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EUROVISION 2023: SAN MARINO - LET THE UNA VOCE PER SAN MARINO BEGIN!


It's the San Marino week in the Eurovision bubble. Over 1.100 submissions from 37 countries, about 380 of them invited for auditions in San Marino in the past months and finally we have the.... 106 semi-finalists. Every night this week we'll have semi-finals, four artists will qualify to the Saturday's final, added with two Sammarinese artists. On Friday will be a second chance round where those placed 5th to 8th will have an access, and the top-4 will qualify for the final as well.

Unlike last year there will not be Big and Newcomers but everyone must go through the semi-finals (the Big only skipped the auditions) and they stressed the Big had to apply to take part and were not invited like last year. It seems everything is better organized and thought after. It also seems Una voce per San Marino is here to stay at least three more years.

The rumor mill for the possible Big has been on fire already weeks and all sort of names has been thrown in the game from Elettra Lamborghini to Pamela Prati to various Italian talent show names to various national finalists from other countries for Eurovision song contest. 

In the end we have mainly Italian singers but also Australia (Alfie Arcuri), Finland (Angel Dell, Ice Eye), Spain (Brandon Parasole, Ferrán Faba, Veronica Romero, Victor Albelo), Germany (Christopher, Daniel Schuhmacher, Gisele Abromoff, Viviana Milloti), Romania (Ciro De Luca), UK (Con Amore, DramaLove, Kiara D.V. feat Pamela Ivonne Cole, Vina Rose), Iceland (Erna Hrönn), Belgium (Florin Raduta), Switzerland (Jenny & Me, Mayu), Lithuania (Jenny May), Malta (Kurt Cassar, Nicola Hammett), USA (Laloung feat Marzio, Selina Albright), Croatia (Lola), Ronela (Albania).

From last year we have trying again Alessandro Coli, Camille Cabaltera, Kurt Cassar, Mericler, Mate and Vina Rose.

Among the familiar names Alfie Arcuri from Australian selections, Ciro de Luca from Romania (ESC 2007), Deborah Iurato (Amici winner and 3rd in Sanremo 2016), Eiffel 65, Erna Hrönn from Icelandic selections, Francesco da Vinci, Francesco Monte, Kurt Cassar and Nicole Hammett from Maltese selections, Le Deva, Italian X Factor winner over Måneskin Lorenzo Licitra, Massimo Di Cataldo, another Amici winner Moreno, Ronela the Albanian ESC entrant last year, Roy Paci, Stefano D'Orazio, Thomas,....

The Sammarinese are Kida and Simone De Biagi. 

To the final: Alfie Arcuri, Deshedus, Deborah Iurato, E.E.F.
to the 2nd chance: Camilla, Camilla Cabaltera, Daudia, Edoardo Brogi
To the final: Eiffel 65, Ellynora, Iole, Le Deva
To the 2nd chance: Flexx, Florin Raduta, Kiara DE.V. feat pamela Ivonne Cole, La Bebae
To the final: Lorenzo Licitra, Mayu, NevRuz, Piqued Jacks
To the 2nd chance: Lost City feat Emerique, Luna Palumbo, Mate, Morgana
To the final: Thomas, Tothem, Vina Rose, XGioce
To the 2nd chance: Pjero, Raim, Roy Paci, Ronela

The Second chance round:

Camilla - It's not you, it's me
Camilla Cabaltera - Mental
Daudia - What if
Edoardo Brogi - Due punti sull'equatore
Flexx - GOK (God only knows)
Florin Raduta - My mind
Kiara D.V. feat Pamela Ivonne Cole - My time
Kida - Stessa pelle
La Bebae - Tocco il fondo
Lost City feat. Emerique - Titan
Luna Palumbo - Batticuore
Mate - Prisma
Morgana - A lonely night in Shanghai
Raim - All alone
Ronela - Salvaje
Roy Paci - Tromba
Simone -  Catching memories
Pjero - Spiderman Disqualified*
*Selina Albright - Did I ever Withdrawn
* TES - Giovani di mezza età








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