At the start “A voice for San Marino” to the Eurovision of Liverpool Italpress news agency
ROME (ITALPRESS – October 28) begins the first phase of the casting “A voice for San Marino”. The multipurpose hall “Little Tony” in San Marino will host the second edition of the festival which will choose the representative for the Republic for the next Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool in May 2023. “On October 28, the official selections of ‘una voce per San Marino will start. ‘ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest. I want to remind you that last year Achille Lauro also participated and reached the final, so somehow we played our card in Turin “explained Federico Pedini Amati, Secretary of State for Tourism of the Republic San Marino.
“This year the number of entries is particularly important, much higher than last year, and than expected, the selection has changed because the rules have changed. This year, unlike last year, both the big names and the emerging players will play equally well right from the start “.
“Una voce per San Marino” is the festival born from the collaboration between Media Evolution, the Secretariat of State for Tourism, the Post Office, Cooperation and Expo of the Republic of San Marino and San Marino TV, the radio and television network of the Republic of San Marino. The selection will be in one big category for the smallest country competing in the Eurovision Song Contest. The aim of the event is to combine territoriality, the participation of new proposals and the presence of established artists. Applications can be submitted, by November 30, by those over 16 years old on the site www.unavoce can be presented for citizenship and choice of language in the interpretation of the piece presented for the competition.
Subsequently, a training and casting phase will follow which will take place over two days. In February there will be 5 semifinals, 4 deriving from the selections and 1 repechage which will end with the final on 25 February where the winner will be identified who will participate in the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. “We are not and we do not want to be the Sanremo branch, we do nothing but conduct a concept of a state in this way” concluded the secretary of state.
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(ITALPRESS)