San Marino: SMRTV confirms Eurovision 2023 participation

San Marino: SMRTV confirms Eurovision 2023 participation
Saturday, 20 August 2022

  • San Marino's national broadcaster, SMRTV, has confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2023 set to take place in the UK. 

    San Marino will be present in the UK next year for Eurovision 2023 marking the country's 13th participation in the competition. The microstate nation will be selecting their hopeful via 'Una Voce Per San Marino' the show that selected last year's entrant also. 

    SMRTV has relesed the terms and rules of the next edition of 'Una Voce San Marino' which a pretty much the same as last year's format. The selection will kick off with the Academy and Casting stage between October 28, 2022 and January 27, 2023, during whici circa 60 acts will be chose to take part in the selection. 

    After the casting stage, five Semi-Finals will unfold in February 2023 selecting around 20 acts that will advance to the Grand Final. In the first four semi-final rounds will be competing local acts while the fifth semi-final will be for international acts. 

    The Grand Final is set to take place on  February 25, 2023 at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. The final outcome of the competitio  will be determined by a five-member jury, two of whom will be chosen by San Marino RTV, one chosen by Segreteria di Stato and two chosen by the production company.

    Unlike last year in the 2023 edtion we won't see any acts invited directly or established acts category. Submission window has already opened and will be active until January 20, 2023

     

    San Marino in Eurovision 

    San Marino made its first appearcance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with Miodio and  has scored no victory yet. The landlocked country has participated in Europe’s  televised music event 9 times and has only made it to the Grand Final twice, in 2014 when Valentina Monetta placed 24th in the Grand Final and this year with Serhat who achieve the best placing finishing 19th in the Grand final

    Valentina has flow the Sammarinese flag at the Eurovision Song Contest four times ( 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017). In 2019  Serhat flew the flag for San Marino in Tel Aviv with his entry Say Na na na,  achieving to qualify to the Grand final where he finished 19th.

    Senhit was internally selected to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2020 with entry ‘Freaky’ which was selected via an online song selection process. Unfortunately the contest was cancelled and Senhit didn't have a chance to complete her Eurovision journey,SMRTV invited Senhit back for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam where she performed her entry 'Adrenalina' alongside with Flo Rida and after qualifying to the final she finished 22th with a total of 50 points in the overall score. 

    In 2022 national final winner, Achille Lauro, represented the country with the song 'Stripper' which didn't make it to the Grand final finishing 14th in the 2nd semi-final show. 

     

    News Source: SMRTV

    Image: EBU/ Sarah Louise Bennett

     

     

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