SAN MARINO – Simona Ventura will be among the protagonists of the 2027 and 2028 editions of the San Marino Song Contest. San Marino RTV has entrusted the presenter with the artistic direction, shared with Massimo Bonelli, and the television production of the semi-finals and the final in March 2027, which she will host personally.
The project aims to strengthen the international dimension of the event, following the results of the 2026 edition, which exceeded 320 million total contacts at the end of the entire process linked to the Eurovision Song Contest.
The international selections of Dreaming San Marino Song Contest, the project dedicated to the research and valorization of new musical talents, have already begun. The applications collected so far are hundreds and come from numerous countries. Coordination is entrusted to Denny Montesi, who follows the management of memberships and the organization of selections together with the artistic direction and the San Marino RTV team.
An operational meeting is scheduled for November 17th in Milan to define the organization of the different phases, the calendar of appointments, the promotional initiatives and the events that will accompany the project until March.
The semi-finals will take place on 3 and 4 March 2027, while the final is set for 6 March. The final evening, hosted by Simona Ventura, will decide the artist who will represent the Republic of San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2027.
The project sees the collaboration of the Secretariat of State for Tourism, with the support of the entire State Congress. A central role is recognized by the Secretary of State Federico Pedini Amati, whose involvement accompanies the development of the initiative on the cultural, tourist and international promotion levels of the Republic.
The general director of San Marino RTV, Roberto Sergio, explained the objectives of the new phase: “With Simona Ventura and Massimo Bonelli we want to make a further leap in quality, giving the San Marino Song Contest an increasingly important artistic, television and international dimension. Simona will be the protagonist of the artistic direction, of the construction of the evenings and of the hosting of the final”.
Sergio also thanked Federico Pedini Amati, the Secretariat of State for Tourism and the State Congress for their support of the project, underlining the objective of making San Marino “an increasingly recognizable point of reference in the panorama of great European musical events”.
The path will continue even after Eurovision 2027, with the preparation of San Marino’s participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Armenia, confirming San Marino RTV’s attention towards young talents.
