San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

San Marino
Member station	SMRTV
National selection events	Internal Selection
Participation summary
Appearances	3
First appearance	2013
Last appearance	2015
Best result	10th: 2013
Worst result	15th: 2014
External links
	San Marino’s page at Eurovision.tv
	For the most recent participation see; San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

San Marinodebuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Kiev, Ukraine.^[1] San Marino RTV(SMRTV) a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union was responsible for the selection process of their first participant.

San Marino had previously tried to take part in the contest back in 2011, in the Armenian capital Yerevan, however the national broadcaster pulled out before the contest as they had not found a representative in time.^[1] In 2013 and 2015, San Marino selected its entrant in an internally, while in 2014 it used “Vocine nuove Castrocaro” a selection.

According to Giovanni, the announcer of the Sammarinese points 2013, San Marino has a jury.

In 2015, Michele Perniola, representative of 2013, and Anita Simoncini, a member of girlband The Peppermints who sang in 2014, were chosen together to perform in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest.

San Marino announced that they would withdraw from the contest in 2016.

Participation[edit]

Table key

1st place 2nd place 3rd place Last place

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Place	Points
2013	Michele Perniola^[2]	“O-o-O Sole intorno a me”	Italian	10	42
2014	The Peppermints^[3]	“Breaking My Heart“	Italian, English	15	21
2015	Kamilla Ismailova	“Mirror“	Italian, English	14	36
2016	Did not participate