SMRTV, the Sammarinese national broadcaster has confirmed that San Marino will compete at the forthcoming 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Austria.
Thus San Marino joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at Eurovision 2026.
San Marino will be selecting the 2026 Sammarinese entry and act via the San Marino Song Contest. It will be the fifth consecutive time that the landlocked micro-state will determine its Eurovision act and entry via a national selection. More details and information regarding the Sammarinese national selection will be unveiled in due course.
SMRTV has sealed a three year deal with Media Evolution to organizet the San Marino Song Contest, hence San Marino will be determining its Eurovision act and entry from 2026-2028.
San Marino in Eurovision
San Marino debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with Miodio and is yet to win the event. The landlocked country has participated in Europe’s favorite television show 15 times and has only made it to the Grand Final four times ( in 2014 when Valentina Monetta placed 24th in the Grand Final, in 2019 when Serhat placed 19th in the Grand Final , in 2021 when Senhit placed 22nd in the Grand Final and in 2025 when Gabry Ponte placed 26th in the Grand Final).
Valentina has flown the Sammarinese flag at the Eurovision Song Contest four times ( 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017).
Gabry Ponte represented San Marino at Eurovision 2025 with their entry ’Tutta L’Italia‘.
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