San Marino Song Contest 2026 - Semi Final 1

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After weeks of low-quality ‘heats’, it’s time for twenty of the least awful acts to sing for places in the grand final where a jury will ignore their efforts and hand the prize to a name act who’s already bought their place in Vienna. But let’s pretend otherwise, eh?

Twenty acts and just five places on offer. The odds are definitely not in anyone’s favour. But they’ve all paid to play, so there is that. Oh, and in case you wondered, a jury gets to decide which five. Not suspicious at all, right?