San Marino: SMRTV confirms participation at Eurovision 2027

SMRTV, the Sammarinese national broadcaster has confirmed that San Marino will compete at the forthcoming 2027 Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria.

Thus San Marino joins the list of countries who have so far confirmed their participation at Eurovision 2027.

San Marino will be selecting the 2026  Sammarinese entry and act via the San Marino Song Contest.  It will be the sixth consecutive time that the landlocked micro-state will determine its Eurovision act and entry via a national selection. SMRTV has released the rules and regulations for the San Marino Song Contest 2027.

The Grand Final of the San Marino Song Contest is scheduled to be held on the 6th of March 2027.

SMRTV has sealed a three year deal with Media Evolution to organize 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 16 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).

Senhit feat. Boy George represented San Marino at Eurovision 2026 with their entry ‘Superstar’.