REVIEWING THE CLASS OF 2015: SAN MARINO!

Valentina Monetta famously gave San Marino its first ever qualification last year. Are Michele and Anita going to have the same fate? Or will San Marino stay in the semis? Here's what we think..

Ana: Every time I listen to this song, I miss Valentina Monetta. I find it boring and dated. It’s like if they had only two days to prepare their entry and send it. Definitely, this deserves to stay in the semi final and ask Valentina to come back next year. 3/10

Ilkar: What to say? This starts well and sounds interesting. The feeling is a bit gone by the time the chorus kicks in and it turns to something very familiar and already heard. The kids will charm the TV audience anyways so let's all switch on the light on our cellphone and join the chain of lights, ok? 7,5/10

Jack: San Marino's 2014 entry became one of my favourites (along with Emma and Ruth) and I loved Maybe even more after Vale qualified - so whoever would represent San Marino this year would have big shoes to fill.  I feel it's a respectable effort from San Marino but not one of my favourites, if this makes sense. We're yet to see this performed live too.... I fear it may crumble live as they are both still very young. Will San Marino qualify for the 2nd year in a row? Maybeeeee. 4.5/10

Jess: I really do like this song! Michele & Anita voices work so well together! 8/10

John: "If we all light a candle" ? The most ill-advised lyric of the century crops up here but, being the forgiving type, I will concede to liking other aspects of this song (after hearing it several times). If it fails abysmally it will likely have more to do with it being the San Marino entry than anything else. Overall a pleasant sound.  6/10

OUR VERDICT - 29/50
OVERALL SCORE - 5.8/10

Let's remind ourselves of Anita's and Michele's Junior Eurovision entries...

San Marino: 'Chain of Lights' officially presented!

Chain of Lights by Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniola has been officially presented today. Ralph Siegel composed the song. What to say about this one? This blogger defiantly misses Vale but I do wish them the best of luck. Maybe the song will grow on me.. Maybe ;-)

Photograph - Eurovision.tv 

San Marino: A chain of light for Michele and Anita!

San Marino's song will be officially presented tomorrow morning, during the Heads of Delegations meeting. Anita will be the youngest singer in Vienna, she turns 16 next month, and therefore San Marino are sending the youngest duo ever to Eurovision. Their song is entitled A Chain Of Light. Listen to a 40 second snippet here...

UPDATE - Chain Of Lights has been leaked. Valentina's song was also leaked last year before its official release... oppps! Listen to it here. 

ITALY WINS JUNIOR EUROVISION 2014!

Junior Eurovision isn't something I normally follow but it's had a new lease of life this year. A fantastic show from Malta and many excellent songs. Vincenzo Cantiello will take the trophy home for Italy, on their debut, but now the question is - will RAI want to stage next years edition of the contest? The Italian song wasn't my favourite but I'm happy for them. It's only a matter of time until they win the real thing, in my opinion.. Bulgaria came 2nd (will this entice them to return to Eurovision?) and Armenia somehow came 3rd. Josie from Croatia came last - with San Marino and Montenegro not doing much better. I wanted San Marino to do a little better but had a feeling they wouldn't. And poor Montenegro. Cyprus only achieved 9th place - which I'm kind disappointed about. Sophia's performance was my favourite and damn that girl can sing. She deserved to do better. The full results:

1. 159 - Italy
2. 147 - Bulgaria
3. 146 - Armenia
4. 116 - Malta
5. 096 - Russia
6. 074 - Ukraine
7. 071 - Belarus
8. 070 - The Netherlands
9. 069 - Cyprus
10. 061 - Serbia
11. 054 - Georgia
12. 029 - Slovenia
13. 028 - Sweden
14. 024 - Montenegro
15. 021 - San Marino
16. 013 - Croatia

Photograph - Junior Eurovision