San Marino is set to take part in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain, with "Come noi" performed by Idols SM. The Sammarinese broadcaster San Marino RTV (SMRTV) internally selected the country's entry for the contest.
| Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  San Marino | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
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| Selected artist(s) | Idols SM | |||
| Selected song | "Come noi" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Miodio | |||
| San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Background
editPrior to the 2024 contest, San Marino had participated in the contest three times since its first entry in the 2013 contest; before their first appearance, San Marino was set to take part in the 2011 contest, however withdrew before it was held.[1] San Marino has never won the contest, with their best result being in 2013, when Michele Perniola represented the country with "O-o-O Sole intorno a me", placing 10th; Perniola would go on to represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 alongside Anita Simoncini, who represented San Marino in the 2014 junior contest as part of the group The Peppermints.[2] The nation opted not to take part in the contest between 2016 and 2023. In 2015, Kamilla Ismailova competed for San Marino with the song "Mirror", which ended up in 14th place with 36 points.[3]
Before Junior Eurovision
editDespite SMRTV originally confirming non-participation in the 2024 contest,[4] upon the announcement of the participants list by the EBU on 3 September 2024, it was revealed that San Marino would return to the contest after an eight-year absence;[5] this was later reaffirmed by SMRTV and the Sammarinese Ministry of Tourism, which are in charge of the nation's participation in the contest.[6][7]
On 5 September 2024, SMRTV announced that it had internally selected the Sammarinese entrant for the contest and that they would be revealed during the charity event Sogna ragazzo sogna ("Dream, child, dream") on 11 September, with the entry to be selected during a "small informal competition", also held during the event.[8][9] The entrants were announced to be Idols SM – a group consisting of San Marino natives, namely Asia Ceccoli, Giulia Rinaldi, Giorgia Descisolo and Vera Stefania Olkhovskaya – with the song "Come noi"; the song was selected by a "popular jury" following an assessment of two candidate songs, both written by Miodio, with the other one being "Poesia".[10][11][12]
At Junior Eurovision
editThe Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to take place at Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. San Marino will perform 13th, following the Netherlands and preceding Ukraine.[13]
Voting
editThe same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition will be used, where the results will be determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country has a national jury that consists of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who are citizens of the country they represent. The rankings of those jurors are combined to make an overall top ten.[14]
The online voting consists of two phases. The first phase of the online voting will begin on 15 November 2024 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances is shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers can vote. After this, voters will also have the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting will end on 16 November at 17:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting will take place during the live show and begin right after the last performance and will be open for 15 minutes. International viewers will be able vote for three songs.[15] They will also be able to vote for their own country's song. These votes will then be turned into points which will be determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song receives 10% of the votes, it will receive 10% of the available points.
References
edit- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (3 September 2024). "San Marino cambia de opinión y participará en Eurovisión Junior 2024" [San Marino changes its mind and will participate in Junior Eurovision 2024]. ESCplus España (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "San Marino". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Final of Sofia 2015". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (19 May 2024). "🇸🇲 San Marino: San Marino RTV Will Not Participate in Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "'Let's Bloom': 17 countries will compete in Madrid at Junior Eurovision 2024". Junioreurovision.tv. EBU. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "San Marino torna a Junior Eurovision Song Contest" [San Marino returns to Junior Eurovision Song Contest] (in Italian). SMRTV. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Zeventien landen doen mee aan komende editie Junior Eurovisie Songfestival" [Seventeen countries will participate in the upcoming edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest] (in Dutch). RTL Boulevard. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (5 September 2024). "🇸🇲 San Marino: Junior Eurovision 2024 Representative to be Revealed on September 11". Eurovoix. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Fabbri, Monica (5 September 2024). "Musica al servizio dell'oncologia pediatrica: sul palco Vecchioni e l'artista sammarinese che parteciperà all'Eurovision dei piccoli" [Music at the service of pediatric oncology: Vecchioni and the artist from San Marino who will participate in the Eurovision of children on stage] (in Italian). SMRTV. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Farren, Neil (11 September 2024). "🇸🇲 San Marino: Idols SM to Junior Eurovision 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Mancheño, José Miguel (11 September 2024). "Idols SM con «Come Noi» representarán a San Marino en su retorno a Eurovisión Junior 2024" [Idols SM with "Come Noi" will represent San Marino in their return to Junior Eurovision 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Saranno le Idols SM a rappresentare San Marino al Junior Eurovison Song Contest" [Idols SM to represent San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest] (in Italian). SMRTV. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Junior Eurovision 2024 Running Order revealed". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
- ^ "How to vote". Junioreurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union.