San Marino is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Like an Animal" performed by Piqued Jacks. The Sammarinese broadcaster San Marino RTV (SMRTV) organised the national final in order to select the Sammarinese entry for the 2023 contest. The event consisted of over 1000 emerging and 32 established artists competing over a five month period from October 2022 through February 2023 for the opportunity to represent the nation at the contest. Background Prior to the 2023 contest, San Marino had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times since their first entry in . The nation's debut entry in the 2008 contest, "" performed by Miodio, failed to qualify for the final and placed last in the semi-final it competed in. San Marino subsequently did not participate in both the and contests, citing financial difficulties. They returned in with Italian singer Senit performing "Stand By", which also failed to take the nation to the final. From 2012 to 2014, San Marino sent Valentina Monetta to the contest on three consecutive occasions, which made her the first singer to participate in three consecutive contests since Udo Jürgens, who competed in , and for Austria. Monetta's first two entries failed to qualify San Marino to the final, however in , she managed to bring the nation to the final for the first time with "Maybe", placing 24th. Following four consecutive non-qualifying years, San Marino qualified for the final for its second time in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, where Serhat represented the nation for his second time and finished in 19th place with "Say Na Na Na". For the 2020 contest, Senhit and her song "Freaky!" were to represent the nation, though following its cancellation, San Marino re-selected Senhit for . Her 2021 song, "", which she performed alongside American rapper Flo Rida, qualified for the final, eventually placing 22nd out of the 26 entries. For the , a competition titled ("A voice for San Marino") was held to select the country's entry. Its selected entrant Achille Lauro and the song "Stripper" failed to qualify for the final, though the broadcaster confirmed the return of the selection event for the 2023 contest. Before Eurovision In February 2022, it was announced that would return for a second edition, while on 13 May 2022, SMRTV confirmed that they would once again use it to select the