MeteVision Song Contest 16

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**MeteVision Song Contest 16**, often referred to as **MSC#16**, was the sixteenth edition of MeteVision Song Contest, held in Serravalle, San Marino. The edition started the 25th August 2020, and ended the 12th September 2020.

25 countries participated in this edition, with Bosnia and Lebanon withdrawing from the contest, and Croatia, Cyprus, Israel, Malta, Monaco, Slovenia and Ukraine returning to the competition. Antonia Gigovska from Macedonia won the contest with the song "Kriva sum" receiving a total of 140 points, 30 points ahead the runner-up, Spain. Croatia finishing in third place with 101 points. The host country, San Marino achieved a 16th place with 48 points. The last place was for Russia, that got 8 points.

## Organisation

Once San Marino won the festival, the organisation had to decide where would the festival be in its sixteenth edition. Some cities presented their applications and the organisation had to decide which one was the best. The MBU confirmed the 25th August that **Serravalle** would host MSC#16. At that meeting, MBU also said the theme of this edition, **Size doesn't matter!**, relating it with the fact that the hosting country is a micro-state and it was able to get the victory in the past edition.

The host channel, SMRTV, decided to have well-known and young presenters. They believed that they could be famous people, so they thought in choosing **Valentina Monetta** and **Anita Simoncini** to present MSC#16.

## Location

### **Multieventi Sport Domus**

The **Multieventi Sport Domus** is the most important indoor sports complex in the Republic of San Marino located in Serravalle, near the border with Italy. The building consists of: A 42m x 30m gymnasium that is used by the San Marino Basketball Federation where members of the San Marino National Basketball Federation and San Marino Rhythmic Gymnastics train. A 22m x 50m pool used by the San Marino Swimming Federation for competitive swimming and synchronized swimming. A small gym is used for table tennis, martial arts, judo, and a conference space for 250 people.

Other ancillary rooms include changing rooms for more than 500 swimmers, special rooms for referees and trainers, a fitness room, table tennis, a sports doctor center with a fully equipped hospital ward and conference rooms with up to 250 seats as well as offices. The sports hall has a telescopic grandstand with a maximum capacity of 1,500 spectators. The facility is home to the basketball federation, the training facility of the Federazione Sammarinese Nuoto swimming federation and the seat of the National Olympic Committee Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese . The swimming pool is also available to the population of San Marino outside of the training times of the clubs. The facilities and rooms of the Multieventi Sport Domus are also used for congresses, conferences, concerts, film screenings and dance events.

### **Serravalle**

**Serravalle** is a castello located in the European republic of San Marino. With a population of 10,878 inhabitants (of that 2,000 are of foreign origin) and a surface of 10.53 km², it is not only the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, but it also contains its largest settlement (Dogana). Serravalle is located on the edge of the Apennine Mountains. The town borders on Sammarinese municipalities of Domagnano and Borgo Maggiore and the Italian municipalities Verucchio, Rimini and Coriano. Serravalle counts a surrounding quarter named Galazzano, where the weather station and an industrial area are located. First mentioned in a 962 document, in medieval times this town was called Castrum Olnani (later Olnano), the village of the elm trees. Serravalle attached to San Marino in 1463, during the last territorial expansion of the Republic.

The climate of San Marino is a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfa), with continental influences, having warm summers and cool winters that are typical of inland areas of the central Italian peninsula. Snowfalls are common and heavy almost every winter, especially above 400–500 m (1,300–1,600 feet) of altitude.

## Participants

25 countries participated in the edition.

### **Withdrawing countries**

Bellow a list of all withdrawing countries:

* Bosnia
* Lebanon

### **Returning countries**

Bellow a list of all returning countries:

* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Israel
* Malta
* Monaco
* Slovenia
* Ukraine

## Results

### **12 points**

Below is a summary of the maximum 12 points each country awarded to another in the grand final.

## See also

* MeteVision Song Contest
* MeteVision Song Contest 1
* MeteVision Song Contest 2
* MeteVision Song Contest 3
* MeteVision Song Contest 4
* MeteVision Song Contest 5
* MeteVision Song Contest 6
* MeteVision Song Contest 7
* MeteVision Song Contest 8
* MeteVision Song Contest 9
* MeteVision Song Contest 10
* MeteVision Song Contest 11
* MeteVision Song Contest 12
* MeteVision Song Contest 13
* MeteVision Song Contest 14
* MeteVision Song Contest 15