Poor Valentina - missing out in the year that everyone thought she'd get to the Final...
At least she won the LMBTO's Nation Favourite poll!
It was a close run thing but Valentina Monetta's 2013 entry, "Crisalide (Vola)", won the latest poll for San Marino by one vote:
And the rest of the playlist?
"Qami Qami" - Maléna
"La Festa" - Luna
"Boom Bang-A-Bang" - Lulu
"Better The Devil You Know" - Sonia
"Beautiful Song" - Anmary
"Sekret" - Ronela Hajati
"Fine" (censored) - Cornelia Jakobs
"High Heels In The Neighbourhood" - The Swingers ft Tanja & Birgit
"Once In A Lifetime" - Ines
"Play" - Jüri Pootsmann
"The Voice" - Eimear Quinn
"Dis oui" (instrumental) - Melanie Cohl
"Crisalide (Vola)" - Valentina Monetta
"Friend Of A Friend" - Lake Malawi
"Mundu eftir mér" - Greta Salóme and Jónsi
"La Melodia" - WRS
"AMAN" - Amanda Tenfjord & Evangelia
"Soul Pop" - Circus Mircus
"Written In Blood" - The Rasmus
"Dusty Road" - Systur
"Lose My Cool" - Faustix ft Klara Hammarström
"Come Together" - Lee Kernaghan, Mitch Tambo & Isaiah Firebrace
"Run" - Sofie Fjellvang
"Fool" - Roxen
About half of the show was new material from the class of 2022, whether that be from Eurovision itself or from the artists at National Finals - starting the show were two JESC tracks, the first one responsible for this new theme:
We are starting to get entries for JESC 2022 now - if they are released already, they will appear on the show now. Chances are that some, like Poland where the song only appears at the National Final at the final round, will have to wait until the official playlist comes out on streaming sites and CD.
Join me next week on LET ME BE THE ONE
to find out who that was!