San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Eurovision Song Contest 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  San Marino | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 16 May 2020 Song: 23 February 2021 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Senhit | |||
| San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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San Marino will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Senhit as their representative. She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "Freaky!" before the event's cancellation.
Background
Prior to the 2020 contest, San Marino had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its first entry in 2008.[1] Their debut entry in 2008, "Complice" performed by Miodio, failed to qualify to the final and placed last in the semi-final it competed in. San Marino subsequently withdrew from the contest in 2009 and 2010, returning in 2011 with Italian singer Senit performing "Stand By", which also failed to take the nation to the final. Between 2012 and 2014, San Marino sent Valentina Monetta to the contest on three consecutive occasions, which made her the first singer to participate in three consecutive contests since Udo Jürgens, who competed in 1964, 1965 and 1966 for Austria. Her entries in 2012 ("The Social Network Song") and 2013 ("Crisalide (Vola)") also failed to qualify San Marino to the final. However, in 2014, Monetta managed to bring San Marino to the final for the first time where she placed 24th with the song "Maybe". In 2015, the nation once again failed to qualify to the final with the song "Chain of Lights" performed by Anita Simoncini and Michele Perniola. In 2016, San Marino failed to qualify with "I Didn't Know" sung by Turkish performer Serhat. In 2019 San Marino sent Serhat again with the song "Say Na Na Na ", finishing in 19th place with 77 points, giving San Marino its best result to date.
Before Eurovision
Internal selection
On 16 May 2020, the Sammarinese broadcaster announced that Senhit was selected internally to represent San Marino in the 2021 contest.[2] The song will be revealed on 23 February 2021.[3]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used for 2021 contest. San Marino was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[4]
References
- ^ "San Marino Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ ""See you next year!" – Senhit announces she will represent San Marino at Eurovision 2021". Wiwibloggs. 16 May 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Granger, Anthony (2021-02-01). "San Mrino: Senhit's Eurovision 2021 Entry To Be Revealed on February 23". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Groot, Evert (17 November 2020). "2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021". eurovision.tv. Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.