SMRTV San Marino, the Sammarinese national broadcaster aired  a special show tonight , where Valentina Monettas’s entry Crisalide was officially premiered.

Mr.Alessandro Capicchioni, Head of San Marino Delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest, hosted the show. Both the 2013 Sammarinese entry along with official videoclip were premiered during the show.Valentina Monetta shared her thoughts and feelings about her forthcoming Eurovision participation during the show. Several special guests were  invited to attend the show: Fabrizio Raggi (art director), Roberto Moretti (TV committee member for the song selection), Eddy Anselmi and Emanuele Lombardini (journalists). Whilst  Ralph Siegel (composer of Crisalide) , Mauro  Balestri (lyricist of  Crisalide), Sanjay Jiandani (Head of Press for esctoday.com), Eva Arnardottir (the number 1 Sammarinese fan from Iceland) graced the occasion via Skype.

Crisalide- Official videoclip

Crisalide has been composed by none other than Mr. Ralph Siegel who has competed at the Eurovision Song Contest with many songs. This will be his 21st contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest and 2nd consecutive entry for San Marino. Mauro Balestri has written the lyrics of the 2013 Sammarinese entry.

The official website of Valentina Monetta was launched today too.

2013 will see the 4th Sammerinese Eurovision participation.San Marino debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 with Miodio and is yet to win the event. Stay tuned to esctoday.com for the latest information and news on San Marino and the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

 

 


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.