San Marino’s national broadcaster SMRTV announced that the artist who wins the Tour Music Fest competition taking place tonight in San Marino will receive direct entry to compete in the semi-final of San Marino’s Eurovision national final.
San Marino’s national broadcaster has announced a collaboration with the long-standing music competition “Tour Music Fest,” granting its winner direct entry to the semi-finals of San Marino’s Eurovision selection, “Una Voce per San Marino.” This competition will determine the representative for Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. The contest, featuring participants from various countries, culminates in the grand finale tonight, December 1, 2024, in San Marino.
Tour Music Fest: A Platform for Emerging Artists
The Tour Music Fest, now in its 16th year, aims to empower new artists from Italy and across Europe, including singers, singer-songwriters, rappers, musicians, and DJs. This year’s final, held in San Marino, will showcase 20 contestants from 12 different European countries. For the first time, the winner will receive direct entry to the semi-final stage of San Marino’s Eurovision selection process, bypassing the ongoing casting phase and competing directly in the first of five semi-finals.
Complete Schedule of Una Voce per San Marino 2025
Here is the full list of dates for the San Marinese Eurovision selection shows:
- First Semi-Final: Monday, February 17 – two qualifiers advance
- Second Semi-Final: Tuesday, February 18 – two qualifiers advance
- Third Semi-Final: Wednesday, February 19 – two qualifiers advance
- Fourth Semi-Final: Thursday, February 20 – two qualifiers advance
- Fifth Semi-Final: Friday, February 21 – one local artist qualifies, plus two from “Second Chance” round
- Grand Final: Sunday, February 23 – winner will represent San Marino at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland
Registration and Casting Details
Registration for the competition remains open until December 31, 2024. Interested artists can apply at unavocepersanmarino.com. The casting phase will continue until January 14, 2025.
Format and Participants
A total of 11 contestants will compete in the Grand Final, advancing from six semi-finals – four regular semi-finals, one special semi-final for local artists, and a “Second Chance” round.
San Marino’s Eurovision Journey
San Marino confirmed its participation in Eurovision 2025, using “Una Voce per San Marino” as its selection method for the fourth consecutive year. The competition aims to include both new and established artists from around the world.
Despite concerns expressed by San Marino’s Secretary of State Federico Pedini Amati about the country’s recent non-qualifications—stating, “There is something that doesn’t sit right with me. Three years in a row we are out of the final. First Achille Lauro, then Piqued Jacks, and now Megara. It almost seems that small countries are punished too much. The game cannot be only for big countries”—San Marino has fortunately confirmed its continued participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.
San Marino in Eurovision 2024:
“11:11” is the name of the song performed by the band Megara, which represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 held in Malmö, Sweden. The band participated in the second semi-final of Eurovision 2024 but did not advance to the grand final, finishing in 14th place in the semi-final with only 16 points, 10 of which came from Spain.
Source: sanmarinotv.
Eurovision 2025: This will be San Marino’s 15th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. San Marino joined the competition in 2008 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2019 when the singer Serhat finished in 19th place with the song “Say Na Na Na” .
