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Gabry Ponte

{{Short description|Italian musician, DJ and producer (born 1973)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Gabry Ponte

| image = PrepartyES - Gabry Ponte 03 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Ponte in 2025

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Gabriele Ponte

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|4|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Turin, Piedmont, Italy

| origin =

| genre = {{flatlist|

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| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Musician
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • remixer

}}

| years_active = 1993–present

| label = {{flatlist|

}}

| associated_acts = Eiffel 65, Julissa Veloz, Pitbull, Shaggy

| website = {{URL|www.gabryponte.com}}

}}

Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte ({{IPA|it|ɡabriˈɛːle ˈɡaːbri ˈponte}}; born 20 April 1973){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/62991-Gabry-Ponte|title=Gabry Ponte Discography at Discogs|work=Discogs|access-date=2010-12-11}} is an Italian musician, DJ and producer, best known as a member of Eiffel 65. He represented {{Esccnty|San Marino|y=2025}} in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with his song "Tutta l'Italia", qualifying for the grand final.

Career

=1998–2003=

In 1998 he produced Blue (Da Ba Dee), the debut single with his band Eiffel 65, which topped the worldwide charts and sold over 8 million copies; their first album Europop sold another 4 million copies. In the year 2000, they won the European Music Award as the "Best Italian Artist In The World".

He later went on to produce the 2001 Italian hit single "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio De André's song by the same name, sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan), which was rewarded with gold record for selling over 25,000 copies,{{cite web |url=https://www.subwayviterbo.it |title=Gabry Ponte Al Subway... e il Sabato Sera diventa Leggenda |date= 20 March 2016 |website= Subwayviterbo.it |language=it }} as well as the 2001 hit "Got to Get", the 2002 hit "Time to Rock", and the 2003 hit "La Danza delle Streghe" (English: "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular songs such as the 2003 singles for Gianni Togni's "Giulia" and O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei", among others.

=2005–2009=

In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006 he founded and still manages record label Dance and Love, nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. He would release a song called "Vivi Nell'Aria" featuring Miani to Zooland Records. The song samples "The Moon" by ItaloBrothers.

File:Gabry Ponte @ Troppifiky Bellaria.jpg

=2012–2014=

In 2012, Ponte released his single "Beat on My Drum" featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen, which peaked at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 11 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In January 2012, he also produced the international hit "Tacata'" by dance music trio Tacabro.

Meanwhile, Ponte starts his solo projects and his first singles and remixes storm the European charts. In 2014, his single "Buonanotte Giorno" became a summer hit in Italy, reaching the top 10. In the same year, he entered the Top 100 DJs chart from DJ Mag at No. 61, also as the highest-ranked Italian.{{cite web|url=https://djmag.com/top100dj?year=2014|title=Top 100 DJs 2014 - DJMag.com|work=DJ Mag|access-date=2014-10-20}}

=2021–present=

His most successful collaborations include the 2021 singles "Thunder" with LUM!X and Prezioso and "Can't Get Over You" with Aloe Blacc. The 2022 singles "Call Me" with Timmy Trumpet and R3HAB, "The Finger" with Georgia Ku, and the summer hit "We Could Be Together" together with LUM!X and Daddy DJ, already GOLD record in Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and France.

In 2022, he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as a co-writer and producer of the song "Halo", performed by Lumix and Pia Maria. Among the last club releases were collaborations with artists such a Blasterjaxx, Justus, DJs From Mars, Vini Vici and official remixes for Sigala, Sam Feldt and David Guetta with his global hit "I’m Good".

On the 6 December Ponte released a dedicated to Spotify Wrapped 2023: "Losing You – Spotify Singles", celebrating the Police track "Every Breath You Take" 40 years since its release. From a live perspective, in 2023, Ponte performed 90 shows in 11 countries, in front of over 700,000 people dancing.{{cn|date=June 2024}}

In 2025, Ponte won the right to represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Tutta l'Italia", which had previously been composed as the theme for that year's Sanremo Music Festival. He was driving his daughter to the park, when he played the song for her. When the song ended, she said, "Daddy, play it again."{{Cite web|url=https://eurovision.tv/story/its-gabry-pontes-party|title=From ‘Tutta L'Italia’ to San Marino: It's Gabry Ponte's party|date=23 April 2025|website=Eurovision.tv|accessdate=1 May 2025}} On 13 May 2025, Ponte performed in the first semifinal, where he qualified to the grand final, becoming the fourth representative of San Marino to do so.{{Cite news |last=Holdiness |first=Timothy |date=2025-05-13 |title=Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final One Qualifiers |url=https://escxtra.com/2025/05/13/eurovision-2025-semi-final-one-qualifiers/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |work=ESCXTRA |language=en-GB}} Ponte placed 26th with 27 points. On June 3, 2025, his autobiography, "Dance & Love", is now available in bookstores & online.

Health scare

On January 19, 2021, he posted that he was in the hospital about to undergo heart surgery, due to a defective valve in his heart. A couple of days later, he posted that he was "a little bit off but happy that the surgery went well."Instagram Post

Personal

In June 2021, he became a father to a baby girl, Alice.Instagram Post

Discography

=Albums=

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|+List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA
{{cite web|url=https://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=Gabry+Ponte|title=Gabry Ponte albums|website=italiancharts.com|access-date=22 February 2025}}
scope="row"| Gabry Ponte

| 2002

| 16

scope="row"| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. DJ

| 2004

| 17

scope="row"| Gabry2o

| 2008

| 34

Other albums

  • Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
  • Love Songs in the Digital Age According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
  • Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
  • Gabry Ponte – Gabry2o Vol. 2 (2009)
  • Dance & Love albums series:
  • Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 1 (2010)
  • Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 2 (2010)
  • Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 3 (2010)
  • Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 4 (2011)

=Extended plays=

  • 2006: Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte
  • 2007: Love Songs in the Digital Age according to Gabry Ponte Containing: "Now & Forever" / "The Point of No Return" / "The Point of No Return (Bufalo & D-Deck Remix)" / "La Libertà" (Hard Love Remix) / "Geordie" (Eurotrance Remix)
  • 2007: Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte
  • 2018: Dance Lab

=Singles=

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|+List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| ITA
{{cite web|url=https://italiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&search=Gabry+Ponte|title=Gabry Ponte singles|website=italiancharts.com|access-date=22 February 2025}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gabry+Ponte|title=Discographie Gabry Ponte|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=29 April 2020}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BEL
(Wa)
{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gabry+Ponte#charts|title=Discographie Gabry Ponte|website=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=7 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/21eadd/Gabry-Ponte-&-Henri-PFR-The-Feeling|title=Gabry Ponte & Henri PFR – The Feeling|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=7 November 2021}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| FRA
{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gabry+Ponte|title=Gabry+Ponte|website=lescharts.com|access-date=22 July 2022|language=fr}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Gabry+Ponte|title=Discographie von Gabry Ponte|website=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|access-date=27 March 2020}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| LTU
{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s21-4/|title=2025 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=AGATA|language=lt|date=23 May 2025|access-date=23 May 2025}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NLD
{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gabry+Ponte|title=Discografie R3HAB|work=Dutch Charts Portal|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=11 January 2025}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NOR
{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gabry+Ponte#charts|title=Discographie Gabry Ponte|website=norwegiancharts.com|access-date=10 October 2021}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=32|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 32|language=sv|website=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=13 August 2021}}{{cite web |title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21, 2025 |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2025&dspp=21 |access-date=23 May 2025 |publisher=Sverigetopplistan}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI
{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gabry+Ponte#charts|title=Discographie Gabry Ponte|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=28 June 2021}}

scope="row"| "Time to Rock"

| rowspan=2|2002

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scope="row"| "Geordie"

| 9

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scope="row"| "De musica tonante"

| rowspan=5|2003

| 13

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scope="row"| "Music"
(with Fargetta)

| 75

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scope="row"| "The Man in the Moon"

| 30

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scope="row"| "Giulia" (with DJ Lhasa)

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scope="row"| "La danza delle streghe"

| 7

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  • FIMI: Gold{{cite certification|region=Italy|artist=Gabry Ponte|access-date=12 May 2025}}

| rowspan=2|Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ

scope="row"| "Figli di Pitagora"
(featuring Little Tony)

| rowspan=2|2004

| 13

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scope="row"| "Sin pararse"
(with Ye Man)

| 20

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| {{Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Depends on You"

| 2005

| 13

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| Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ

scope="row"| "Sono già solo (Remix)"

| 2010

| 51

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| Dance and Love – The Selection Vol. 3

scope="row"| "Beat on My Drum"
(featuring Pitbull and Sophia Del Carmen)

| 2012

| 85

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scope="row"| "La fine del mondo"
(featuring Two Fingerz)

| rowspan=2|2014

| 7

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scope="row"| "Buonanotte giorno"

| 7

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scope="row"| "Che ne sanno i 2000"
(featuring Danti)

| 2016

| 22

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  • FIMI: 2× Platinum
scope="row"| "Tu sei"
(featuring Danti)

| 2017

| 45

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  • FIMI: Gold
scope="row"| "Monster"
(with Lum!x)

| 2019

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| 52

| 37

| 41

| 20

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| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Monster" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2021&dspp=33|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=20 August 2021}}}}

| 55

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  • FIMI: Gold
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Gabry Ponte|access-date=12 May 2025}}
  • IFPI AUT: 3× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Austria|artist=Gabry Ponte|access-date=12 May 2025}}
  • SNEP: Diamond{{cite certification|region=France|artist=Gabry Ponte|access-date=12 May 2025}}
scope="row"| "The Passenger (LaLaLa)"
(with Lum!x and Mokaby and D.T.E)

| rowspan=2| 2020

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  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
scope="row"| "Lonely"
(with Jerome)

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scope="row"| "Golden"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/golden-feat-riell-single/1545009205?ls=1&at=1010ldtm&app=music |title=Golden (feat. RIELL) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=27 January 2021}}
(with Blasterjaxx featuring Riell)

| rowspan="8"| 2021

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scope="row"| "Oh La La"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/oh-la-la-feat-mougleta-single/1553135490 |title=Oh La La (feat. Mougleta) - Single by Gabry Ponte & MOTi on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=24 March 2021}}
(with Moti featuring Mougleta)

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scope="row"| "Going Down"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/going-down-single/1556324924 |title=Going Down - Single by Gabry Ponte, Lucky Luke & Kevin Palms on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=30 April 2021}}
(with Lucky Luke and Kevin Palms)

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scope="row"| "Thunder"
(with Lum!x and Prezioso)

| 42

| 36

| 5

| 18

| 79

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| 14

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| 20

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  • FIMI: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum
  • IFPI NOR: 3× Platinum{{cite certification|region=Norway|artist=Gabry Ponte|access-date=12 May 2025}}
  • SNEP: Diamond
scope="row"| "The Portrait (Ooh La La)"{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-portrait-ooh-la-la-single/1575281755 |title=The Portrait (Ooh La La) - Single by R3HAB & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=2 September 2021 |archive-date=2 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902215429/https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-portrait-ooh-la-la-single/1575281755 |url-status=dead }}
{{small|(with R3hab)}}

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scope="row"| "Superman"{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1RpoE8vu85Wr4KVNGM7ZYY |title=Superman - Single by Gabry Ponte, Roberto Molinaro on Spotify |website=Apple Music |accessdate=30 March 2022}}
{{small|(with Roberto Molinaro)}}

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scope="row"| "The Feeling"{{cite web |date=27 September 2021 |author=Dancing Astronaut Staff |title=Gabry Ponte, Henri PFR join forces to give Cindy Lauper a modern disco flip |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/09/gabry-ponte-henri-pfr-join-forces-to-give-cindy-lauper-a-modern-disco-flip/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927202321/https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/09/gabry-ponte-henri-pfr-join-forces-to-give-cindy-lauper-a-modern-disco-flip/ |archive-date=27 September 2021 |accessdate=10 October 2021 |website=Dancing Astronaut}}
{{small|(with Henri PFR)}}

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scope="row"| "Can't Get Over You"{{cite web |date=29 November 2021 |author=EDM.com Staff |title=Gabry Ponte and Aloe Blacc—legends behind 'Blue' and 'Wake Me Up'—join forces for intoxicating dance-pop anthem, 'Can’t Get Over You' |url=https://edm.com/music-releases/gabry-ponte-aloe-blacc-cant-get-over-you |accessdate=15 January 2022 |website=EDM.com}}
{{small|(featuring Aloe Blacc)}}

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scope="row"| "Call Me"{{cite news |title=Gabry Ponte, R3HAB And Timmy Trumpet Team Up For 'Call Me' {{!}} UFO Network |url=https://ufo-network.com/2022/01/17/gabry-ponte-r3hab-and-timmy-trumpet-call-me/ |access-date=26 January 2023 |work=UFO Network |date=17 January 2022}}
{{small|(with R3hab and Timmy Trumpet)}}

| rowspan="4"| 2022

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scope="row"| "Hasta La Vista"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/hasta-la-vista-single/1607156998 |title=Hasta La Vista - Single by Gabry Ponte & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music |website=Apple Music |accessdate=30 March 2022}}
{{small|(with Blasterjaxx)}}

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scope="row"| "We Could Be Together"{{cite web | url = https://music.apple.com/it/album/we-could-be-together-single/1626887847?l=en | title = We Could Be Together - Single | website = Apple Music | access-date = 9 June 2022}}
{{small|(with Lum!x and Daddy DJ)}}

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  • FIMI: Gold
  • SNEP: Gold
scope="row"| "Rely on Me"
(with Sigala and Alex Gaudino)

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| Every Cloud – Silver Linings

scope="row"| "Dance Dance"
{{small|(with Alessandra)}}

| 2023

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| rowspan="5" {{Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Let You Down"{{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/let-you-down-feat-sofiloud-single/1728943433|title=Let You Down (feat. Sofiloud) - Single by DVBBS & Gabry Ponte|website=Apple Music|accessdate=January 27, 2025}}
{{small|(with Dvbbs featuring Sofiloud)}}

| rowspan="2"| 2024

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scope="row"| "Born to Love Ya"
(with Sean Paul and Natti Natasha){{Cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/born-to-love-ya-single/1767666686 |title=Born To Love Ya - Single by Gabry Ponte, Sean Paul & Natti Natasha |date=October 4, 2024 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=Apple Music}}

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scope="row"| "Tutta l'Italia"

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scope="row"| "Exotica"

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colspan="14" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Other releases

  • 2009: "U.N.D.E.R.G.R.O.U.N.D."
  • 2009: "Electro Muzik is Back"
  • 2010: "Sexy DJ (In da Club)" (featuring Maya Days)
  • 2020: "Opera" (with La Diva)
  • 2020: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Gabry Ponte edit) (by Harris & Ford)

In 2022 Ponte released "Friendships (Lost My Love) {{abbr|ft.|featuring}} Leony", a remix of "Friendships (Lost My Love) {{abbr|ft.|featuring}} Leony" from Pascal Letoublon, itself a remix of Letoublon's 2017 instrumental release "Friendships".{{cite web|url=https://www.ravejungle.com/2022/06/06/gabry-ponte-friendships-lost-my-love-rework/|title=Gabry Ponte delivers his own re-work of the Pascal Letoublon single ‘Friendships’ (Lost My Love) ft. Leony|first=Metodi|last=Gogovski|date=2022-06-06|access-date=2023-07-03|work=Rave Jungle}}

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|http://www.gabryponte.com}}

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| title = San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest

| years = 2025

| before = Megara
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| after = TBD

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