San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	San Marino
National selection
Selection process	Internal Selection
Selection date(s)	29 October 2015
Selected artist(s)	Kamilla Ismailova
Selected song	"Mirror"
Finals performance
Final result	14th, 36 points
San Marino in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄2014 • 2015

San Marino participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. On 27 September 2015 it was confirmed that they would participate in the 2015 contest. ^[1] The country used an internal selection to select the artist and the song. Kamilla Ismailova represented San Marino with the song "Mirror".

Internal selection

On 29 October 2015, San Marino chose their artist for the contest through an internal selection. Kamilla Ismailova was selected to represent the country, despite being born and raised in Russia.

Artist and song information

"Mirror"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 entry
Country	San Marino
Artist(s)	Kamilla Ismailova
Languages	Italian, English
Composer(s)	Andrelli, Josefin Glenmark
Lyricist(s)	Andrelli, Josefin Glenmark, Piero Romitelli, Kamilla Ismailova
Entry chronology
◄ "Breaking My Heart" (2014)

Kamilla Ismailova

Kamilla Ismailova was born in Russia on July 22, 2004. She is half-Azerbaijani. She represented San Marino in Junior Eurovision 2015, even though the rules of Junior Eurovision say that representatives of countries must have citizenship or have lived in the country for at least two years.

Kamilla visited San Marino in her early childhood, and since then this small country has taken a place in her heart. The language, the feeling, the people and their pace of life, and the traditions of the country all made a big impression on Kamilla, who promised herself that someday she would be connected with the country again.

Aside from Junior Eurovision, Kamilla and her friends from the "S. T. A. R. S" Academy of cinema and show-business host a music chart called "Kids' Top 10 with Yana Rudkovskaya", and also present a fashion/music program called "TrYnd-Fashion". She is also a lover of horses, and enjoys racing with them.

Kamilla made an appearance in the official video of "A Million Voices" by Polina Gagarina, whom represented Russia in Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

Mirror

"Mirror" is a song by Russian-Azerbaijani child singer Kamilla Ismailova. It represented San Marino at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Bulgaria, ending 14th out of 17 songs with 36 points.

At Junior Eurovision

Kamilla Ismailova at the stage of JESC 2015

At the running order draw which took place on 15 November 2015, San Marino were drawn to perform fourteenth on 21 November 2015, following host country Bulgaria and preceding Malta. ^{[2] [3]}

Final

San Marino's representative was wearing a very long white dress full of mirrors and she was joined on stage by 4 dancers dressed in silver, also with mirrors. The background was dark, full of stars and reflections and the lighting was white and very dynamic. Wearing iridescent makeup and a dress partially encrusted in mirrors, Kamilla and her crew literally shine when the spotlights move around them. The camerawork allowed for plenty of views of Kamilla's talented backing dancers.

Voting

The voting during the final consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released one month after the final.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that San Marino had placed ninth with the public televote and fifteenth with the jury vote. In the public vote, San Marino scored 51 points, while with the jury vote, San Marino scored 15 points. ^[4]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to San Marino and awarded by San Marino in the final and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the final.

Points awarded to San Marino [5] Score Country 12 points [lower-alpha 1]   Ukraine 10 points 8 points 7 points   Russia 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points   Belarus 2 points   Armenia 1 point

Points awarded by San Marino [5] Score Country 12 points   Malta 10 points   Armenia 8 points   Russia 7 points   Belarus 6 points   Slovenia 5 points   Serbia 4 points   Albania 3 points   Australia 2 points   Netherlands 1 point   Ireland

Detailed voting results

The Sammarinese votes in this final were based on 100% jury. The following members comprised the Sammarinese jury: ^[6]

• Viola Conti
• Nicola Della Valle
• Barbara Andreini
• Francesco Stefanelli
• Matteo Venturini

Detailed voting results from San Marino ^[6]

Draw	Country	V. Conti	N. Della Valle	B. Andreini	F. Stefanelli	M. Venturini	Points Awarded
01	Serbia	4	2	6	4	4	5
02	Georgia	8		3
03	Slovenia		8	7	6		6
04	Italy					3
05	Netherlands	2	5	1	2	2	2
06	Australia	6	1	2	1	6	3
07	Ireland	7	4			1	1
08	Russia		7	10	12	7	8
09	Macedonia
10	Belarus	3	3	5	7	5	7
11	Armenia	12	10	8	8	10	10
12	Ukraine	5			5
13	Bulgaria				3
14	San Marino
15	Malta	10	12	12	10	12	12
16	Albania	1	6	4		8	4
17	Montenegro

Notes

1. All countries received one set of 12 points to ensure no country finished with nul points.

References

1. Błażewicz, Miacej (27 September 2015). "San Marino confirmed for Junior Eurovision 2015". escbubble.com. ESCBubble.
2. James-Fisher, Luke (15 November 2015). "Running order for Junior Eurovision 2015". junioreurovision,tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
3. "Final of Sofia 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
4. "Full split results of Junior Eurovision 2015". European Broadcasting Union. 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
5. "Results of the Final of Sofia 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
6. "Detailed Voting Result | Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2021.