San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

In February 2022, it was announced that Una voce per San Marino would return for a second edition, while on 13 May 2022, SMRTV confirmed that they would once again use it to select the nation's entry.[9] This marked the third time that the nation had opted to select their entry with a national final format, the first time being in 2018 with 1in360.

Auditions for Una voce per San Marino were held between October 2022 and February 2023. Interested artists could apply to partake in the event through the official Una voce per San Marino website. There were no restrictions on the nationality of the performer nor the language of the song, though all artists and songs had to comply with the rules of the Eurovision Song Contest as set by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Artists who proceeded to the next round attended an academy in the Teatro Titano in the City of San Marino from 28 October 2022 and 16 February 2023, acting as preliminary castings. From 20 to 24 February 2022, a series of semi-finals will decide the 22 acts that will move on to the final. Established artists were directly invited to the semi-final stage by Media Evolution SRL.[10] SMRTV received over 1000 applications from 31 different countries.[11]

A submission period was opened by SMRTV on 20 August 2022 for emerging artists and composers to submit their entries.[12] By 14 October 2022, the broadcaster announced it had received over 400 applications, particularly from Spain, Germany and Norway, but also from other European countries, Canada, the United States and Australia.[13] Near the close of the submission period, SMRTV reported that they had received over 1,000 applications overall, out of which 299 were selected to take part in the emerging acts round.[14] The emerging acts auditions took place during scheduled dates between 28 October 2022 and 27 January 2023.[15] A special show focused on Una voce per San Marino was aired on 24 January 2023.[16]

Two acts, Kida and Simone De Biagi, were granted a direct pass to the final, as the only Sammarinese acts in the selection.[17] The 104 international emerging acts, including both auditionees and established artists who got automatic passes to participate in the semi-finals following their auditions, and their country of origin were as follows:[18]

Emerging artists

Established artists

On 20 February 2023, SMRTV announced the names of the 106 acts that had been selected to progress to the semi-final stage. In each semi-final, four artists advance immediately to the final. Further four artists in each semi-final are chosen to advance to the second chance round. In total, 22 acts compete in the final: 16 artists chosen from the semi-finals, 4 from the second chance round, and 2 Sammarinese artists that automatically advanced to the final. All of these events will take place at the Teatro Nuovo in Dogana.[19]

Key:   Finalist   Second Chance   Absent

Before the Second Chance round, Pjero was initially confirmed among the contestants with the song "Spiderman", but he was later disqualified from the competition as his song had already been released two years earlier on digital platforms, in conflict with the contest rules. Selina Albright was initially selected as an alternate, but had to drop out due to logistical reasons; thus, TES - Tutti Esageratamente Stronzi were subsequently selected to compete.[20]

Key:   Winner   Second place   Third place

In the semi-final, San Marino did not receive any points in the televote.[24]