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

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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.

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Source:unavocepersanmarino.com

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

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“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 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!

San Marino: Disagrees with cancellation of Eurovision 2020

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In a press release sent a few minutes ago by the San Marino Public Television (SMRTV), the channel  expresses opposition to the EBU’s decision to cancel the 65th Eurovision Song Contest.

The press release states:

“Quite rightly – obviously – the EBU’s decision to cancel Eurovision 2020 in mid-May, but as a broadcaster, and I’m sure we are not alone, it would be more logical not to cancel the event altogether, but as it did for the European Games , a postponement for autumn 2020 or directly for 2021 … would allow all public broadcasters to open the 2020-2021 season with Eurovision 2020, giving an important and strong message about the international language of music”.

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