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San Marino: Fans request San Marino RTV to consider Annalisa or Mahmood for Eurovision | The first established artist for UVPSM 2024 will be revealed tomorrow!

The most successful edition of Festival de Sanremo in many years saw its conclusion past Saturday. While, Angelina Mango won the big prize and will therefore represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, she was not the only contestant to draw the audience’s attention.

Except for Angelina Mango, Eurovision fans went crazy for Annalisa’s entry as well as Mahmood’s entry, who has already participated at the Eurovision Song Contest twice. Annalisa finished third overall with her song “Sinceramente“, while Mahmood placed sixth, just outside the top five with “Tuta Gold“. Mahmood and Annalisa are both well-liked by Eurovision fans, who expected their Sanremo 2024 entries to do well on the Eurovision stage.

A request to San Marino RTV

Hence and since they are not able to represent Italy this year, Eurovision fans request San Marino RTV via social media to approach them and send them to Eurovision. In reality, aside from Mahmood, Annalisa has tried her luck in Sanremo numerous times and has failed to win the big prize, so many Eurovision fans who wish to see her in Eurovision believe that representing San Marino may be her last chance.

Indicatively, some of the tweets posted mention that:

“It would be wonderful if San Marino RTV brought @NaliOfficial [Annalisa] to #Eurovision2024”.

“Annalisa please go to the Eurovision with San Marino and win, giving everyone a humiliation!”

“So how do we send Mahmood to compete in Eurovision with San Marino?! @SanMarino_RTV don’t you want to take revenge and win this festival?!”

“I would like to remind San Marino that Annalisa and Mahmood may be available and that they are ready to give us, rightly, the xxxx”

San Marino’s response and the reveal of the established artists for UVPSM 2024

The Secretary of State for Tourism, Federico Pedini Amati spoke to San Marino RTV about the afore-mentioned issue. According to him:

Why not? Anyone can register, the contest is open to everyone, not just those who were in Sanremo. We expect some news. Then we talk about Annalisa, Mahmood or others… I have heard that someone might be really interested and tomorrow we will be able to know more. 

It’s not one of these two so we spoil this possibility but if they arrived we would be really very happy . But I’m not saying this because they are singers that we have seen at the Festival now, but because they are very famous singers who would honor and greatly raise the level of our contest too.

Hence, tomorrow the first established artist who will compete in UVPSM 2024 will be revealed.

In case San Marino takes into consideration the fans’ desire, it will not be the first time that a Sanremo participant takes the Eurovision stage representing San Marino. In 2022, Achille Lauro represented San Marino in Turin with his song “Stripper“. A couple weeks prior “Una Voce per San Marino” final, Achille participated in Festival di Sanremo, finishing fourteenth.

Una Voce per San Marino 2024

129 emerging artists will compete in the semi-finals of the Sanmarinese national selection for Malmö, out of which eight will advance to the Grand Final. Those eight artists will be joined in the final by eight artists selected and invited by RTV as established artists. The semi-finals for the emerging artists will take place on February 15 and 16 and will be broadcasted from February 19 to February 23.

The Grand Final of UVPSM 2024 will take place on February 24 at Teatro Nuovo di Dogana and the winner of the selection will therefore have the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

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Source: RTVSanMarino

San Marino: Listen to the four songs of the finalists of Casperaki!

As we have already informed you in a previous article, the Sanmarinese broadcaster RTV decided to join forces with the Casperaki startup in order to produce songs with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The song produced with the aforementioned process would be chosen by an artist and ultimately, compete to Una Voce per San Marino 2024, San Marino’s national selection.

Today, Casperaki unveiled the four predominant songs:

These artists will fight for a ticket for the final of Una Voce per San Marino 2024, in order to compete with other seven finalists and one of them, will fly the country’s flag on the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.

We remind you that the final of Una Voce per San Marino 2024 is set to take place on February 24th at Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. A total of 16-20 artists will participate in the final and 8-12 of them will come from the category of “emerging artists”, while the remaining eight will be chosen from the broadcaster, RTV, under the category of “established artists”. Moreover, Al Bano will be the president of the jury during the final.

Piqued Jacks, last year’s Una Voce per San Marino winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023 and ended up at the very last place of the Semi Final with zero points.

Stay tuned at EurovisionFun for all the news regarding San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024!

Source: Casperaki

San Marino: The “Academy and Casting” phase is over | The semi-finalists soon to be announced!

The “Academy and Casting” phase of Una Voce per San Marino 2024, the Sanmarinese selection format for Eurovision 2024, has just come to an end.

During its two-months run, over seven-hundred artists from all over the world auditioned in order to receive a golden ticket for the microstate’s national final. Diversity was more than present, while the competing artists’ music genres varied from pop to rock and from fifty’s influenced music to rap.

We remind you that the third and final round of “Academy and Casting” commenced on January 12 and was concluded just a few hours ago at the San Marino Outlet Exprerience.

Semi-Finalists to be announced soon

An expert committee has reviewed and evaluated all the performers during the three rounds of auditions. The jury will soon come to a decision and will therefore reveal the eighty -expected- finalists who will advance to UVPSM 2024 semi-finals.

What’s next for UVPSM 2024

Following the conclusion of the “Academy and Casting” phase the semi-finals will take place. The exact number of semi-finals has not been revealed. However, the regulations of UVPSM attached to the competition’s website, without prejudice as they may change, state the following:

  • 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. During these five semi-finals, approximately seven finalists will be decided.
  • 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.
Grand Final

Among 16 participants, the winner of UVPSM 2024 will be decided by a five-member jury. Eight will be the participants who will derive from the “emerging artists” category, while the remaining eight will be selected and invited by RTV as established artists.

The Grand Final of UVPSM 2024 will take place on February 24 at Teatro Nuovo di Dogana and the winner of the selection will therefore have the right to represent the nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

https://youtu.be/pIdHjcqyLfo

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Source: sanmarinortv

San Marino: The third round of Una Voce per San Marino Auditions commences today!

As we have previously informed you, today, January 12, marks the day that the third and final round of “Academy and Casting” stage of UVPSM 2024 commences.

San Marino’s broadcaster, RTV, has announced that the third round of the casting stage will be concluded on Saturday, November 20 and will be held at rhe San Marino Outlet Experience.

The competing artists in the “Academy and Casting” third round

January 12
  1. Andrea Licciardo
  2. CaTa
  3. BAOM (Blues Ash of Manatthan)
  4. Alabaster
  5. Simon Evans
  6. MERI LU JACKET
  7. Francesco Balasso
  8. Timea Göghova
  9. OMAR CORCOS
  10. DIAMOND
  11. Alessandro e Guya Canino
  12. Filippo Ferrante
  13. Francesca Bernardini
  14. Malema
  15. Vitania
  16. LaFlamme
  17. Made
  18. MATE
  19. La bebae
  20. Uragano
  21. Blonde Brothers
  22. Framenti
  23. Crisalide
  24. Missing Ink
  25. Aurora Borealo & Martelli
  26. Kevin
  27. Francesco Mariani
  28. HBH Band
  29. Papillon
  30. Kija
  31. Piera
January 13
  1. Cristiano Cosa
  2. Mr&Mrs
  3. Veronica
  4. Diego Federico
  5. FAMASONGS
  6. Vee Jack
  7. Camilla
  8. Dalilah
  9. LUMIED
  10. Atwood
  11. Sinforosa
  12. Babols
  13. RanMa
  14. Effemme
  15. MARK
  16. ABA
  17. GreZma
  18. Tommaso Sangiorgi
  19. Why Xes
  20. Lasties
  21. Dr. Myine
  22. FEEL
  23. CHIARA TROTTA
  24. Mace
  25. CAINERO
  26. Senza volto
January 14
  1. Gynevra
  2. Mangodream
  3. Clairet
  4. Marcolisa feat Johanna e gli HGM
  5. Sounds of Liberty
  6. DE MO
  7. Vincenzo Ferraro
  8. Nicole
  9. Jestar’s
  10. Fjord
  11. RAFFI
  12. Junaisinsane
  13. Manuel Meroni
  14. Elena
  15. Glorya
  16. The Miss
  17. Ego Meco
  18. UMAS
  19. Lanona
  20. Sarah Naldi
  21. Alessandro Orlando Graziano
  22. ILENIA SUFFREDINI
  23. Cristina Macchiavelli
  24. Miriam
  25. DIA
  26. Möly & Nicole Bullet
  27. Pandora’s Box
January 18
  1. Alessio Gandolfi
  2. Alessandra Cossu
  3. Elis
  4. Alessia
  5. Leonor and Enea
  6. Pierangelo
  7. Nemo
  8. ZELENA
  9. ITAMA
  10. Richard Wolf
  11. LUCA BREUZA
  12. DIDI
  13. Eda Marì
  14. Kimono
  15. NOOR
  16. Edoardo Brogi
  17. Known Physics
  18. Edoardo Tischer
  19. DAVA
January 19
  1. Nicola Squillace
  2. Sofia Villa
  3. ELLESD
  4. Side74
January 20
  1. Alessandro Monteleone
  2. Raspa
  3. Lasersight
  4. Rita Esse
  5. Ssd project feat Azzurra
  6. OUT OFFLINE
  7. AMANDA
  8. Stefan Quinto
  9. Sylvia Meritano
  10. Vane
  11. Marco Nicolai
  12. Camellini
  13. Cabiria
  14. Elisa Giraudo
  15. Lord oF ThE TrippyMonkeys

“Academy and Casting” in depth

The “Academy and Casting” phase of UVPSM 2024 focuses on emerging artists, with eight of them ultimately competing for Sanmarinese representation in the competition’s Grand Final. During this stage, registered artists receive masterclasses from professionals in the music industry, such as:

  • Domenico “Mimmo” Paganelli – “Do you want to sing “inside the records”?”
  • Domenico “Mimmo” Gallotti – “The collection of rights in music”
  • Diego Locanto – “Mental Coaching”
  • Ruggero Ricci – “The Eurovision Song Contest”
  • Vanessa Chiappa – “The voice at the service of interpretation”
  • Andrea Fresu – “Law and music”

What’s next for UVPSM 2024?

Following the conclusion of the “Academy and Casting” phase, Una Voce per San Marino 2024 the semi-finals will take place. The exact number of semi-finals has not been revealed. However, the regulations of UVPSM attached to the competition’s website, without prejudice as they may change, state the following:

  • 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. During these five semi-finals, approximately seven finalists will be decided.
  • 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.
Grand Final

Between 16 participants, the winner of UVPSM 2024 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 2024 in Malmö in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

https://youtu.be/pIdHjcqyLfo

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Source: RTV San Marino

San Marino: The semi-finals of Una Voce Per San Marino 2024 will take place on February 15 and 16!

Una Voce per San Marino will be used as the microstate’s national selection format for the third consecutive year.

While today, January 10, is the last day that the submissions’ window is open, the  “Academy and Casting” phase will soon be completed after beginning two months ago. The aforementioned stage of the competition will determine which artists will advance to the semi-finals.

As this preliminary stage nears its conclusion, RTV San Marino has revealed that the UVPSM 2024 semi-finals will take place on February 15 and 16, with the Grand Final airing a week later on February 24 at Teatro Nuova Dogana.

“Academy and Casting” in depth

The “Academy and Casting” phase of UVPSM 2024 focuses on emerging artists, with eight of them ultimately competing for Sanmarinese representation in the competition’s Grand Final. During this stage, registered artists receive masterclasses from professionals in the music industry, such as:

  • Domenico “Mimmo” Paganelli – “Do you want to sing “inside the records”?”
  • Domenico “Mimmo” Gallotti – “The collection of rights in music”
  • Diego Locanto – “Mental Coaching”
  • Ruggero Ricci – “The Eurovision Song Contest”
  • Vanessa Chiappa – “The voice at the service of interpretation”
  • Andrea Fresu – “Law and music”

The “Academy and Casting” stage reaches its final phase from January 12-14 and from January 18-21 and takes place at the San Marino Outlet Experience.

What’s next?

Following the conclusion of the “Academy and Casting” phase, Una Voce per San Marino 2024 the semi-finals will take place. The exact number of semi-finals has not been revealed. However, the regulations of UVPSM attached to the competition’s website without prejudice, as they may change, state the following:

  • 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. During these five semi-finals, approximately seven finalists will be decided.
  • 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.
Grand Final

Between 16 participants, the winner of UVPSM 2024 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 2024 in Malmö in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

https://youtu.be/pIdHjcqyLfo

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: sanmarinotv

San Marino: A songwriting camp for the AI – generated entries!

A songwriting camp will be held in collaboration with the Casperaki tech company aiming at producing an entry for Una Voce Per San Marino 2024.

Following a call for people to create songs via special chatbots developed by Casperaki, SMRTV has apparently confirmed that ten songs have been selected for a songwriting camp in London from 18 to 21 January.

The camp will be led by producers TommyD and Stefan Moessle, who will work with a number of songwriters, producers and artists to finalize the ten entries. One of the artists who have confirmed their involvement is Marie Wegener, the winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2018.

Casperaki is a London-based start-up that aims to combine music technology with human creativity. The music production system uses a combination of artificial intelligence, samples and patterns to help shape ideas into both short sound clips and full songs. With additional tools for melody and lyric development, as well as AI vocals for demo tracks, Casperaki is dedicated to making music creation accessible and collaborative. “San Marino Sessions” is a unique experiment exploring the collaboration between AI and humans in music creation.

Everyone can listen, comment and express their preference for Casperaki’s songs in order to guide the professional musicians participating in the camp to choose the songs with the biggest potential.

You can listen to all the ten songs by clicking HERE!

The chosen song will be announced at a later date and will compete in the Established Artists category at Una voce per San Marino 2024.

The semi-finals will be held during February to select the eight emerging artists who will compete in the Grand Final, where they will meet the other eight established artists. On 2 March, at the Final, the jury will determine the results and, consequently, the country’s representative for Eurovision 2024!

The Piqued Jacks, winners of UVPSM 2023, finished in last place in their semifinal with zero points.


Source: Casperaki

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San Marino: The Grand Final of “Una Voce per San Marino 2024” will ultimately be held on February 24!

New information and changes do not stop from coming from the Sanmarinese Eurovision 2024 delegation. Following the reveal of the collaboration between RTV and the London-based startup Casperaki with the aim to bring the first AI Eurovision entry, new regulations regarding UVPSM 2024 were released.

According to the new information, it seems that the Grand Final of UVPSM 2024 is rescheduled and will then be held a week earlier, on February 24, 2024. The regulations also do not rule out another possible reschedule.

The Grand Final of UVPSM will be held at Teatro Nuovo di Dogana, the same venue that has been hosting the selection since 2022.

UVPSM 2024: the entire procedure

As far as it was known, 16 participants will compete in UVPSM 2024 Grand Final.

  • 8 of them would be “emerging artists”
  • and the remaining 8 would be established

The established artists will be selected by RTV without having to participate at any of the following stages of the competition.

Well, the updated UVPSM 2024 regulations give us more insight regarding the emerging artists selection, which will compete at the semi-finals

Semi-finals

Following the conclusion of the “Academy and Casting” phase, Una Voce per San Marino 2024 will consist of six semi-finals in total.

  • 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. During these five semi-finals, approximately seven finalists will be decided.
  • 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.
Grand Final

Between 16 participants, the winner of UVPSM 2024 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 2024 in Malmö in terms of meeting the criteria of eligibility of RTV.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

https://youtu.be/pIdHjcqyLfo

Source:unavocepersanmarino.com

San Marino: Una Voce per San Marino 2024 will include an AI produced entry!

It has now become a reality. AI, namely Artificial Intelligence, is ready to compete on the Eurovision stage for the first time in history, and San Marino might be the first to do so.

RTV, the Sanmarinese broadcaster, will join forces with the Casperaki startup, in order to produce a song that will take part in UVPSM.

The procedure

According to the London-based startup, everyone who considers himself creative, even without the musical expertise, can apply and create a song that may be the one to represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö.

  • As of yesterday, November 27, the applications at Casperaki Studio are open. The applicants can work the mixing consoles with Casperaki, Sugar Tunez, Flowmaster, and Albert Einstein and submit entries until January 15, 2024. Those interested can submit as many entries as they want.
  • The applications are also open for singers, who shall send their applications via email and include a link to a YouTube video showing them perform.
  • Out of all the submitted entries, a committee representing both Casperaki and San Marino will review and select the best entries, making a shortlist.
  • On January 2024, a songwriting camp will take place in London, where the shortlisted “songwriters” will be able to work with industry pros to refine their submissions and record the versions presented to San Marino.
  • The announcement of the top contenders will happen in early February 2024.
  • Finally, the first AI produced entry participating at a national final will be announced mid February 2024.

Una Voce per San Marino 2024

In the Grand Final of UVPSM 202416 participants will compete, 8 from each category(established – emerging artists). Both “established” and “emerging” artists will be able to sing only one of their songs in the Grand Final.

The Grand Final of Una Voce per San Marino is scheduled for March 2 2024. It will be held in Teatro Nuovo di Dogana, the same venue that hosted the selection in 2022 and 2023. The winner will be decided by a qualified jury.

The idea behind this AI initiative is that anyone can be an artist and that our shared creativity does not have to be translated into musical experience. Who else but San Marino would have carried out the aforementioned initiative, given that it is a country that loves to experiment and is always open to new ideas.

What’s left to see is how will the EBU react to the now possible scenario of an AI produced Eurovision entry, a topic highly debatable among the executives.

Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, represented San Marino in Eurovision 2023 but did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

https://youtu.be/pIdHjcqyLfo

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San Marino: 270 entries have been submitted so far for Una Voce per San Marino 2024!

Una Voce Per San Marino” will remain as the country’s national selection for Eurovision 2024. The submission window has been opened for almost a month now and will remain open till the 10th of January 2024.

To date, as the official account of the competition has announced via social media, 270 entries have been submitted. The submitted artists are not only of Sanmarinese or Italian origin, but come from every little corner of the planet.

Specifically entries have been submitted so far by artists originated from:

  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • Croatia
  • Finland
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Norway
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Turkey
  • and the United States of America

 

All those artists aiming to represent the micro-state at the Eurovision stage in Malmö, will also have to get through the next phase of the competition, the castings’ stage.

Castings’ stage

As it was revealed at an earlier stage, starting from November 10, the “Academy and Casting” phase will commence.

In fact and as announced by RTV, the first stage of the casting’s phase will start on Friday 10th of November to Sunday 12th at the San Marino Outlet Experience.

What else to expect from UVPSM?

The 2024 edition will include both “emerging” and “big” artists, as in 2022.

  • The applications for the “emerging artists” category have opened and will remain open until the 10th of January 2024. Those who are interested can register on the “Una Voce per San Marino” registration website. The “Academy and Casting” phase will finish ten days after the deadline, on January 20. The casting sessions can be held online for those not living near Italy. After this procedure, 80 artists will proceed to the semifinals.
  • Regarding the “big artists” category, invitations will be sent by the Sanmarinese broadcaster.

In the Grand Final16 participants will compete, 8 from each category. Both “big” and “emerging” artists will be able to sing only one of their songs in the Grand Final.

There are no other specific rules regarding the submitted acts. There is a freedom of language, music style and territoriality.

The Grand Final of Una Voce per San Marino is scheduled for March 2 2024. It will be held in Teatro Nuovo di Dogana, the same venue that hosted the selection in 2022 and 2023. The winner will be decided by a qualified jury.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

San Marino: The Grand Final of “Una Voce per San Marino” will take place on March 2!

San Marino has confirmed since August that “Una Voce per San Marino” will remain as the country’s selection format for Eurovision 2024.

The return of “Una Voce per San Marino” marks the fourth time in San Marino’s Eurovision history that a national selection is being used and the third time that this specific format is chosen.

A press release by the Sanmarinese national broadcaster gave us more details about the 2024 national selection.

The selection of UVPSM 2024 participants

The 2024 edition will include both “emerging” and “big” artists, as in 2022.

  • The applications for the “emerging artists” category have now opened and will remain open until the 10th of January 2024. Those who are interested can register on the “Una Voce per San Marino” registration website. The “Academy and Casting” phase will start on November 10th and will finish ten days after the deadline, on January 20. The casting sessions can be held online for those not living near Italy. After this procedure, 80 artists will proceed to the semifinals.
  • Regarding the “big artists” category, invitations will be sent by the Sanmarinese broadcaster.

In the Grand Final, 16 participants will compete, 8 from each category. Both “big” and “emerging” artists will be able to sing only one of their songs in the Grand Final.

There are no other specific rules regarding the submitted acts. There is a freedom of language, music style and territoriality.

The Grand Final of Una Voce per San Marino is scheduled for March 2 2024. It will be held in Teatro Nuovo di Dogana, the same venue that hosted the selection in 2022 and 2023. The winner will be decided by a qualified jury.

Despite this marathon session of a national selection, Piqued Jacks, UVPSM 2023 winners, did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing dead least with nul points.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!

Source: RTV San Marino