San Marino Confirms Participation

  San Marino – The EBU has not published the official list of countries in the Eurovision 2012 yet, but most of last year’s participants have already confirmed their participation in Baku. The latest confirmation comes from SMTV, the channel responsible for San Marino. The country’s participation at the contest is a done deal. The broadcaster is already starting the process of selecting its representative.

As half of the channel is owned by Italy’s national broadcaster RAI the Italian confirmation can only be seen as a formality. That leaves Armenia, the United Kingdom and Romania as countries that have not yet confirmed their participation. While the UK can be expected to be back, the Romanian broadcaster has to deal with financial difficulties but can also be expected to participate. Armenia’s participation is less certain as this year’s host country Azerbijan is their arch rival and the countries are basically in a state of war. Armenia had requested special security measures from the EBU.

Last year, Senite was chosen internally to represent San Marino. The singer performed  “Stand by,” but did not qualify to the final reaching only 16th place.

Source= janelaesc.com