Background
San Marino's debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008. Radiotelevisione della Repubblica di San Marino (SMRTV) announced in November 2007 that it was considering entering the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2008, all depending of the share holders of San Marino RTV. Half of the stock of SMRTV at the time belonged to Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI), the Italian broadcaster which withdrew from the contest in 1997. SMRTV, however, officially announced its participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade, Serbia in November 2007.
As the Sammarinese broadcaster of the event, it was SMRTV's job to organize a process to select the country's entrant. For its first Eurovision appearance, SMRTV sought to host an internal selection process.
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