page_title: San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
section_title: At Eurovision
hierarchical_section_title: San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 / At Eurovision
caption_attribution_description: English: Valentina Monetta representing San Marino with the song "Maybe" during the first dress rehearsal of the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014&#160;Copenhagen. (Help translate this text)
context_page_description: San Marino participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Their entry was chosen through an internal selection, organised by the Sammarinese broadcaster SMtv San Marino. Valentina Monetta who failed to qualify in two previous contest, represented San Marino with the song "Maybe", which qualified from the first semi-final. This was San Marino's first qualification, since their debut in the contest in 2008. Until 2019, this was the only time San Marino qualified for the final. San Marino placed 24th in the final, scoring 14 points.
context_section_description: During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, San Marino was drawn to compete in the second half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014. In the first semi-final, the producers of the show decided that San Marino would perform 12th, following Moldova and preceding Portugal. San Marino qualified from the first semi-final, placing 10th and scoring 40 points, and competed in the final on 10 May 2014. During the winner's press conference for the first semi-final qualifiers, San Marino was allocated to compete in the second half of the final. Their qualification marked the first time San Marino qualified to the final since their debut in the contest in 2008 with Valentina Monetta advancing for the first time in her three consecutive appearances. In the final, the producers of the show decided that San Marino would perform 25th, following the Netherlands and preceding United Kingdom. San Marino placed 24th in the final, scoring 14 points.
  On stage, Valentina Monetta was joined by four backing vocalists and accompanied on piano by composer Siegel. The performance featured Monetta standing in a white dress on a glittery gold circular platform with bluish a fan-like cloth arrangement behind her.
  In San Marino, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on SMtv San Marino and Radio San Marino with commentary by Lia Fiorio and Gigi Restivo. An alternative broadcast of the semi-finals and the final were also broadcast online on the SMtv San Marino website with English commentary by John Kennedy O'Connor and Jamarie Milkovic. The Sammarinese spokesperson revealing the result of the Sammarinese vote in the final was San Marino's previous representative in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Michele Perniola.
caption: Valentina Monetta at the first semi-final dress rehearsal
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