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San Marino: The finalists of San Marino Song Contest 2025 revealed!

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The San Marino Song Contest, formerly known as Una Voce per San Marino, returns for its fourth edition to select the country’s entry for Eurovision 2025.

Over 1,100 artists submitted their songs for what is considered the most open selection process of the Eurovision season. After the auditions stage, 221 artists advanced to the semi-finals, while a total of 20 artists have secured a spot in the final phase of the contest.

The line-up of San Marino Song Contest 2025

The following twenty artists will compete in San Marino Song Contest 2025:

  • Bianca Atzei – “Testacoda”
  • Besa – “Tiki Tiki”
  • Boosta – “BTW”
  • Vincenzo Capua – “Sei sempre tu”
  • Pierdavide Carone – “Mi vuoi sposare?”
  • Marco Carta – “Solo fantasia”
  • Luisa Corna – “Il giorno giusto”
  • Curli – “Juliet”
  • Elasi – “Lorella”
  • Haymara – “Tomame las manos”
  • King Foo – “The edge of the world”
  • Paco – “Until the end”
  • Gabry Ponte – “Tutta l’Italia”
  • Questo e Quello – “Bella Balla”
  • Silvia Salemi – “Coralli”
  • Angy Sciacqua – “I”
  • Taoma – “NPC”
  • TESLENKO – “Storm”
  • The Rumpled – “You Get Me So High”
  • Giacomo Voli – “Ave Maria”

Among the confirmed names we can find Besa, who represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with her song “Titan”. Meanwhile, there is also TESLENKO who had applied for Vidbir 2025, but then withdrew, along with Gary Ponte, whose song “Tutta l’ Italia” was this year’s Sanremo soundtrack. Marco Carta will also take part in San Marino Song Contest 2025, after winning Sanremo Festival in 2009.

Therefore, a total of twenty artists will participate in the final of San Marino Song Contest 2025, which will take place on March 8th at Teatro Nuovo di Dogana. The event will be hosted by Flora Canto and Francesco Facchinetti, while the show will feature La Rappresentante di Lista and Senhit as special guests.

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Source: San Marino RTV

San Marino: The results of the second semi-final of San Marino Song Contest 2025!

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San Marino begun its search for its representative and entry for Eurovision 2025. The “San Marino Song Contest 2025,” as the selection process is now called by San Marino’s public broadcaster, consists of seven semifinals and a Grand Final.

Just a few moments ago, the second semifinal concluded, featuring 36 contestants. The 36 artists who participated in the second semifinal are:

  1. Alexis Strum
  2. Aniel
  3. Artemiz
  4. Artemis
  5. Astrid Nicole
  6. Asia
  7. Beatriz Gouveia
  8. Blitz Union
  9. Claudia F
  10. CuRLi
  11. Davide
  12. DENEB
  13. DIMA
  14. Erisu
  15. Giovanni Brugnoli
  16. Giulia De Sisti
  17. Giuliette Kris
  18. IBLA
  19. Ines
  20. Jack Costanzo
  21. LD (Le Distanze)
  22. Léon The Singer
  23. Leonor
  24. Libra
  25. Mhora
  26. Miguel Escobar
  27. Myky
  28. Phera
  29. Romeo Zaharia
  30. SALVA ORTEGA
  31. Sergio Gómez
  32. Snap-Out
  33. Sofia Zaros
  34. Sonia Nawri
  35. TADENI
  36. Unico

The four artists advancing to the next stage are:

  1. CuRLi – “Juliet”  (FINAL)
  2. Il Solito Dandy – “777” (SECOND CHANCE)
  3. Astrid Nicole – “Dancing Without My Shadow”  (SECOND CHANCE)
  4. Tadeni  – “Quicksand” (SECOND CHANCE)

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Source: RTV San Marino

San Marino: GRISANA Withdraws from Una Voce Per San Marino 2025!

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GRISANA has announced via social media that she is withdrawing from San Marino’s selection process for Eurovision 2025.

GRISANA will no longer compete in Una Voce Per San Marino. The singer released a statement explaining that, after qualifying for the Semi-Finals and careful consideration, she has decided to focus on new music and future projects.

 

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The Ukrainian singer had applied to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2025, after failing to secure a wildcard for Vidbir 2025. In the Ukrainian selection, she finished 7th out of ten wildcard contenders, receiving 13,637 votes with her song “Kohoney”.

GRISANA is the second artist to withdraw from the Una Voce Per San Marino Semi-Finals. Earlier, Serafín Zubiri, Spain’s Eurovision representative in 1992 and 2000, was scheduled to compete in the fifth Semi-Final of Una Voce Per San Marino on February 15. However, due to a scheduling conflict with a concert in Spain, he was forced to withdraw from the competition.

In 2024, San Marino was represented by Megara, who finished 14th in the second Semi-Final with the song “11:11”. This year, the country will compete in the first Semi-Final on May 13.

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San Marino: The hosts of San Marino Song Contest revealed | La Rappresentante di Lista confirmed as guests!

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San Marino Song Contest 2025, the country’s selection process for Eurovision 2025 will take place on March 8 at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. As we approach the event and while the names of the semi-finalists were announced and the competition shapes up, RTV San Marino has revealed the hosts of the big night.

The hosts of San Marino Song Contest 2025

San Marino Song Contest 2025 will be hosted by Flora Canto and Francesco Facchinetti. Flora Canto is an actress and TV presenter, while Francesco Facchinetti is DJ, singer and television host.

La Rappresentante di Lista are the first confirmed guests

In addition to the hosts, the event will feature La Rappresentante di Lista as the first confirmed special guests. The musical duo, composed of Veronica Lucchesi and multi-instrumentalist Dario Mangiaracina. The Italian duo has taken part twice in the Sanremo Music Festival, in 2021 and 2022.

San Marino Song Contest 2025

The 2025 edition of the contest has already shown its international appeal, with over 1100 artists submitting songs and 400 artists from more than 48 countries participating in the auditions. This year’s competition will see 221 artists advancing to the semi-finals, highlighting the competition’s growing global presence.

The final of San Marino Song Contest 2025 will take place on March 8, and approximately twenty artists will compete for the coveted spot representing San Marino at Eurovision 2025. With an exciting lineup of hosts and high-profile guests, the event is shaping up to be a memorable showcase of European music talent.

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

San Marino: Listen to a snippet from BESA’s participation in the San Marino Song Contest 2025!

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The singer BESA, who represented Albania at Eurovision 2024 with the song TITAN, is attempting a new entry in the European competition, this time through the “San Marino Song Contest 2025“. TITAN, despite the positive feedback from fans, failed to qualify for the Eurovision final, which probably prompted BESA to seek new opportunities on the Eurovision stage.

BESA managed to qualify for the semi-finals, for the San Marino contest, and marks the second time that an artist, who represented Albania, has attempted to represent San Marino. Ronela Hajati had followed a similar path in 2023, attempting to return to Eurovision through the same process.

A short while ago through her social media, BESA, revealed the song with which she will compete in the Fifth Semi-Final, of the San Marino Song Contest 2025, on February 15.

The song is titled TIKI and you can listen to it at the link below:

 

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Will BESA make it to the Eurovision stage for the second time? Tell us in the comments!

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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

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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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: 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