Eurovision’s smallest participating nation once again provides the biggest TV exposure for the competing nations for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
    San Marino may not be hosting a live Eurovision party, but all 43 contestants will have their song broadcast across the Rtv networks in the run up to the semi-finals and final in Stockholm.
    RTV Channel 1 and Webtv are currently airing two official preview videos each day, shortly before the videos are made available on the website.
    For the fifth straight year, RTV’s English language commentator and former voting spokesperson John Kennedy O’Connor is hosting the programmes, providing the only broadcast of the 43 entries with an English language introduction. The author of The Official History and The Official Celebration books published by the EBU and Carlton Books, in keeping with the theme ‘Come Together’, John Kennedy has been in San Marino recording the 43 introductions in preparation for Stockholm.
    In previous years, John Kennedy has introduced the videos from locations in Europe’s oldest independent, democratic nation and last year, made a virtual visit to each participating country.
    This year, John Kennedy is presenting the previews from the RTV studios, surrounded by the images of the contestants and the host city, Stockholm, preparing to Come Together with the music and images.