final (12 May):

1st Half

  • Australia
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus
  • Serbia
  • Finland
  • Azerbaijan
  • San Marino
  • Israel
  • Malta

2nd Half

  • Montenegro
  • Romania
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Belgium
  • North Macedonia
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
  • Ireland

Turin will host the 66th Eurovision Song Contest from May 10th to 14th at the Pala Alpitour. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organizers, is “The Sound of Beauty”.

You can see the draw again through the following link:

 

 

 

San Marino: Watch the second episode of Una voce per San Marino!

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A few minutes ago, the second episode of Una voce per San Marino ended, the program that gathers the voices and interpretations of the artists at the Titan Theater for the participation of San Marino in the Eurovision song contest 2022.

The episode aired on Digital Terrestre on channel 831, on the Sky platform on channel 520 and on Sat TV on channel 93. The episode of “Una voce per San Marino” is also available online at www.sanmarinortv.sm.

In today’s episode we had the pleasure to see Elis Mraz whο participated in the national final of the Czech Republic and ended up in second place with the song “Imma Be”. You can see the appearance of Elis Mraz in the video below.

Watch the second episode of Una voce per San Marino HERE.

The third episode is scheduled at the same time and we will see it on January 28.

We remind you that the Grand Final will take place on February 19, 2022 at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. A total of 18 artists will participate in the final, nine debutants and nine acclaimed, who will be invited directly by Media Evolution Srl. A jury will decide the winner, as well as second and third place.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all San Marino developments at Eurovision 2022!

Source: San Marino RTV

Eurovision 2022: Pots and Participants of Semifinals Allocation Draw revealed!

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The semi-finals draw will take place on Tuesday 25 January at 12:00 CET, from the Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja in Turin. At the same time there will be a ceremony of handing over the keys of the contest or as it is widely known, the Host City Insignia from the previous hosts Rotterdam to the Italian organizers.

The allocation draw will determine whether the countries will participate in the First Semifinal (Tuesday, May 10) or the Second Semifinal (Thursday, May 12). Also, again based on the draw it will be determined if they appear in the first or second half of the semifinal. We remind you that the exact order of appearance is announced later by the organizers and after it has first been approved by the EBU.

The draw will be presented by TV presenters Carolina di Domenico and Gabriele Corsi. Rotterdam Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and Turin Mayor Stefano Lo Russo will be present.

Friends of the contest will be able to watch the draw on Eurovision’s YouTube channel or on Rai’s streaming service.

Semi-final draw: How does it work?

Italy, as the host country, together with the other 4 members of the so-called “Big 5” (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semifinals, but vote in one of them… so before the competing countries in Semifinals, it will be determined at random which of the Semifinals the Big 5 will be allowed to vote for.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semifinal and in which half of the respective Semifinal the remaining 36 participating countries will appear.

The 36 countries of the semifinals are selected from 6 different pots:

Pot 1

  • Albania
  • Croatia
  • Montenegro
  • North Macedonia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia

Pot 2

  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Sweden

Pot 3

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Russia
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Malta
  • Bulgaria
  • Portugal
  • San Marino

Pot 5

  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Romania

Pot 6

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
  • Czech Republic
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!