{"id":15282,"date":"2022-05-12T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1636524"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T15:11:13","slug":"who-is-san-marinos-eurovision-2022-entry-meet-achille-lauro","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-san-marinos-eurovision-2022-entry-meet-achille-lauro\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is San Marino\u2019s Eurovision 2022 entry? Meet Achille Lauro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Naomi Gordon\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Achille Lauro will be representing San Marino at the this year\u2019s Eurovision<\/a> song contest with his song \u2018Stripper\u2019.<\/p>\n

San Marino has participated in the song contest 11 times, after debuting in 2008. The nation was unable to take part in 2009 and 2011 due to financial difficulties.<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s M\u00e5neskin won the 2021 Eurovision, so the competition will be held in Turin at the PalaOlimpico Arena this year. The competition will run across three events, kicking off on Tuesday 10th May 2022, which will be the first semi-final. The second semi-final will then air on Thursday 12th May 2022.<\/p>\n

The Grand Final will commence on May 14th, which feature 25 countries competing \u2013 10 from the first Semi-final, 10 from the second Semi-final and the Big 5 countries (UK, Spain, Germany, France and Italy, as hosts).<\/p>\n

Rapper, singer and songwriter Achille Lauro was chosen to perform at Eurovision after he won Una voce per San Marino.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything we know about Achille.<\/p>\n

Who is representing San Marino at the Eurovision 2022?<\/h2>\n

Name:<\/strong> Achille Lauro<\/p>\n

Age:<\/strong> 31<\/p>\n

Instagram:<\/strong> @achilleidol<\/a><\/p>\n

Lauro De Marinis, known professionally as Achille Lauro, was born in Verona, Italy in 1990. He named himself after the cruise ship that was hijacked in the \u201980s and sank in 1994.<\/p>\n

The rapper, singer and songwriter has released six studio albums, and topped the Italian album charts twice. He\u2019s also acted and directed, and has served as a creative director for a record label.<\/p>\n

Achille Lauro has competed in the prestigious\u00a0Festival di Sanremo in Italy in 2019, 2020 and 2022.<\/p>\n

He will be performing his punk-rock song \u2018Stripper\u2019 at the 2022 Eurovision competition live in Turin.<\/p>\n

What is San Marino\u2019s Eurovision 2022 song called?<\/h2>\n