Eurovision 2012 – Another day’s rehearsals have taken place at the Crystal Hall and reports coming through from Baku say the Russian grannies put on a good first performance, and Ireland had a nice fountain. Israel, San Marino, Cyprus, Hungary, Denmark, Austria and Moldova have also rehearsed. Pasha for Moldova got a bit racy.
Archive for the ‘San Marino’ Category
Eurovision 2012: Second Day of Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 14, 2012 by hulluna in Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Moldova, Russia, San Marino11
San Marino: The Social Network Song Replaces Facebook
Posted: March 22, 2012 by hulluna in San MarinoSan Marino -After the original entry ‘Facebook‘ was disqualified for giving out a commercial message, San Marino have tonight revealed the amended version. It is now called ‘The Social Network Song – oh oh-uh-oh oh‘ and has had the offending lyrics changed. An amended video has also been produced. The song will be sung by [...]
San Marino – Reference Group Says Facebook Breaks Rules
Posted: March 18, 2012 by hulluna in San MarinoSan Marino – After much speculation, Valentina Monetta has just confirmed (ironically) on her Facebook page that the EBU Reference Group has decided that her song about Facebook breaks the rules. The Directorate Generale of SMTV has stated that the inclusion in the text of the word “Facebook” was found to contravene the rule 1.2.2.g [...]
San Marino – The entry for San Marino has been released and has immediately perplexed Eurovision fans over whether it meets the rules. Valentina Monetta premiered her song ‘Facebook, Uh, Oh, Oh‘ today, which refers to the popular social network site. The EBU rules state the following: “No commercial messages of any kind shall be [...]
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 [...]
San Marino – The San Marinese national broadcaster has told esctoday.com that they intend to send an act to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. This would mark the microstates’ third participation in Europe’s favourite television show. SMTV has not yet confirmed their participation officially, but it seems that this is will only be a [...]
San Marino: No Decision About Eurovision 2012
Posted: November 15, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in San MarinoSan Marino – As the German Eurovision blog eurofire reports today, the San Marinese broadcaster, contrary to reports of other websites, has not taken a decision concerning their participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, yet. The head of the San Marinese delegation Alessandro Capicchioni told the blog, that no final decision has been [...]
Interview with San Marino’s Senit: Alternative Versions of “Stand By”
Posted: March 19, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Interview, San MarinoSan Marino – Senit is the San Marinese representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. In our interview with her she revealed some details about her performance in Düsseldorf and also said, that there will also be two versions of her song in “another language than English” One can certainly feel that she is a [...]
San Marino: Senit To Sing “Stand By” at Eurovision
Posted: March 12, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in San MarinoEurovision – Tonight, San Marino has revealed its Eurovision entry in a special 15-minute television show. The Italian singer Senit had previously been selected to represent the microstate. “Stand By” is a slow ballad which to the surprise of some is entirely performed in English. San Marino will compete in the first semi-final on May [...]
San Marino – Tonight the San Marinese national broadcaster SMRTV will air a 15-minute show presenting their entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The Italian singer Senit had already been selected to represent San Marino in Düsseldorf some weeks ago. During the show the official video of the entry and some backstage footage of [...]
Eurovision recap (27): Videos and Dates
Posted: March 6, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Belarus, San Marino, Slovakia, SwedenEurovision recap – We are entering the last week of the national final season 2011 and a few countries still have to reveal their entries. In this 27th edition of Eurovision recap you can find a performance of the Slovak entry, the running order of Melodifestivalen and Alexander Rybak criticising the latter, more information about [...]
San Marino – SMRTV has already disclosed that Senit will represent the microstate San Marino at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. According to ESCIreland Senit is currently preparing two songs. An internal jury at the SanMarinese broadcaster will chose Senit’s entry. Apparently she has prepared a dancable up-tempo song with is 90% in [...]
San Marino – RMTV has just confirmed that Senit will represent the microstate San Marino at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The goal of the Sanmarinese broadcaster is for the entry to hit the European charts. “A cosmopolitan artist together with an international production team who will assure that the tiny Republic will [...]
San Marino – A website under maintenance and a facebook post have brought me to the conclusion that the Italian singer “Senit” will represent the microstate San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The website shows “Website maintenance“ and has “Senit | San Marino | Eurovision 2011” as its tab caption. Furthermore, the [...]
San Marino – SMRTV, the Sanmarinese national broadcaster, will reveal their entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, today. At a press conference the microstate will present the artist and the song to the public. It will be San Marino’s second participation in the contest. In 2008 they had sent the band Miodio as their [...]
San Marino – The Sanmarinese broadcaster SMRTV has announced today that they will disclose their plans for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in a press conference to be held on February 3. During the press conference, the artist and the song representing San Marino at its second participation in Europe’s favourite show, will be presented. [...]
San Marino – A rumor reported by ilkar.blogspot.com states that Senit has been chosen to represent the microstate San Marino in Düsseldorf next May. Senit (31) has Eritrean origins and was born and raised in Bologna. She started her career abroad tough. In musicals like Fame, Lion King and Hair she performed in Switzerland and [...]
Eurovision 2011: Who will return?
Posted: December 30, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, SlovakiaEurovision 2011 – This year there were more rumors and speculations about possible returns, debuts and withdrawals than in any other year. There were also more (predominantly positive) surprises concerning the list of participating nations. In total 42 countries (nothing official yet) will compete for the ‘Grand Prix’ in Düsseldorf next May. An official list [...]
Eurovision recap (22)
Posted: December 25, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Azerbaijan, Hungary, San MarinoThis time with news from Azerbaijan, Hungary and San Marino Hungary – eschungary.hu reports that the Hungarian national broadcaster MTV will reveal this Monday whether they will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. MTV had withdrawn from the contest due to financial difficulties. This lead to another Hungarian television channel, DunaTV, to apply for [...]
San Marino returns to Eurovision in 2011!
Posted: December 22, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in San MarinoSan Marino – Great news from the Apennine peninsula! After Italy’s return after 13 years of absence, their “little brother” San Marino will also return to the Eurovision Song Contest next year. “I can confirm that San Marino will take part in ESC 2011,″ Alessandro Capicchioni, who the Head of Delegation for the SanMarinese broadcaster [...]
San Marino – More good news about the participants in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf. According to ESCkz.com San Marino’s national broadcaster RTV has submitted a preliminary application for participation to the EBU. No final decision has been taken on their participation in the show as of yet. Applications can still be withdrawn [...]
San Marino – Giovanni Di Stefano the Chairman and CEO of a new record company announced today that his record label wants to sponsor a festival in San Marino to find new talent to enter in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Di Stefano also revealed that his record label will be holding the “International Music [...]
