Watch: Tonight at 20:30 CET, the Grand Final of “San Marino song contest”, selecting San Marino’s entry for Eurovision 2026, in Vienna, Austria. Link to watch the live broadcast – Below!
Tonight at 20:30 CET, San Marino’s grand final “San Marino Song Cotest”, will take place, determining the country’s entry for Eurovision 2026, which will be held in Vienna, Austria. The show will be broadcasted live from the town of Dogana, hosted by renowned Italian host Simona Ventura, and it will be broadcast live on the national broadcaster RTV. Twenty contestants will compete in tonight’s grand final, with the San Marinese entry will be chosen by a panel of professional juries.
The grand final’s broadcast will begin at 20:30 and continue until 00:00 CET.
To watch the grand final of “San Marino Song Contest” – click here!
Guest Performances and Surprises
San Marino’s national broadcaster RTV has prepared several surprises for the audience. Four beloved guest performers will take the stage for special appearances:
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Tommy Cash – Estonia’s representative at Eurovision 2025, who placed third with his global hit “Espresso Macchiato”.
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Elettra Lamborghini – Competed at “Festival Di Sanremo 2020” with “Musica (e il resto scompare)”, finishing 21st, and returned to “Festival Di Sanremo 2026” last week with the song “Violà“, achieving 26th place.
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Al Bano – Represented Italy in Eurovision together with his partner Romina Power in 1976 with “We’ll Live It All Again” and again in 1985 with “Magic Oh Magic”, both finishing seventh.
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Cristiano Malgioglio – A singer, songwriter, and iconic figure in Italian pop culture, who also served as the official Eurovision commentator for Italy’s national broadcaster RAI.
“San Marino Song Contest” Contestants
- Andreas Habibi ft. Aura – “All We Need Is Love”
- Anna Smith – “Bruised“
- Dolcenera – “My Love”
- Edward Maya ft. William Imola – “Ball”
- Inis Neziri – “In My Head”
- Iuna – “Freedom Calling”
- Kelly Joyce – “Oh Là Là”
- Klem – “OK RESPIRA”
- L’Orchestraccia – “Cara Madre Mia”
- Luka Basi – “CHICOLO”
- Magdalena Tul – “I’ll Be Around”
- Marco – “Shine”
- Matias Ferreira – “PAURA”
- Maya Azucena – “My Sin”
- Molella ft. Maxè – “Fever”
- Myky – “Outta Tune”
- Orphy –“Rise Again”
- Paolo Beli – “Bellissima“
- Pellegrina Pibigas – “Il Giorno Che”
- Rosa Chemical – “Mammamì”
- Senhit ft. Boy George – “Superstar”
Among the Finalists are Many Familiar Names:
- Boy George – A British singer and songwriter, he served as the lead vocalist of the band Culture Club. He was among the 400 artists who signed the letter opposing a boycott of Israel at Eurovision 2024.
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Senhit – Represented San Marino at Eurovision 2011 with the song “Stand By”, with which she failed to qualify for the final, she supposed to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2020, which was canelled due to Covid-19 with the song “Freaky“, and she returned again at Eurovision 2021 with the song “Adrenalina” together with Flo Rida, finishing 22nd in the grand final. This year too, Senhit returns with an intriguing collaboration, performing a song together with Boy George.
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Inis Neziri – Took part in“Festivali i Këngës 56” in 2018 with the song “Piedestal”. She finished in third place and was not selected to represent Albania at Eurovision. In 2020, Neziri again competed in the Albanian selection for Eurovision 2021 with the song “Pendesë”, but was once more not chosen to represent her country. This year she returned yet again to the Albanian selection with “Ta Kam Fal”, which also was not selected.
- Luka Basi – Slovenian pop singer known in the Balkans.
- Edward Maya – Expected to compete this year in the Romanian “Selecția Națională” with the song “Everybody Needs Somebody”.
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Rosa Chemical – Took part in Italy’s “Festival Di Sanremo 2024” with the song “Made in Italy”.
- Magdalena Tul – Represented Poland in Eurovision 2011 with the song “Jestem”, and finished 19th in the first semi-final.
How Will “San Marino Song Contest” Format Work?
All 240 participants were divided into eight heats, each featuring 30 contestants. From each heat, five artists advanced to the semi-finals – narrowing the list to just 40 acts who continued to compete for the right to represent San Marino. Out of these 40 semi-finalists, only ten qualified for the Grand Final. Ten additional “established” artists will join the finalists.
As in previous years, the winner of San Marino Song Contest 2026 will be chosen solely by a professional jury. This year, the panel features five judges (one more than last year), including notable figures from the European music and radio industries.
“San Marino Song Contest 2026”: Key Dates
Semi-final 1 – Wednesday, March 4th, 2026.Semi-final 2 – Thursday, March 5th, 2026.- Grand Final – Friday, March 6th, 2026.
San Marino at Eurovision 2025
“Tutta L’Italia” (in English: “All of Italy”) is the song that Gabry Ponte has performed to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. He finished 10th in the semi-final and qualified with 46 points, for the fourth time ever for San Marino. In the final, Ponte came 26th and last with 27 points only.
Eurovision 2026: This will be San Marino’s 16th 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”.
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