Despite the many different conversations about a possible withdrawal, the small country of San Marino, is going to take part in Eurovision 2025, which is set to take place in Switzerland! Read more
San Marino is going to take part at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest which is about to be held in Switzerland next year.
Through a story on the official Instagram account of the Una Voce per San Marino, the process through which the representative is emerged, the presence of the enclave-microstate of the Italian peninsula was confirmed, against the will of one of the members of the government of the Most Serene Republic who wanted the absence of the country due to the third consecutive elimination for the grand final.
SMRTV has confirmed that the upcoming fourth edition of Una Voce per San Marino will select its #Eurovision 2025 entrant.
[ unavocepersanmarino] pic.twitter.com/Fx1RzrAkqN
— ESC Discord (@ESCdiscord) July 25, 2024
The countries that have confirmed their participation as of now, are:
This year San Marino was represented in Malmö by the Spanish group Megara and the song “11:11” but failed to qualify to the grand final as they ended up in 14th place with 16 points.
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Una Voce per San Marino 2024 was concluded yesterday evening. Una Voce per San Marino served as the country’s selection format for Eurovision for the third year in a row and was broadcasted live from Teatro Nuovo di Dogana, San Marino.
Hosted by Fabrizio Biggio and Melissa Greta Marchetto, and following the voting exclusively by a five-member jury, MEGARA were crowned as the winners with their song “11:11“!
A total of seventeen acts, out of which eight were advanced from the semi-finals’ stage as “emerging” artists and the remaining nine were established artists invited by RTV San Marino, competed for the Sanmarinese representation in Malmö:
Riccardo Cocciante was a guest on yesterday’s show and performed on multiple occasions between the participating acts.
The winner was decided by a five member-jury, which consisted of:
At first, the hosts announced the classification of yesterday’s show from place seventeen to place four.
Then, the top three was announced in random order, the artists were welcomed on stage and the final results were revealed.
MEGARA won UVPSM 2024 and will therefore serve as the country’s representatives in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest that will take place in Malmö in May. San Marino is allocated to perform at the second half of the second semi-final on May 9.
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Today, the participation of the famous italian singer Loredana Bertè in the national final of San Marino has been confirmed. The singer is going to perform Pazza, her entry in Sanremo 2024 that finished seventh in the italian song festival.
Malmö is a special city for Loredana Bertè, since Mia Martini, her sister who is no longer alive, finished in the fourth place for Italy in Eurovision 1992 with the song Rapsodia.
We remind you that the Grand Final will take place on February 24, 2024 at Teatro Nuovo in Dogana.
February 19 – First Semi-Final
February 20 – Second Semi-Final
February 21 – Third Semi-Final
February 22 – Fourth Semi-Final
February 23 – San Marino Semi-Final
February 23 – Second Chance
February 24 – Grand Final
The presenters of the semi-finals are Ilenia De Sena and Camillia Spinelli.
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source: RTV San Marino
The national broadcaster of San Marino SMRTV confirmed through its official account on X that the 8 establised artists who are going to compete directly in the final of Una Voce per San Marino 2024 are going to be announced on 19th of February.
The 8 direct finalists of #UnaVocePerSanMarino will be revealed via a press conference on the 19th of February, in Milan.#Eurovision2024 #SoundAndFree
— San Marino RTV | Eurovision Song Contest (@eurovisionsmrtv) February 13, 2024
The original plan was the eight reknown artists to be announced on different days, and the first established artist was scheduled to be revealed on February 13th, as we informed you in our previous article.
So the eight established artists who are going to participate in the final of Una Voce per San Marino 2024 are going to be announced on Monday 19 February during a press conference in Milan. 129 emerging artists are going to compete in the semi-finals of the San Marino national selection for Malmö, of which eight will advance to the Grand Final. These eight artists will meet in the final eight artists who will be selected and invited by RTV as established artists.
The semi-finals for the emerging artists are going to take place on February 15th and 16th and be broadcast from February 19th to the 23rd. We remind you that the Grand Final is scheduled to take place on February 24th at Teatro Nuovo in Dogana.
Piqued Jacks, winners of Una voce per San Marino 2023, failed to qualify to the Grand Final, finishing last in their semi-final with zero points.
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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.
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.
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:
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.
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From January 12th, the third phase of the auditions of Una Voce per San Marino, the national final with which the state of San Marino will choose its participation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, has officially started!
As we previously informed you, the semi-finals will take place in February, while on February 24, the Grand Final will take place at Teatro Nuovo.
Already almost 100 artists have presented themselves in front of the jury, with auditions continuing from 18 to 20 January.
Mimmo Paganelli, member of the jury states:
“Their emotion is ours. The artists are bringing good material and quality, even better than last year”
You can watch the interviews of some artists HERE.
As was previously announced, SMRTV is working with the company Casperaki aiming to create an entry for Una Voce Per San Marino 2024 which will be made with the help of artificial intelligence (AI).
So a while ago, public television announced that this year there will be many changes in the national final, the biggest of which is that a big name, selected to compete directly in the final, is going to perform a song written by artificial intelligence!
Piqued Jacks, were the previous winners of UVPSM, representing the country in Eurovision 2023, ending up in last place of the second semi-final:
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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 “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:
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:
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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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:
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.
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:
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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The submissions window of Una Voce per San Marino, the national final of San Marino for Eurovision 2023, will be open for artists from around the world for a few more days, until January 20.
As we have previously said, despite their non-qualification in 2022, San Marino gets keeps making preparations for Eurovision 2023, in Liverpool. In detail, the selection process consists of the castings, four semi-finals, one second chance round and the Grand Final that will take place in February 25, 2023.
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The countries from which the artists come from, were revealed through their Instagram account. The artists come from the countries below:
As of now, more than 1000 songs have been submitted to the country’s national final.
Those interested have a few more days to submit their proposals through the contest’s official website.
The first winner of Una Voce per San Marino and San Marino’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was Achille Lauro with the song “Stripper“ but he didn’t mange to bring the country to the final for the third time in a row and the fourth time overall, ending up in 14th place of the second semi-final:
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