Senhit will represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song \u201cSuperstar\u201d featuring Boy George.<\/p>\n
San Marino\u2019s national selection show, San Marino Song Contest, culminated tonight with Senhit taking the grand prize and the right to represent the nation at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna this May. Senhit performed the song \u201cSuperstar,\u201d which featured a section with British artist Boy George. While Boy George did not make a live appearance onstage, he featured prominently in the performance\u2019s background graphics.<\/p>\n
The San Marino Song Contest grand final comprised 21 competing acts: 10 acts that qualified from the semifinals, 10 \u201cBig Artists\u201d who automatically qualified, and 1 Sammarinese automatic qualifier. After all the songs were performed and special awards announced, the Top 5 were revealed, listed below in bold. Here is the list of all of tonight\u2019s acts with their corresponding awards:<\/p>\n
Peelgrina Pibigas \u2013 \u201cIl giorno che\u201d \u2013 Press Award
\nMagdalena Tul \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll Be Around\u201d
\nKlem \u2013 \u201cOk Respira\u201d
\nMolella ft. Max\u00e8 \u2013\u00a0\u201cFever\u201d
\nIuna \u2013 \u201cFreedom Calling\u201d
\nPaolo Belli \u2013\u00a0\u201cBellissima\u201d \u2013 3rd place
\nORPHY \u2013 \u201cRise again\u201d
\nAndreas Habibi ft. AURA \u2013\u00a0\u201cAll We Need Is Love\u201d
\nDolcenera \u2013\u00a0\u201cMy Love\u201d \u2013 Critics\u2019 Award from the quality jury, Best Lyrics Award
\nMYKY \u2013 \u201cOutta tune\u201d
\nKelly Joyce \u2013\u00a0\u201cOh L\u00e0 L\u00e0\u201d \u2013 2nd place
\nLuka Basi \u2013 \u201cChicolo\u201d
\nAnna Smith \u2013 \u201cBruised\u201d
\nMatias Ferreira \u2013 \u201cPaura\u201d
\nRosa Chemical \u2013\u00a0\u201cMammam\u00ec\u201d \u2013 Style Award
\nL\u2019Orchestraccia \u2013\u00a0\u201cCara Madre Mia\u201d
\nSenhit ft. Boy George \u2013\u00a0\u201cSuperstar\u201d \u2013 Winner
\nInis Neziri \u2013\u00a0\u201cAurora\u201d \u2013 4th place
\nEdward Maya ft. William Imola \u2013\u00a0\u201cBall\u201d
\nMaya Azucena \u2013 \u201cMy Sin\u201d \u2013 4th place, Best New Artist award
\nMarco \u2013 \u201cShine\u201d<\/p>\n
Senhit has represented San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest three times before: in 2011 with the song \u201cStand By,\u201d in the cancelled 2020 edition with \u201cFreaky!\u201d and in 2021 with \u201cAdrenalina,\u201d which featured American rapper Flo Rida. <\/p>\n
The winner was be determined by a five-member jury. The jurors were:<\/p>\n
Federica Gentile \u2013 Chair of the Jury \u2013 Presenter and music critic
\nRoberto Sergio \u2013 Director General of San Marino RTV
\nMario Andrea Ettorre \u2013 Marketing Director of SIAE
\nMassimo Zanotti \u2013 Conductor, musician and composer
\nBeppe D\u2019Onghi \u2013 Conductor, musician and composer<\/p>\n
For the first time, there was also be a Quality Jury that will also assess the participants but will not contribute to determining the winner. The jurors were:<\/p>\n
Iva Zanicchi
\nMorgan
\nRed Ronnie<\/p>\n
The Critics\u2019 jury will also be voting during the shows and is formed of journalists and media professionals. They will award a separate prize to one of the participants. Its members were:<\/p>\n
Laura Rio \u2013 Il Giornale
\nLoradana Errico \u2013 ADN Kronos
\nFrancesca Pierleoni \u2013 Ansa
\nRenato Tortarolo \u2013 Secolo XIX \u2013 Chair of the Jury
\nFederico Vacalebre \u2013 Il Mattino<\/p>\n
The show also featured a number of guest acts:<\/p>\n
Elettra Lamborghini \u2013 Singer who has featured in the Festival di Sanremo multiple times
\nTommy Cash \u2013 Finished 3rd for Estonia at Eurovision 2025 with \u201cEspresso Macchiato\u201d
\nAl Bano \u2013 Musician and performer, has been a guest at the Sammarinese national final on multiple occasions and has previously represented Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest
\nCristiano Malgioglio \u2013 Italian icon and writer<\/p>\n
San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n
San Marino debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 alongside Azerbaijan. Miodio represented San Marino on their debut with the song \u201cComplice\u201d, and finished last in their semi-final with just 5 points. San Marino withdrew from the contest before returning again in 2011. Since then, the country has participated annually. San Marino first qualified for the final in 2014 and has gone on to qualify for the final on three further occasions, most recently in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senhit will represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song \u201cSuperstar\u201d featuring Boy George.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,81030,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-326879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}