🇸🇲 Eurovision 2026 Rehearsal One: A sea of sparkles for Senhit

Senhit Photo Credit: Panini Spa / Mary Stuart
Senhit Photo Credit: Panini Spa / Mary Stuart

Today the rehearsals for Eurovision 2026 continue in Vienna. Countries rehearsing on Day 2 include Montenegro, Estonia, Israel, Belgium, Lithuania, San Marino, Poland, and Serbia. The sixth to rehearse today is San Marino’s Senhit.

Senhit’s first rehearsal

The next to take to the Eurovision 2026 stage in the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna was San Marino’s Senhit. Senhit will be competing in this year’s competition with her entry “Superstar” following her win at the San Marino Song Contest.

What did we learn about Senhit’s staging?

We’ve learned that Senhit is going loud, camp, and sparkly for her Eurovision performance this time. This rehearsal sees her in a donned in high sparkle attire, accompanied with four dancers (in addition to her companion), and multiple props.

Deep details are light, but what is known is that the lights play a heavy role in illuminating not just the acts on stage, but the arenas a whole. A grand, fire filled, finale is expected to complete a loud and bright performance.

SENHIT performing Superstar for San Marino during the First Rehearsal at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 2026
Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU

Who is Senhit

Senhit Zadik is a well-known face in the Eurovision community, having represented San Marino on three separate occasions. The 46-year-old, born in Bologna, became a well-known face in the Italian music scene in the mid-2000s, releasing three albums before her first Eurovision participation in 2011. Since then, she had released a number of songs, and has competed at Eurovision another two times – in 2020 and 2021 respectively.

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🇸🇲 Ahead of #eurovision 2026, we are starting our preview series where we get to know more about the artists that will be participating in Vienna, with the next preview looking into sanmarino’s @Senhit who will be participating with “Superstar”

♬ Superstar – Senhit

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 14 times, qualifying for the grand final in three. Their best result was in 2019, with Serhat and “Say Na Na Na”.

Italian DJ Gabry Ponte represented San Marino in 2025 with his song “Tutta L’Italia” – the original theme song for Sanremo that year. Performing in the first semi-final, San Marino qualified for the final, where it ultimate placed last with 37 points. 28 points came from the juries, while 9 came from the televote.

What do you think of “Superstar”? Does Senhit stand a chance of winning? Let us know your thoughts! Also, be sure to follow “That Eurovision Site” on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok as we prepare for Eurovision 2026!

News Source: EBU

Photo Credit: Panini Spa / Mary Stuart

By Euan T

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