San Marino: Senhit covers ESC songs "Golden Boy" & "Toy" for her #FreakyTripToRotterdam

San Marino: Senhit covers ESC songs
Monday, 01 March 2021

  • Senhit, San Marino's Eurovision 2021 act, has released a new video covering the past Israeli Eurovision entries "Golden Boy" (2015) and "Toy" (2018) for her #FreakyTripToRotterdam project. 

    The Sammarinese broadcaster was one of the first to confirm that their Eurovision 2020 hopeful will be back in 2021, inviting  Senhit to complete her Eurovision journey to Rotterdam next May. 

    Senhit has be running the last months her project #FreakyTripToRotterdam , during which she has been presenting on monthly basis a video of a past Eurovision entry. This time she has released a new video covering the Israeli entry for Eurovision 2015, "Golden Boy" performed by Nadav Guedj and Netta's 2018 winning entry in Lisbon, "Toy".

    Sehit say on her new release for the #FreakyTripToRotterdam: 

    "It’s the first chapter of the Freaky Trip where the arrangement was created as if I were singing live and it is also the only mash-up. Christian Rìgano & Luca Scarpa gave birth to a bold and rhythmic arrangement by blending the two songs perfectly. In this performance it's really me… it's just as if I were on stage and decided to make a medley during my concert to pay homage to Israel!"

     

     For more cover by Senhit you can always visit Senhit official Youtube Channel. Watch below Senhit's new Eurovision cover of 'Golden Boy' and 'Toy'

    Although  Senhit's Eurovision song was initially planned  to go public on February 23 this date has been transferred and set for March 8.

     

    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. However the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic and the act never had the chance to reach the Eurovision stage in Rotterdam. 

    News Source/Image: Senhit Youtube