Submissions to take part in San Marino’s national selection – Una Voce Per San Marino – are coming in. In total, the Sammarinese broadcaster has already received 80 applications in just seven days.
Growing interest in Una Voce Per San Marino
Speaking at a government press conference, San Marino’s Minister for Tourism Federico Pedini Amati confirmed the number of applications received. The window for submissions opened last week, following the outline of specific rules regarding the national selection for 2023.
Interested artists are being invited to apply for Una Voce Per San Marino from August 20th to January 20th, 2023. International artists that are interested must pay a minimum of €100 to participate in the show, whilst Sammarinese residents only need to pay €50, up to the New Year.
Last year, 66 emerging acts qualified for the semi-finals, alongside 9 established artists, including eventual winner Achille Lauro. However, no established artists will get an automatic qualification to the final of the selection. As a result, each artist that is selected by RTV San Marino will need to qualify from their respective semi-final before being eligible to win the right to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2023.
San Marino’s Eurovision journey
As one of the smallest countries in Europe, San Marino made its debut in the competition in 2008 with Miodio and the song “Complice”. Since then they have participated in the competition 12 times (3 of which where they qualified for the Grand Final), and their best result was in 2019, with Serhat and “Say Na Na Na”.
Their recent participation saw them being represented by Italian superstar Achille Lauro, with the song “Stripper”. On May 12th, Achille performed in the second semi-final, but unfortunately didn’t qualify for the Grand Final. Overall, San Marino placed 14th in the semi-final, receiving 50 points from the Jury and Televoters.
What do you think about the news from San Marino? Will you be applying to take part in Una Voce Per San Marino? Who would you like to see represent the country in the future? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tiktok as we edge closer to Eurovision 2023!
News Source: RTV San Marino
Photo Credit: EBU / Sarah Louise Bennett
