The band was formed in 2024 after Alessandro Capicchioni, the Sammarinese head of delegation for the Eurovision Song Contest and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, proposed Asia, Giorgia, Giulia and Vera Stefania to represent the country at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[1] They were announced as the Sammarinese entrants during the charity event Sogna ragazzo sogna ("Dream, child, dream") on 11 September. It was also revealed that the song "Come noi" was the one the group would sing at the contest, having been selected by a "popular jury", following a "small informal competition" during the event, over another song they had performed, "Poesia";[2][3][4] both were written by Francesco Sancisi, Nicola Della Valle and Paolo Macina,[5] members of the band Miodio.[6][7][8][9] "Come noi" was officially presented to the public on 5 October[10][11][12][13] and released on 1 November.[14][15] Given the reference to the K-popboy bandStray Kids in the song, it has been speculated that the group's name, Idols SM, comes from a combination of the name of people working in the K-pop industry, "idols", and the abbreviation of San Marino, SM.[8]
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at Caja Mágica in Madrid, Spain, on 16 November 2024. Idols SM performed 13th, following Stay Tuned from the Netherlands and preceding Artem Kotenko from Ukraine.[16] They finished in seventeenth, last, place with 47 points, the nation's lowest placement ever in the contest.[17]
On 29 November 2024, the band members, except Giulia, accompanied by their parents and one of the authors of "Come noi", met with the Minister of Tourism of San Marino, Federico Pedini Amati, who thanked them for representing San Marino in the contest.[18][19][20]
Members
Asia Ceccoli
Asia Ceccoli (born 2012 or 2013[21]) is a Russian-Sammarinese child singer. She was born to Andrej (born 4 August 1981[22]),[1][23] a Moscow-born entrepreneur,[22] president of the Association San Marino-Russia[24] and representative of the Party of Socialists and Democrats,[25] who has lived in San Marino since he was 11 and holds both Russian and Sammarinese citizenship,[22] and Roxana Ceccoli.[26] At the age of 8, Asia made her first television appearance as part of the children's entertainment show Generazione Z.[27][28]
Giorgia De Scisciolo
Giorgia De Scisciolo (born 2011, 2012 or 2013[2]), also known as Giorgia Descisolo, is a Sammarinese child singer. Her mother, Arianna Pelliccioni,[1][24] founded the aesthetic center Glitterful (Glitter Studio) in 2015.[29][30]
Giulia Rinaldi
Giulia Rinaldi (born 29 March 2012[31][21]) is a Sammarinese child singer and dancer.[6][7][5] She was born to Roberto Rinaldi,[24] who is a native of Rimini and graduated from the University of Bologna in 1988,[32] and Vanessa Tavolini,[1] an employee of Studio Galassi Tavolini since 24 March 2002.[33] They registered their marriage on 30 April 2011.[32]
Vera Stefania Olkhovskaya
Vera Stefania Olkhovskaya (born 18 February 2013[34]), also known by her stage name Vera-Stefania, is a Russian-Sammarinese child singer. She has three siblings. Her mother, Yaroslava Olkhovskaya (born 6 July 1976), who was born in Moscow and graduated from the Moscow University of Political Economy and Law with a degree in psychology, is involved in the development of mutual Russia–San Marino relations in various sectors of the market and production.[35] In May 2019, Vera Stefania and Yaroslava won the international vocal competition In nome della vita sulla terra in Moscow, representing San Marino and performing their own song "Un nuovo giorno" ("In the name of life on earth").[36] Later, the young artist appeared in some episodes of the show Generazione Z from 2020 to 2023.[37][38][39][40]
In 2025, Vera Stefania released her first EP I'm Free, under the name Vera-Stefania.[41][42] Her favorite genres of music are hip-hop, pop music and K-pop.[6][7][5]
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