Tourism plays a major part in the microstate’s economy but it has taken a hit from reduced visitor numbers due to the pandemic.
#LARA FABIAN ALBUM SERIES#
The event was earlier named by San Marino’s as part of a series of events to revitalise San Marino’s tourist industry. Plans for the new national final were first announced in April. The event is a partnership between the Secretary of State for Tourism, Posts, and Cooperation and national broadcaster SMRTV. Initial applications are free, but acts who pass to the audition stage will need to pay an entry fee of 30 euros (before 30 November) or 50 euros (after that date). The Nuovo is San Marino’s largest theatre, with a capacity of 872.Īpplications for emerging artists opened today and will close on 10 January. The grand final of the contest is scheduled for 19 February 2022, held at the Teatro Nuovo. The winner will received €7,000 prize money, second place gets €2,000 and third gets €1,000. A lack of televote is likely due to the same reason San Marino is unable to use a televote at Eurovision - the microstate gets its telecommunications services from Italy and is technically unable to have a geographically seperate vote. The winner, second and third places will be selected by an expert jury alone. Acts will perform their intended song for a potential Eurovision entry. The 18 finalists - nine emerging artists and nine established artists - will compete in the grand final. Rather, nine artists will be invited by contest organisers to compete directly in the grand final. The acts in established artists category will not have to audition. These shows will all be broadcast on SMRTV. The nine highest placed acts will qualify for the overall grand final. The acts will perform a cover of a well known song and present their choice of unreleased song. The broadcaster will hold two casting periods in December and January, where the emerging artist applicants will be assessed at live auditions.įrom there, around 40 shortlisted emerging artists will compete in four semi-finals, a second chance round and a final, held at the Teatro Titano. These contestants can come from any country - San Marino or abroad.Įmerging artists will enter via the open application process. This is a similar format to that used by Sweden’s Melodifestivalen. The broadcaster confirmed the details of its new national final today in a special presentation. The contest is open to both emerging artists and established artists, with a 50/50 split between the two groups. And like the 2018 national final, there’s room for both local and international acts. Now San Marino‘s broadcaster SMRTV has confirmed details of its new national final format Una voce per San Marino. It’s the microstate that will be using a national final to select its act for Eurovision 2022.