Sammarinese public broadcaster SMRTV have confirmed to esctoday.com that San Marino has applied to compete at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Düsseldorf. The landlocked nation debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with the boyband Miodio. Will we see San Marino back at the Eurovison Song Contest along with Italy in 2011?

Eurovision fans will be happy to know that San Marino could be back at the Eurovision Song Contest as they have applied to compete in the 2011 edition of the event. They are therefore in the provisional list of Eurovision 2011 applicant countries. Broadcasters which have applied to participate at the forthcoming contest can withdraw without a penalty until Christmas. Full list of participating countries will be announced shortlyafter the Christmas holidays.


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.