San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Sammarinese entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Sammarinese broadcaster San Marino RTV (SMRTV). Valentina Monetta represented San Marino with the song "The Social Network Song", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final, achieving 14th place with 31 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country San Marino
National selection
Selection processInternal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 14 March 2012
Song: 16 March 2012 (First)
22 March 2012 (Second)
Selected entrantValentina Monetta
Selected song"The Social Network Song"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 31 points)
San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 14 March 2012, SMRTV confirmed that Valentina Monetta would represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in May.[3][4] On 16 March 2012, her song, "Facebook Uh, Oh, Oh", was presented in a special programme by SMRTV with Valentina Monetta.[5]

Disqualification

However, it was announced that the song's lyrics breached rule 1.2.2. (g), which states;

"The lyrics and/or performance of the songs shall not bring the Shows, the ESC as such or the EBU into disrepute. No lyrics, speeches, gestures of a political or similar nature shall be permitted during the ESC. No swearing or other unacceptable language shall be allowed in the lyrics or in the performances of the songs. No commercial messages of any kind shall be allowed. A breach of this rule may result in disqualification."

EBU ordered SMRTV to either change the lyrics and the title of the song or select a new song, no later than 23 March 2012.[6] A revised version of the song, under the title "The Social Network Song", was presented on 22 March 2012.[7]

At Eurovision

San Marino competed in the second half of the first semi-final on 22 May, but did not proceed to the final. After the grand final on the 26th of May, full results showed that the song ended in 14th place with 31 points, making the entry San Marino's best placing in Eurovision compared to previous years, and showed that there were improvements.[8]

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 1 San Marino came 14th with 31 points: the public awarded San Marino 13th place with 25 points and the jury awarded 14th place with 42 points.

Points awarded to San Marino
Points awarded to San Marino (semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by San Marino

See also

References
  1. "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv.
  2. Roxburgh, Gordon (22 March 2012). "'The Social Network Song' for San Marino". Eurovision.tv.
  3. "Valentina Monetta rappresenterà San Marino a Baku 2012". San Marino RTV (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. Roxburgh, Gordon. "Valentina Monetta to represent San Marino". EBU. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. Roxburgh, Gordon (16 March 2012). "Valentina Monetta to sing "Facebook Uh,Oh,Oh"". EBU. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. Siim, Jarmo. "EBU: San Marino song lyrics in breach of Rules". EBU. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  7. "'The Social Network song' for San Marino". EBU. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  8. http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1573#Scoreboard
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