San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

San Marino in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country San Marino
Selection processUna voce per San Marino
Selection date19 February 2022
Competing entry
Song"Stripper"
ArtistAchille Lauro
Songwriters
  • Daniele Dezi
  • Daniele Mungai
  • Davide Petrella
  • Federico De Marinis
  • Francesco Viscovo
  • Gregorio Calculli
  • Lauro De Marinis
  • Marco Lanciotti
  • Matteo Ciceroni
  • Mattia Cutolo
  • Simon Pietro Manzari
Placement
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th)
Participation chronology
◄2021 2022 2023►

San Marino was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Stripper" performed by Achille Lauro. The Sammarinese broadcaster, San Marino RTV (SMRTV), organised a new national final concept entitled Una voce per San Marino ("A voice for San Marino") to decide their representative. The event consisted of 299 emerging and nine established artists competing over a three month period from December 2021 through February 2022 for the opportunity to represent the nation at the contest. The winning entry "Stripper" was written by Lauro, Daniele Dezi, Daniele Mungai, Davide Petrella, Federico De Marinis, Francesco Viscovo, Gregorio Calculli, Marco Lanciotti, Matteo Ciceroni, Mattia Cutolo and Simon Pietro Manzari.

To promote the entry, Lauro released the song as a digital download, lyric video and a music video consisting of the performance of the entry at Una voce per San Marino. A promotional tour was initially scheduled, but appearances were subsequently canceled due to the rise in COVID-19 cases occurring at the time. San Marino was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 which took place on 12 May 2022. Performing during the show seventh in the running order, "Stripper" was not announced among the top 10 entries of its semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that San Marino placed 14th out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 50 points.