San Marino has participated in the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest (often shortened to JESC, Junior Eurovision or Junior EuroSong) is an international song competition which has been organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) annually since 2003. It is held in a diff ...

three times since their debut in the contest.

San Marino RTV Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino, commonly known as San Marino RTV (abbreviated SMRTV), is the public service broadcaster of San Marino. On 13 June 2011, San Marino RTV changed its name to SMtv San Marino. In November 2013, the n ...

(SMRTV), a member organisation of the

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, is responsible for San Marino's participation.

History

San Marino had previously attempted to participate in the contest in 2011, in

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, Armenia, however the national broadcaster withdrew before the contest as they had not found a representative in time. In 2013 and 2015, San Marino selected its entrant in an internally, while in 2014 it used "Vocine nuove Castrocaro" a selection. San Marino made its debut in the contest in in

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, Ukraine. According to Giovanni, the announcer of the

Sammarinese Sammarinese () are citizens and people of the Republic of San Marino. Language San Marino recognizes Italian as the official language. The indigenous language, known as Sammarinese, is a variety of Romagnol spoken by approximately 83 percent o ...

points in 2013, San Marino used a jury. In 2015, Michele Perniola, Sammarinese representative in 2013, and Anita Simoncini, a member of girlband The Peppermints who participated in 2014, were chosen together to perform in the

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. San Marino announced that they would not return to the contest in .

Participation overview

Photogallery

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Commentators and spokespersons

References

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History

Participation overview

Photogallery

Commentators and spokespersons

See also

References