After a number of months speculation it appears that the 2014 Junior Eurovision Song Contest will consist of a total or 16 participating countries. Armenia Belarus Bulgaria (Return) Croatia (Return) Cyprus (Return) Georgia Italy (Debut) Malta Montenegro (Debut) Russia San Marino Serbia (Return) Slovenia (Debut) Sweden Netherlands Ukraine Meaning that unless there are some last minute changes to be made, …
San Marino: SMRTV to decide on participation in October
Today it has been announced in an official press release that the Sammarinese broadcaster SMRTV will make a decision regarding their participation in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest on 11 October. That means it is still uncertain whether the microstate will be present in Vienna in May. The decision will be made within the scope of the convention that will …
San Marino: ‘No decision’ for 2015
The public broadcaster of the small state of San Marino, SMTV San Marino, has revealed directly to ESC United that there has been no decision made about participation in 2015 and nothing concrete has been decided yet, despite strong hints from Valentina Monetta that she would not be returning to represent her country for a fourth year. San Marino took …
UPDATE: Eurovision 2014 stars release new music
It’s been over two months since the grand final of the 59th Eurovision Song Contest took place in Copenhagen in May. Which artists have come up with new material since then? ESC United will give you an overview of new singles and albums released by this year’s Eurovision stars! Finland: Softengine The indie rockers from Finland achieved a very decent …
San Marino: No Decision Made
On the 10th of May 2014 San Marino participated in the Final of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in the small countries Eurovision history, although many many rumours have been flying around as to who will represent San Marino in Austria in 2015, and some have claimed that SMTV (San Marino National Broadcaster) have selected an …
Live from Copenhagen: Interview with Valentina Monetta (San Marino)
The wonderful and talented Valentina Monetta was kind enough to sit down with Olivia and talk about her life and music. Also watch for a very emotional moment at the end when we read a message to her from one of our readers. Valentina will perform in the first Semi next Tuesday and our fingers and toes are crossed. Please …
The 2014 “Expert” Panel – SAN MARINO
Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2014 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 7 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …
San Marino: Listen to full versions of “Maybe” and “Forse”
As previously reported HERE, Amazon made the first snippets of Valentina Monetta’s alleged entry for the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest available on Wednesday. While we don’t have the official word from the broadcaster, it is highly likely that San Marino is going to send “Forse” or “Maybe” to Copenhagen. It is the same song just in different languages (English vs …
Listen to Snippet of Valentina Monetta’s “Maybe” and/or “Forse”
Some of our members discovered this precious little link on AMAZON where you can pre-order Valentina Monetta’s much anticipated Eurovision entry starting March 14th. There is also a snippet available which may not be much but will give you an idea on what to expect. We don’t know if Valentina is going to perform the entry in English or Italian though …
Valentina Monetta and Joshua de Cadenéx – A Kiss
This is a press release by ‘Team Valentina’Monetta’. Valentina Monetta releases a new video A Kiss, a duet with Joshua de Cadenéx today. It also features Corale di San Marino choir. It is a track taken from her forthcoming album to be released in the beginning of 2014. The new album will include songs written mostly by herself and …