“A voice for San Marino”, among the 60 semifinalists Elis Mraz and those who have already made Eurovision
After the auditions phase, San Marino RTV released the list of the 60 artists of “A voice for San Marino“Chosen for the Emerging category and therefore will be able to continue their path towards l“Eurovision Song Contest 2022, which will be held on 10, 12 and 14 May at the Pala Olimpico in Turin.
The selected artists will play 9 places for the final of “A voice for San Marino“: Category semifinals scheduled from 13 to 17 February and the emerging final the following day.
The final will instead be on February 19 at the Teatro Nuovo di Dogana: here the 9 emerging players admitted to the final will challenge 9 great Italians invited by the Media Evolution organization.
Among the 60 emerging players selected by the auditions, there are no San Marino citizens, but three fixed places will be reserved for the citizens of the Titano in the final: the six registered in the competition, or the band, will compete for them. Alibi, Elisa Mazza, Garon x Duan, Giada Pintori, Geneva Bencivenga And Giulia Vitri.
A Voice for San Marino: the best known names
The name best known to the Eurovision audience is Eliska Mrázová, in art Elis Mraz, the singer second classified in the selection of her country, or the Czech Republic, who will compete as per regulation with a song other than “I will be“Presented at home.
Then, there is OXA, aka Clayton Sia, Brazilian performer based in Germany launched by The Voice and one of the authors of “El diablo” by Elena Tsagkrinou (Eurovision 2021 for Cyprus). It also passes among the internationals Sebastian Schmidt, already competing in the past San Marino selection 1in360. Then, there is Kurt Cassar, Maltese, much applauded at the hearings.
Then many Italians not to the talent audience: Alessia Labate, participant in The Voice 2015 in the Facchinetti team, a great friend of Mahmood; Marco Saltari who participated in X Factor in 2019; Camille Cabaltera, twenty-year-old Italian-Filipino already competing at X Factor in 2017; Elena and Francesco Faggi, already protagonists paired with Tu si que Vales and as regards Elena Faggi competing last year in Sanremo among young people with the song “What about so “; the former participant of Amici Ellinora.
And still the Operapop, the vocal duo of lyric-operatic matrix (formerly The Voice and The Winner is) who should have originally interpreted “Grande amore” from Il Volo, winner of Sanremo 2015 and third at Eurovision in the same year; Raimondo Cataldo, protagonist at La Voce 2018; Veronica Liberati, second to All Together Now (and before that ex I leave you a song and friends), Valentina Tioli former factor X e Tommaso Grazioso, launched by Amici, who already did a Eurovision in 2008 as the backing voice of Paolo Meneguzzi for Switzerland with the song “It was gorgeous“.
An entry for San Marino: the list of 60 semi-finalists
- Aaron Sibley – United Kingdom
- Alessandra Simone – Italy
- Alessia Labate – Italy
- Alice Burani – Italy
- Allergy – Italy
- Anna Faragò – Italy
- ASHLEY – Italy
- Brenda – Italy
- Camille Cabaltera-Italy
- Corinna Parodi – Italy
- Daniel Mincone – Italy
- Daniela Pisciotta – Italy
- Davide Rossi – Italy
- Diego Federico – Austria
- Elena & Francesco Faggi – Italy
- Elisa Del Prete – Italy
- Eliska Mrázová – Czech Republic
- Ellynora – Italy
- Florent Amare – France
- Frio – Italy
- Giada Varaschin – Italy
- Giorgio Borghes Alias ​​Claudia F – United Kingdom
- Gisele Abramoff – Brazil
- Io Koko – Italy
- Jessica Anne Condon – United Kingdom
- JoĂŁo Paulo & Miguel – Portugal
- Joe Romano & TheStolenClipper – Italy
- Katrin Roselli – Italy
- Kimberly Genil – Italy
- Kumi Watanabe – Italy
- Kurt Cassar-Malta
- Le Bebae – Italy
- Leonardo Frezzotti – Italy
- Lorenza Rocchiccioli – Italy
- Luca Cima – Italy
- Luca Veneri – Italy
- Blue Lights – Italy
- Matto – Italy
- Marco Saltari – Italy
- Maria Chiara Leoni – Italy
- Martina Gaetano – Italy
- Compagno – Italy
- Matilde Montanari – Italy
- Matteo Giannaccini Gravante – Italy
- Muriel – Italy
- Nada and Sissi – Italy
- Solo Sara – Italy
- Operapop – Italy
- OXA (Clayton) Sia – Germany
- Raimondo Cataldo – Italy
- Riccardo Foresi – Italy
- Riccardo Guglielmi – Italy
- Sebastian Schimdt – Germany
- Snei Ap – Italy
- Tommaso Grazioso – Italy
- Tothem – Italy
- Valentina Tioli – Italy
- Vanja Vatle – Norway
- Veronica Liberati – Italy
- Vina Rose – Italy
San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest
San Marino he made his Eurovision debut in 2008 with “Complice” dei My God, the first of the two pieces in Italian sent during the review. The first final will only be reached in 2014, with “Maybe (Maybe)”, on the third attempt of Valentina Monetta: it will then be twenty-fourth.
To follow, two other finals: in 2019 with Serhat and “Say Na Na Na” (nineteenth, with 77 points, still the best result) and in 2021 with Senhit and Flo Rida with “Adrenalina”, which however will only stop in 22nd place with 50 points (three of which from Italian televoting).
Since its first, San Marino has only skipped the 2009 and 2010 editions. “A Voice for San Marino“Will be the third national final organized, including the aforementioned 2018 selection 1in360 which he saw triumph Jessika and Jenifer Brening and the Digital Battle of Senhit in 2020, from which “Freaky!” which was supposed to take part in Eurovision which was later canceled.