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

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

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

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

San Marino: Watch the first episode of Una Voce per San Marino!

A few minutes ago, the first episode of Una Voce per San Marino, the program that gathers the voices and the songs of the artists in Titan Theatre for San Marino’s participation in Eurovision, was completed.

The episode was aired on Digital Terrestre on channel 831, in the Sky platform on channel 520 and at Stat TV on channel 93. The first episode of ‘Una Voce per San Marino” is available online on www.sanmarinortv.sm.

Watch the first episode of “Una Voce per San Marino” here.

The second and third episodes are scheduled to air on the same time at January 21 and 28, respectively.

We remind you that the Grand Final, will take place on February 19 2022 on Dogana’s Teatro Nuovo. Eighteen artists in total will compete in the final, nine newcomers and nine known artists, who will be directly invited from Media Evolution Srl. Juries will decide upon the winner, as well as the second and third place.

Last year San Marino was represented by Senhit and the song “Adrenalina” and ended up in 22nd place!

Stay tuned in Eurovisionfun for everything new regarding San Marino’s participations in Eurovision 2022!

 

San Marino: 585 Applications Received For Una voce per San Marino!

585 applications were received for those wishing to compete in Una voce per San Marino, and go to Eurovision 2022.

With the casting round of Una voce per San Marino soon to be over, RTV has revealed that in total 585 applied to take part in Una voce per San Marino. Out of the 585 applications, a total of 299 applicants in the emerging artists have been invited to attend an academy at the Teatro Titano in San Marino City from December 13 to 17, 2021 and from January 3 to 11, 2022.

The 299 included singers such as Sebastian Schmidt who took part in San Marino’s old national final 1in360 in 2018 and ended up singing the song “Stay” in the final round. Sebastian ended up singing at Eurovision 2018 as a backing singer for Jessika and Jenifer Brening.  Overall singers from over 30 nations have taken part in this round of the San Marinese selection.

This is the second time that San Marino will conduct a national final and the first time they will use Voce per San Marino”. During February 2022, there will be a series of semifinals and a final where the 9 finalists for the Grand Final will be decided. Newcomer artists that finish in the first three places will receive a cash prize of 1000€, 2000€ and 7000€ accordingly

The Grand Final will take place in February 19 2022 at Teatro Nuovo of Dogana. Overall 18 artists will compete in the final, nine newcomers and nine well-known artists, of which the latter will be invited directly from Media Evolution Srl.

Stay tuned in Eurovision Fun for everything new regarding San Marino’s representation in Eurovision 2022!