The 9 established artists competing to represent San Marino at Eurovision in Una voce per San Marino will be announced on February 8!
We have a date – Feb 8!
Broadcaster SMRTV announced that these established competitors, termed โBig Artistsโ will be announced at a press conference at Milanโs Westin Palace Hotel on Tuesday February 8. These โBig Artistsโ have directly qualified to the final and will join 9 other โemergingโ artists in the grand final.
Only the second national final for San Marino
โUna voce per San Marinoโ is surprisingly only the second time that SMRTV has chosen to hold a national selection. They previously opted to select their Eurovision candidate with โ1 in 360โ in 2018. Jessika and Jenifer Brening won this with the song โWho We Areโ. This time, โUna voce per San Marinoโ in 2022 is a bit different. In fact, it arguably allows for a broad range of artists to make a submission to the contest.
Details of Una Voce per San Marino 2022
There are two categories of participating artists in “Una Voce per San Marino” this year – โbig artistsโ and โemerging artistsโ. The โbig artistsโ were invited by national final organisers. On the other hand, the emerging artists competed through a series of competitions throughout December and January to whittle down the entry pool. SMRTV received over 200 submissions for the โemerging artistsโ category, which was open to all nationalities. Of the artists that proceed from the large pool of submissions, a series of semi-finals will take place to select 9 โemerging artistsโ.
However, this crop of artists is separate to the โbig artistsโ discussed above. The โemergingโ artists who make it through the semi-finals process will join the 9 pre-selected โbig artistsโ in the grand final. This is going to place on February 19 in the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana, San Marino.
San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest
In 2021, San Marino achieved their third final out of 11 appearances with Senhit and her song โAdrenalinaโ, featuring American rapper, Flo Rida. They will arguably be looking to increase their qualification streak in 2022. Can their next representative follow in the footsteps of fan favourites Valentina Monetta in 2014 and Serhat in 2019? We can only wait to see what they have in store for us in 2022!
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