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
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008