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San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Country  San Marino
National selection
Selection process Internal Selection
Selection date(s) Artist: 19 June 2013
Song: 14 March 2014
Selected entrant Valentina Monetta
Selected song "Maybe"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (10th, 40 points)
Final result 24th, 14 points
San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
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San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was chosen through an internal selection, organised by the Sammarinese broadcaster SMtv San Marino. Valentina Monetta who failed to qualify in two previous contest, represented San Marino with the song "Maybe", which qualified from the first semi-final. This was San Marino's first qualification, and to date their only qualification to the final since their debut in the contest in 2008. San Marino placed 24th in the final, scoring 14 points.

On 19 June 2013, SMtv San Marino announced that it had contracted Valentina Monetta to represent San Marino for a third consecutive year. Valentina Monetta previously represented San Marino at the 2012 Contest with the song "The Social Network Song" and at the 2013 Contest with the song "Crisalide (Vola)", failing to qualify from the semi-finals on both occasions. Monetta was invited to participate for the third time by the Director General of SMtv San Marino, Carlo Romeo, who was disappointed by the nation's failure to qualify to the final in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

The Sammarinese entry, "Maybe", was presented during a special presentation program on 14 March 2014. Monetta opted to perform the English version of the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. However, an Italian version titled "Forse" was also recorded. Both versions of the song were composed by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Mauro Balestri. Siegal and Balestri began composing several songs in July 2013 for which Monetta recorded demos in Forte dei Marmi and at Siegel's studio in Munich. The remaining songs that were under consideration were released as part of Monetta's studio album Sensibilità (Sensibility).


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