San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country  San Marino
National selection
Selection process Internal Selection
Selection date(s) Artist: 27 November 2014
Song: 16 March 2015
Selected entrant Michele Perniola and
Anita Simoncini
Selected song "Chain of Lights"
Selected songwriter(s)
San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2014 2015

San Marino will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. Their entry is written by Ralph Siegel and John O'Flynn. The song is called "Chain of Lights" and will be performed by Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini. It was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Sammarinese broadcaster SMtv San Marino (SMRTV).

Background

Prior to the 2015 Contest, San Marino had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest five times since its first entry in 2008.[1] Their debut entry in 2008, "Complice" performed by Miodio, failed to qualify to the final and placed last in the semi-final it competed in. San Marino subsequently withdrew from the contest in 2009 and 2010, returning in 2011 with Italian singer Senit performing "Stand By", which also failed to take the nation to the final. Between 2012 and 2014, San Marino sent Valentina Monetta to the contest on three consecutive occasions, which made her the first singer to participate in three consecutive contests since Udo Jürgens, who competed in 1964, 1965 and 1966 for Austria. Her entries in 2012 ("The Social Network Song") and 2013 ("Crisalide (Vola)") also failed to qualify San Marino to the final. However, in 2014, Monetta managed to bring San Marino to the final for the first time where she placed 24th with the song "Maybe".

Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV confirmed on 11 October 2014 that San Marino would participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.[2] The broadcaster announced in late October 2014 that the Sammarinese entry would be selected via an internal selection.[3][4]

Internal selection

SMRTV revealed that Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini would represent San Marino at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest during a press conference on 27 November 2014.[5][6] Perniola previously represented San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 while Simoncini represented the nation in the 2014 Junior Contest as part of the group The Peppermints. Anita Simoncini will become the first artist to consecutively represent a nation at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and the Eurovision Song Contest; she will meet the age requirements for the Eurovision Song Contest on 14 April 2015 when she turns sixteen.[7]

"Chain of Lights" was released on 16 March 2015 along with the official preview video. [8]

At Eurovision

All countries except the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the host country, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[9] On 26 January 2015, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. San Marino was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 21 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[10]

See also

References

  1. "San Marino Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
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  4. Jiandani, Sanjay (30 October 2014). "San Marino: Artist announcement in November". ESCToday. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  5. Jiandani, Sanjay (25 November 2014). "San Marino: Press conference; artist announcement on 27 November". ESCToday. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. Juhász, Ervin (27 November 2014). "Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini will represent San Marino in Eurovision 2015". ESC Bubble. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  7. Jiandani, Sanjay (27 November 2014). "San Marino: Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini to Vienna!". ESCToday. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  8. Friedrichs, Matt (6 February 2015). "San Marino: Song & Video to be released March 13th". ESCunited. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. Brey, Marco (26 January 2015). "Today: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. Escudero, Victor M. (26 January 2015). "Allocation Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 January 2015.