Valentina Monetta (born 1 March 1975) is a Sammarinese singer. She represented San Marino in the 2012 and 2013 Eurovision Song Contest, and will represent San Marino in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest.Valentina Monetta was born and raised in San Marino being the younger of the two children of a Sammarinese mother and an Italian father. A graduate of the Giovanni da Rimini school in Rimini, Monetta became self-taught in piano and voice from an early age and developed an especial affinity for jazz and R&B music. Monetta began her singing career in 1995 fronting the group Tiberio and was subsequently involved with a number of bands including Parafunky, Harem-B, 2blackBluesmobile, and My Funky Valentine.[1] Monetta also competed in the 2001 edition of the televised singing competition Popstars