San Marino will use Una voce per San Marino for Eurovision 2023, despite Achille Lauro failing to qualify for the Grand Final last night.
Secretary of State Pedini Amati has stated that San Marino will once again use Una voce per San Marino to select their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Una voce per San Marino was held for the first time this year as part of an initiative from the San Marinese Government to encourage tourism back to the country following COVID-19.
It had previously been announced at the end of February that Una voce per San Marino would be held again in 2023. The San Marinese delegation remains proud of their performance last night and the fact that San Marino was spoken so highly of by a number of other countries.
Achille Lauro performed “Stripper” for San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The country failed to qualify for the final for the first time since the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
Image Source: EBU / Andres Putting | Source: San Marino RTV
San Marino debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 alongside Azerbaijan. On their debut, they were represented by Miodio and the song “Complice”, and finished last in their semi-final with just 5 points. San Marino withdrew from the contest before returning again in 2011. Since then the country has participated annually and in 2014 qualified for its first final. The nation’s worst result came in 2017 when Valentina Monetta represented San Marino for the fourth time alongside Jimmie Wilson with “Spirit of the Night.” The pair finished last in their semi-final with just 1 point.
