San Marino’s national broadcaster SMRTV has opened registration for San Marino’s Eurovision 2027 national selection, targeting applicants from more than 50 countries
San Marino’s national broadcaster SMRTV has already confirmed its participation at Eurovision 2027 in Burgas, Bulgaria, and has opened registration for its national selection, the “Dreaming San Marino Song Contest 2027”. One of the organizers’ main goals is to attract applicants from more than 50 countries.
The Head of Delegation of San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest, Denny Montesi, spoke to SMRTV and revealed that the organizers’ goal this year is receiving applications from more than 50 countries – more than last year’s 48.
San Marino was one of the first countries to express interest in participating in the 2027 edition: Roberto Sergio, CEO of the Sammarinese national broadcaster, spoke about the very early preparations already being planned for Eurovision 2027 immediately following the first semi-final of Eurovision 2026. Unfortunately, the small nation failed to rank among the top 10 places to qualify for the Grand Final.
According to the national broadcaster, registration for auditions has opened, and SMRTV expects around 240 participants. The selection contestants will be divided into eight groups of approximately 30 participants who will go through the Stage & Live Academy stages. Afterwards, 40 artists will be selected – five from each group – to advance to the semi-final stage.
According to the format, two semi-finals will be held on March 3rd and March 4th, 2027. From each semi-final, five artists will qualify for the Grand Final, which will take place on March 5th, 2027, where they will compete for the right to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2027.
The national broadcaster revealed that it reserves the right to invite up to ten artists directly to the Grand Final. These are artists who are already established in the music industry and will compete alongside the ten other qualifiers for the chance to perform on Europe’s biggest stage.
San Marino at Eurovision 2026
“Superstar” is the title of the song that was performed by Senhit and Boy George, who represented San Marino, reached the 14th place with 41 points in the first semi-final on May 12th in Vienna, Austria and failed to qualify for the final. This marks the third time Senhit competed in Eurovision, following her previous representations for San Marino in 2011 and 2021. In 2020, she was also selected to perform for San Marino, but her participation was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The song was written and composed by Senhit and Boy George, whose participation alongside Senhit in the contest is still surrounded by some uncertainty, together with several songwriters who have previously written Eurovision hits: Anderz Wrethov, Thomas Stengaard, Kill J, John Emil Johansson, and Jonathan Bellini. The song is performed entirely in English.
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”.
