ESC 2011 that could've been 10: San Marino

When San Marino was picking internally their song there was rumour it was between a ballad and an uptempo song. Eventually Senit went to Germany with Stand by, a ballad.  Later this summer she released a follow up single Through the rain. A question pops up instantly: Was this the other song? And would it have done better? What do you think? I may prefer Stand by as it has a certain elegance to