That's right, a massive 84 artists will compete in the emerging acts phase of the new Sammarinese national final, shortlisted to participate in the casting round set to be held between December 13 and 15 at the Teatro Titano in San Marino.
These 84 acts come from more than 200 submissions into the emerging artists category. The acts come from twenty-six countries around the world, and they have been invited to participate in an academy that will act as the preliminary casting round for the competition.
The acts performing on Day 1 on December 13:
The Sidèra
Rosario Bottone
Diego Federico
Giada Pintori
Carlo Audino
Jacob Simpson
Marvin Schories
Pascale Filomena Pia
March. & Kiera Chaplin
Stefan Varga
DanyWise
Camille Cabaltera
Giovanni & Tinashe
Andrea Rutigliano
Alessandro Stocco
Susanna Reppucci
Pietro Peloso
Juri Mattia
Joe Romano & TheStolenClipper
Christopher Grevener
Giuseppe Meca
Aaron Sibley
Jack Marsina & Sara De Blue
Leandro Aponte
Manuel Piccoli
Myky Petillo
Rosario Bottone
Vanja Vatle
Secondo e Rosanna duo
Vanessa Semprini
Jessica Anne Condon
Theodor Xir
Alessandra Simone
Luca Cima
Hayley Foster
Gisele Abramoff
Carlo Audino
Silvia Cialona
Nanowar Of Steel
Mattia Di Bernardo
The acts performing on Day 2 on December 14:
Sara Ricci
Florent Amare
Tothem
Silvestrov
Charles Onyeabor
Williams Leslie Yapi
Maria Marchione
Laura Maria Giuliani
Giorgio Borghes Aka Claudia F
Marco D’Annunzio
Francesca Bernardini
Maria Chiara Leoni
Rafel Senzacorona
Daniela Pisciotta
Marco Murrone
Elisa Del Prete
Annalaura Princiotto
Elettra Benedetto
Ylva & Linda
Waleska Lafitte
Angela Madonia
Ferdinand Rennie
Massimiliano Tufo
Garon x Duan
Lance Soliman
Alessandro Iannone
Martina Gaetano
Cassidy Civet
Fulvio Vasarri
Yana Gorbunova
Derek Conyer
Ginevra Bencivenga
Alessia Labate
Marta Mormone
Annalaura Princiotto
Sara Mascella
Jennifer Turri
MST
Alex Ferro
Panagiotis Tsakalakos
The acts performing on Day 3 on December 15:
Leandro Pallozzi
Nico Calvano
Diego Federico
Matilde Pieri
Each act will be given a total of 12 minutes to impress the judges in this first academy round. A second academy and casting round will take place in early January.
Following these two rounds, the selected artists will go into a series of seven shows in February. These will consist of four semi-finals, a second chance round, and a final for the emerging artists. This will then go on into a Grand Final, where nine of the emerging artists will compete against nine big artists, who will be directly invited to the competition.
Looking at the list of competing artists, some Eurovision fans will notice the inclusion of Sara de Blue. The Austrian artist took part in the Austrian national final in 2016, but failed to make it into the final. She also competed in San Marino's previous national final, '1 in 360', where she placed second.
Other notable performers include Munich-based Brazilian pop singer-songwriter Gisele Abramoff, Italian comedy heavy metal band Nanowar of Steel, and Greek-American singer Panagiotis Tsakalakos (who won 'Greek Idol' in 2011),