🇸🇲 Results of the first semi-final of Una Voce Per San Marino 2024 revealed

Tonight, 31 of the 129 competing artists in Una Voce Per San Marino 2024 competed in tonight’s semi-final, where we saw Daudia qualify to the final, whilst another four acts qualified to the Second Chance round.

Who performed in this semi-final of Una Voce Per San Marino 2024

The acts who competed tonight and their entries are as follows:

A multi-stage process:

SMRTV are undertaking multiple stages to select this year’s representative for San Marino! The competition works as follows:

1. Online registration, where interested artists are able to register their interest and verify their eligibility to compete. Artists are able to submit a recording of themselves performing an original song or cover, be given an opinion by one of the UVSPM experts, and can then choose to enrol in the rest of the process. There were over 700 applications in total. Applications were open between October 23rd 2024 and January 14th 2024
2. Academy and casting, which began in November 2023 continued until 22nd January 2024. This stage invites all artists who have enrolled to San Marino’s Sala Polivalente to learn more about UVPSM and the music industry, and then audition in front of UVPSM’s casting experts.
3. Semi-finals, where 129 artists from the casting process will perform live for the UVPSM selection panel. It is possible for some established artists to skip the previous stages of the casting process and advance directly to the semi-finals. At this stage, artists should be able to perform their proposed, unreleased entry. There will also be a repechage round specifically for Sammarinese artists. The semi-finals will be broadcast with a delay on SMRTV.
4. Grand final, which will consist of (about) 16 artists and will take place on 17th February 2024. A jury of five members will select the winning act who will represent San Marino at Eurovision 2024!

What else do we know about Una Voce Per San Marino 2024?

Una Voce Per San Marino returns for its third year as San Marino’s Eurovision selection. The semi-finals took place on the 15th and 16th February, however will be broadcast daily on a delay between 19th and 23rd of February, the grand final will be held on 17th February.

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 13 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”.

Italian band Piqued Jacks represented San Marino in 2023 in Liverpool with the song “Like An Animal”. The band performed in the second semi-final, but unfortunately didn’t qualify for the Grand Final. Overall, San Marino placed joint-last, receiving 0 points from the televote.

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News Source: RTV San Marino

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