San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

is a small sovereign state located within the territory of

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. It has a musical heritage which includes the 17th-century composer Francesco Maria Marini and the 20th-century composer Cesare Franchini Tassini (1925–2010). Since 1894, a wordless composition by Federico Consolo has been the

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of San Marino. The piece is based on a 10th-century choral composition. The previous anthem was by Aur. Muccioli and U. Balsimelli, and is similar to the Italian national anthem. mew The modern military forces of San Marino parade through the streets in full uniform several times a day, accompanied by the sounds of a military brass band. There is a small metal scene with Necrofilia and Nothing Inside Eyes the latter being formed from another band called Alchimia 2012. The pop singer Little Tony achieved success in the United Kingdom and Italy in the late 1950s and early 1960s, reaching number 19 on the

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in 1960, and participating in the

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ten times between

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and

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. San Marino has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eleven times since

. The country has reached the final three times in eleven participations. They first qualified in

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with

Valentina Monetta Valentina Monetta (born 1 March 1975) is a Sammarinese singer. She is best known for representing in the , , , and Eurovision Song Contests. She also announced the Sammarinese points at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. In the 2014 contest, M ...

and her song " Maybe", where it reached 24th place. They also qualified in

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with Turkish singer Serhat (who also represented San Marino in

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but failed to qualify) with his song "

Say Na Na Na "Say Na Na Na" is a 2019 single by Turkish singer Serhat. The song represented San Marino after being internally selected by (SMRTV), the Sanmarinese national broadcaster. The song was released on 7 March 2019. It finished 19th in the Grand Fina ...

, where it reached 19th place. They also qualified in

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with Italian singer

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(who represented San Marino in 2011 but failed to qualify and was supposed to represent San Marino in the cancelled

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contest) and American rapper Flo Rida with the song " Adrenalina", which reached 22nd place. Although some international singers have represented San Marino, Sammarinese singer Valentina Monetta has participated four times for the country,

Anita Simoncini Anita Simoncini (born 14 April 1999) is a Sammarinese singer who represented San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as a member of the girl group The Peppermints with the song " Breaking My Heart". She also represented San Mari ...

in 2015, and the Italo-Sammarinese band Miodio debuted for the republic in

has also competed three times in the

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and 2015, with 10th place in 2013 as its best result.

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