San Marino: 'Una Voce per San Marino' casting round kicks off

San Marino: 'Una Voce per San Marino' casting round kicks off
Tuesday, 18 October 2022

  • The Sammarinese national selection of 'Una Voce per San Marino' for Eurovision 2023 is kicking off with the casting round. 

    San Marino will be present in the UK next year for Eurovision 2023 marking the country's 13th participation in the competition. The microstate nation will be selecting their hopeful via 'Una Voce Per San Marino' the show that selected last year's entrant also. 

    The next edition of 'Una Voce San Marino' which a pretty much the same as last year's format. The selection will kick off with the Academy and Casting stage between October 28, 2022 and January 27, 2023, during whici circa 60 acts will be chose to take part in the selection. 

    Therefore the organisers have scheduled the castings for October 28-30  allocating the candidates on specific dates. Namley here are the acts of the first three days of the casting round: 

    October 28
    1. KIDA
    2. Giada Pintori
    3. Gianfranco Lo Schiavo
    4. CHIMERICO
    5. Noemi Castiello
    6. Francesca Monte & Kevan
    7. Mariafrancesca
    8. JAMAX
    9. MORENA
    10. Stil Novo
    11. DASCAR
    12. Tyrone
    13. Lorenzo Iuracà
    14. Maikol Arcarisi
    15. Acousticouple
    16. Supernova Universe
    17. Sølk
    18. Morgana
    19. Massimo Bertacci
    20. Davide Zamma
    21. Daudia
    22. Anna Cucchi
    23. Nati Miele
    24. Marco Spiezia
    25. Kiens
    26. Jack
    27. Bea
    28. Giorgia Mancini
    29. Adriana Sardano
    30. Doc
    31. Agatha
    32. Andrea Licciardo
    33. Martina Guerra
    34. Roundeep
    35. MALADIE DES IF
    36. Messyah

     

    October 29

    1. Giorgio Solitro
    2. ELIN
    3. EGO59
    4. MoTs
    5. Samuele Tognini
    6. ALAN
    7. Dionysian
    8. Santo
    9. Ester Canepa
    10. Marta Tronci
    11. Gaia Belletti
    12. ISMAELE
    13. MATE
    14. Myky
    15. Caravaggio
    16. Only Sara
    17. Brenda Novella
    18. Arsenico
    19. V3N3R3
    20. Mad
    21. Julia
    22. MadMars
    23. Pjero
    24. GLADIAH
    25. Camelia Redox Brity Bluzu Band & Iannetti
    26. Massimo Galfano
    27. Marie Nicole
    28. Angela Nobile
    29. Silver
    30. Out Offline
    31. Freakybea
    32. Dimy Place
    33. Blonde Brothers
    34. ARTIKA
    35. La Luce di Daphne
    36. Crasti Peter

     

    October 30

    1. Moore
    2. Alessio D.
    3. Melissa Perilli
    4. Daniel Schuhmacher
    5. CHRISTOPHER
    6. Domi
    7. Daniele Nicolò
    8. Saemon Vega
    9. Lost City feat Emerique
    10. March.
    11. Leonor
    12. Con Amore
    13. PAUSA
    14. Rudge S. Feat Neela Quinn
    15. The DaniPhils
    16. Noelia Mora
    17. DRE’
    18. HANIA
    19. Diamante Denardi

     

    What's to follow

    After the casting stage, five Semi-Finals will unfold in February 2023 selecting around 20 acts that will advance to the Grand Final. In the first four semi-final rounds will be competing local acts while the fifth semi-final will be for international acts. 

    The Grand Final is set to take place on  February 25, 2023 at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. The final outcome of the competitio  will be determined by a five-member jury, two of whom will be chosen by San Marino RTV, one chosen by Segreteria di Stato and two chosen by the production company.

    Unlike last year in the 2023 edtion we won't see any acts invited directly or established acts category. Submission window has already opened and will be active until January 20, 2023. 

     

    San Marino in Eurovision 

    San Marino made its first appearcance in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with Miodio and  has scored no victory yet. The landlocked country has participated in Europe’s  televised music event 9 times and has only made it to the Grand Final twice, in 2014 when Valentina Monetta placed 24th in the Grand Final and this year with Serhat who achieve the best placing finishing 19th in the Grand final

    Valentina has flow the Sammarinese flag at the Eurovision Song Contest four times ( 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017). In 2019  Serhat flew the flag for San Marino in Tel Aviv with his entry Say Na na na,  achieving to qualify to the Grand final where he finished 19th.

    Senhit was internally selected to represent San Marino at Eurovision 2020 with entry ‘Freaky’ which was selected via an online song selection process. Unfortunately the contest was cancelled and Senhit didn't have a chance to complete her Eurovision journey,SMRTV invited Senhit back for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam where she performed her entry 'Adrenalina' alongside with Flo Rida and after qualifying to the final she finished 22th with a total of 50 points in the overall score. 

    In 2022 national final winner, Achille Lauro, represented the country with the song 'Stripper' which didn't make it to the Grand final finishing 14th in the 2nd semi-final show. 

     

     

    News Source/Image: Una Voce per San Marino

     

     

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  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

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