Selection Process
A jury, headed by singer Little Tony, was appointed to select the entry from a pool of songs submitted by those interested; the deadline for songs to be submitted was set at 25 February 2008. When the deadline passed, fifty songs had been submitted to San Marino RTV from all across Europe. Many Italian artists wishing to enter Eurovision applied to San Marino RTV, including the Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, Jalisse. Other entries submitted to SMRTV included those by Massimo Bertacci and Michele Imberti. Entries from other Eurovision national selections in other countries were also submitted to SMRTV and included "If You Never Back" by Elnur Hüseynov and "We Are One" by Alexa from the Azerbaijani and Moldovan national finals.
On 11 March 2008, the jury made its decision and selected the Italian–Sammarinese band Miodio to be the first Sammarinese entry with the song "Complice", sung in the Italian language. Miodio consists of Nicola Della Valle (vocals), Paolo Macina (guitar), Andrea Marco 'Polly' Pollice (bass), Francesco Sancisi (keyboard) and Alessandro Gobbi (drums). Upon the announcement of their participation, they stated that they embody "a new way of thinking, born by anger and the will to react each individual carries in their ego".
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