by Ido Kizel Comment Closed




San Marino’s national broadcaster SMRTV announced today the renaming of the “Una Voce Per San Marino” competition and the postponement of the final broadcast to March 8th.

Today (Monday), San Marino’s national broadcaster SMRTV announced several changes to their traditional Eurovision pre-selection. Despite auditions running since September, the competition’s final has been postponed by almost two weeks. Additionally, the broadcaster declared a name change for the contest. From now on, the competition will be called “San Marino Song Contest”.




New Schedule and Format

The grand final of the “San Marino Song Contest” was initially planned for February 22nd, then pushed to February 23rd. Now it’s revealed to be postponed to March 8th, competing with other countries broadcasting their pre-selections on the same date, such as Sweden and Portugal.Here’s the complete list of performance dates for the San Marino Eurovision pre-selection “San Marino Song Contest!”:

  • The first semi-final will be held on Monday, February 17th, from which two contestants will advance to the final.
  • The second semi-final will be held on Tuesday, February 18th, from which two contestants will advance to the final.
  • The third semi-final will be held on Wednesday, February 19th, from which two contestants will advance to the final.
  • The fourth semi-final will be held on Thursday, February 20th, from which two contestants will advance to the final.
  • The fifth semi-final will be held on Friday, February 21st. Its first part will be dedicated to local artists only, from which one contestant will advance. The second part will be dedicated to the “Second Chance” stage, from which two more contestants will advance to the final.
  • The grand final will be held on Saturday, March 8th, where the winner will receive the coveted ticket to Basel, Switzerland, and represent San Marino at Eurovision 2025.

Competition Details and Registration

Registration for the local competition is still open and will close on December 31st, 2024. Applications can be submitted at: unavocepersanmarino.com. The competition rules can be found at the following link. The casting stage will continue until January 14th, 2025. A total of 11 contestants will compete in the final, advancing from six semi-finals – four regular semi-finals, an additional special semi-final for local artists that will also include a “Second Chance” round. San Marino confirmed its participation in Eurovision 2025 by announcing that their representative for the competition will be chosen for the fourth consecutive time in the Eurovision pre-selection “Una Voce per San Marino” (in English: “A Voice for San Marino”), which later changed its name to “San Marino Song Contest!”. The local competition aims to combine the participation of new and well-known artists from around the world.

San Marino has used this pre-selection process to choose their Eurovision representatives since 2022 and has so far failed to qualify for the final. The country’s confirmation of participation in Eurovision came after a statement by San Marino’s Secretary of State, Federico Pedini Amati, in which he indicated a likelihood of the country withdrawing from the competition and complained about unfairness: “There’s something that doesn’t sit right with me. Three years in a row we’re out of the final. First Achille Lauro, then Piqued Jacks, and now Megara. It almost seems like small countries are being punished too much. The game can’t be just for big countries.” Fortunately, the country confirmed its participation in the competition and will continue to bring its music to the 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: EurovisionFun.

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” .