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San Marino

The Sammarinese entry is chosen by SMRTV. San Marino first took part in 2008 and has yet to trouble the winners.

24 October – Na-na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na-na

Every now and then, Eurovision yields a folk hero. They don't set out to be renowned, but it just happens to them. And whatever...

27 February – No one ever said we should be proud

It's always interesting how some countries choose their singers and songs. Some go internal, or there's the bog standard national final. Or you could...

San Mari-NO

Oh my! San Marino. We thought this might be cheap but it’s even cheaper than we hoped. The robots are here – and they’ve...

San Marino – No-Rida (for now) but a lot of high...

Fire, gasoline, dynamite, adrenaline! Steady, it’s barely half past 9 in the UK. But San Marino is here for an energetic start. This is...

Eurovision Countdown 24 – San Marino according to Mo

We’re going full-on rock in this year’s import to the plucky microstate of San Marino. There are shades of Måneskin, but this has a more...

San Marino – mmmm Wordy…

Sir Hat now on stage in a lovely purple  suit and doesn’t at all look like making me an offer I can’t refuse!! He’s backed...

San Marino….oh??

Now Ante-Post, this was a good bet for the final, decent song, decent singer, lots of power.... Then they got onto the stage.  There...

San Marino – Let me paint the scene for you

OK, so let me storyboard this for you ... Our hero comes on stage with a faux leather boa and a diamonte Stetson, sings...

11 July – Her beagle is my Personal Jesus

Every now and then a performance comes along that just sets a new bar for performances. It's so memorable in so many ways. And...

Here we go, here we go, here we go…

Yep, they've not caught up with me yet, despite my brazen stroll from Riigi Heights this morning.  No-one told me it rains sometimes here....