San Marino becomes the latest country to reveal their 2016 entry as Serhat’s entry “I Didn’t Know” has surfaced on YouTube. The Turkish singer will sing in the first semi-final for the plucky microstate in an aim to reach the final for only the second time in San Marino’s Eurovision history. Olcayto Ahmet Tugsuz composed the entry with Nektarios Tyrakis …
San Marino RTV: “EBU, new rules but old behaviour. This is unacceptable”
As we previously reported, the EBU has announced a change in the voting system for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm. Both the juries and the televote will have their own set of votes, in lieu of one combined score. ESC United received communication from the team in charge of the San Marino team voicing their displeasure and …
San Marino Send Serhat to Stockholm
San Marino have today announced their representative for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. They have opted for a Turkish born singer, Serhat, who is a singer and TV personality in Turkey has been selected to represent the small nation in Stockholm. San Marino have once again opted for an international act to represent them, they did so in Junior Eurovision …
San Marino: Announcement on Tuesday!
As we previously announced, San Marino have selected their entry for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, and it was a matter of time before the announcement was officially made. The date has been set for the announcement of the act! The announcement will be made on Tuesday the 12th of January! The 7th Sammarinese will be revealed on Tuesday. The …
San Marino: Entry Selected!
Today in a confirmation from SMRTV, The Sammarinese national broadcaster to ourselves, the TV channel have revealed that they have selected their song for Stockholm! The silence has finally been broken from San Marino’s Eurovision camp. The Head Of Delegation has announced that “We have already selected our entry”. No other details can be announced with regards to the singer(s) nor …
JESC: San Marino Send Kamilla Ismailova “Mirror”
Finally some there has been some news from San Marino! After they confirmed their participation the Sammarinese camp went very quiet, until today. Today it was announced that San Marino will be represented by a Russian singer, Kamilla Ismailova. The Russian singer will perform “Mirror” in Sofia in this year’s Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Rules state for Junior Eurovision that the …
San Marino: Provisionally Applied for Stockholm
In an interview with the national broadcaster of San Marino, Alessandro Capicchioni, the head of delegation for the small state, it was revealed that San Marino had provisionally applied to participate in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, but, they are yet to decide if they will fully apply for the Stockholm contest, San Marino “has enrolled but participation is not yet …
Dream Team 2016 – San Marino
We’re powering through our list of dream artists for 2016, with three already decided. Time to add a fourth, for the microstate of San Marino. Who did you want? Will it be a surprise? Of course not! It was never in doubt – Valentina Monetta achieved the biggest landslide from all 48 countries and was the overwhelming favourite of our …
Michele & Anita (San Marino): “Ralph Siegel is a legend”
Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola (San Marino) are the youngest competitors this year. Like Molly from Ireland, it seems nerves may have gotten to them initially, but as they grew comfortable on stage, they started to gel. As they noted in their official interviews with the EBU, they are very excited to be here and find that Eurovision is “ten …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 3
Day 3 is here and after a fun night of watching some of the artists and backing singers at the U4 Diskothek perform, we are LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna. The weather is a bit wet today, but that won’t stop us from providing you with up-to-date coverage. The first rehearsals for Semi-Final 1 are complete …