Moments ago the final of San Marino Song Contest has finished at Teatro Nuovo in Dogana. The show was hosted by Flora Canto and Francesco Facchinetti. Except the performances of the contestants we had a chance to watch several interval acts Al Bano opened the show then later on we watched Senhit and La Rappresentante di Lista.
The running order was as follows:
- The Rumpled – “You Get Me So High”
- Angy Sciacqua – “I”
- Haymara – “Tómame las manos”
- CRL – “Juliet”
- Elasi – “Lorella”
- Besa – “Tiki”
- Silvia Salemi – “Coralli”
- Giacomo Voli – “Ave Maria”
- Teslenko – “Storm”
- Vincenzo Capua – “Sei sempre tu”
- Marco Carta – “Solo fantasia”
- Bianca Atzei – “Testacoda”
- King Foo – “The Edge of the World”
- Questo e Quello – “Bella Balla”
- Pierdavide Carone – “Mi vuoi sposare?”
- Gabry Ponte – “Tutta L’Italia”
- Luisa Corna – “Il giorno giusto”
- Boosta – “BTW”
- Paco – “Until the end”
- Taoma – “NPC”
The winner was determined by a jury which was formed of the following:
- Luca De Gennaro (DJ) (president of the jury)
- Roberto Sergio (Director of SMRTV)
- Federica Gentile (TV and radio host)
- Ema Stokholma (TV and radio host)
- Mario Andrea Ettore (Marketing manager at SIAE, the Italian Society of Authors and Editors
The first voting round took place on 4th of March, each of the jurors there had a chance to give points based on two criteria:
- Overall artistic impression (production quality, emotional impact etc) – 1 to 10 points per song
- How well would the song function in relation to Eurovision (it’s radio and international potential, possible participation at the Eurovision competition) – 1 to 10 points per song
During the final, the jury voted again, awarding up to 10 points per song. Those votes were based on things such as the vocal, stage presence and interpretation, likeability by television (opportunities for great camera angles and good produced televised performance), charisma and energy of the performer as well as its Eurovision potential. The jurors could award a max of 30 points to each song across the previous two rounds, which means that there was a total of 150 points to be given. But that is not all as the artistic director of the festival had also the possibility to assign additional 10 points to one artist based on their evaluation of all of the songs.
The final rankings were as follows:
- Gabry Ponte – “Tutta L’Italia”
- The Rumpled – “You Get Me So High”
- Teslenko – “Storm”
- Elasi – “Lorella”
- Boosta – “BTW”
- Besa – “Tiki”
- CRL – “Juliet”
- Giacomo Voli – “Ave Maria”
- Questo e Quello – “Bella Balla”
- Paco – “Until the end”
- Pierdavide Carone – “Mi vuoi sposare?”
- Marco Carta – “Solo fantasia”
- Angy Sciacqua – “I”
- Haymara – “Tómame las manos”
- Silvia Salemi – “Coralli”
- Bianca Atzei – “Testacoda”
- Vincenzo Capua – “Sei sempre tu”
- King Foo – “The Edge of the World”
- Taoma – “NPC”
- Luisa Corna – “Il giorno giusto”
Check out the winning performance of San Marino Song Contest 2025 below
The winner was decided to be the act which has received the highest number of points across all three voting rounds where a maximum of 210 points was out to be given. In addition to selecting the winner of the festival and giving the act a ticket to represent San Marino at Eurovision Song Contest 2025 there was also a Critics’ Prize, which was voted by the press and the winner of it was Pierdavide Carone as well as a prize for the most Eurovision ready performance which went to Angy Sciacqua.
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