Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Romania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since its debut in 1994, and has placed in the top ten six times. Its best results were achieved by Luminița Anghel and Sistem in 2005, and by Paula Seling and Ovi in 2010, who both finished in third place. Selecția Națională[lower-alpha 1] (English: The National Selection), a song contest that takes place every year in Romania, is used to select the country's entrant for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Its voting system and format have changed over the years.

Romania
Member station	TVR
National selection events	National final (Selecția Națională[lower-alpha 1])
Participation summary
Appearances	20 (18 finals)
First appearance	1994
Best result	3rd: 2005, 2010
External links
TVR's official website
Romania's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

In 1993, the year before its first appearance, Romania attempted to debut in the contest, but came last in the pre-qualifying round. After successfully joining the following year, poor placements followed until 2002, resulting in relegation several times. This changed with the introduction of semi-finals to the contest in 2004, after which Romania qualified for the Grand Final every year except 2018 and 2019. In 2016, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) suspended broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) from all EBU member services due to repeated non-payment of debts, which in turn disqualified its entry from participating in the contest. In 2020, despite having selected a representative, the nation was unable to take part due to the contest's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related cancellation. Romania's most recent Grand Final appearance in 2017 saw Ilinca and Alex Florea reach seventh place.

Contest history

Paula Seling and Ovi (pictured) placed third with their 2010 entry "Playing with Fire".[1]

Romania unsuccessfully attempted to debut in the 1993 contest, selecting "Nu pleca" by Dida Drăgan for the pre-qualifying round Preselection for Millstreet (Slovenian: Kvalifikacija za Millstreet); Drăgan came in last place.[2] A non-qualification was also achieved in 1996 when there was a pre-qualifier for all countries excluding hosts Norway.[3][4] The Eurovision site does not count either year in Romania's list of appearances.[1] The country's first official participation occurred in 1994 when Dan Bittman's "Dincolo de nori" placed 21st in the contest's Grand Final. The following years saw similar low placements and non-participations in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001.[1]

Romania's first top ten result was achieved in 2002, when Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel finished ninth with their song "Tell Me Why". The country placed within the top 20 every year from 2004 to 2015, claiming third place in 2005 with "Let Me Try" by Luminița Anghel and Sistem. As of 2019, this remains Romania's best result in the contest, alongside Paula Seling and Ovi's 2010 entry "Playing with Fire", which also finished third. Since 2010, the country's only other top ten placement was in 2017, when Ilinca and Alex Florea reached seventh place with "Yodel It!".[1] 2019 was broadcaster Televiziunea Română's (TVR) first year to significantly invest in a performance; the costs for the use of graphics and special effects during the show for Ester Peony's "On a Sunday" amounted to 100,000 euros.[5][6] Romania had previously introduced the first ever use of holograms at Eurovision in 2014.[7]

Romania has participated in the contest 20 times, having qualified for the final every year since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004 except for 2018 and 2019.[1] In 2016 the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) suspended TVR from all EBU member services due to the repeated non-payment of debts and the threat of insolvency. This in turn disqualified their 2016 entry, "Moment of Silence" sung by Ovidiu Anton from participating in the contest.[8][9] It led to strong reactions against the decision from several observers.[10][11] Although TVR had selected Roxen to perform "Alcohol You" in 2020,[12] the contest was cancelled due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China and its spread to other countries.[13] Roxen was internally selected for 2021 nonetheless.[14]

Selection process and accolades

Selecția Națională[lower-alpha 1] (English: The National Selection), a song contest which takes place every year in Romania, has been used to select its entry for the contest. The first edition was held in 1993, with the winner chosen by 1100 households in the country.[2] Since then, several voting procedures have been used, often combining televoting with the votes of a jury panel.[17][18][19] The selection of the winner either occurred during one show,[20] or through a varying amount of semi-finals.[18][21] For the first time, a part of Romania's entry was determined internally in 2020. Roxen was selected by TVR out of exclusive partner Global Records's roster, and was appointed five songs for a jury and the public to choose from.[22][23][24][25]

In 2008, Nico and Vlad won Romania's first and only Marcel Bezençon Award for "Pe-o margine de lume", in the Composer Award category,[26] and Sanda received the infamous Barbara Dex Award in 2004.[27] A number of Romania's Eurovision entries have experienced commercial success over the years. While "Let Me Try" reached number nine on the Romanian Top 100,[28] 2006's "Tornerò" by Mihai Trăistariu peaked within the top ten in Finland and Greece.[29][30] Elena's "The Balkan Girls" topped the Romanian chart in 2009, and similar success was attained by Mandinga's "Zaleilah" in 2012, obtaining number two in the country's Airplay 100 ranking and a Gold certification for digital downloads exceeding 10,000 copies in Romania.[31][32]

Contestants

Table key

1	Winner
2	Second place
3	Third place
◁	Last place
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Year	Artist	Language	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points
1993	Dida Drăgan	Romanian	"Nu pleca"	Failed to qualify		7 ◁	38
1994	Dan Bittman	Romanian	"Dincolo de nori"	21	14	No semi-finals
1996	Monica Anghel and Sincron	Romanian	"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"	Failed to qualify		29 ◁	11
1998	Mălina Olinescu	Romanian	"Eu cred"	22	6	No semi-finals
2000	Taxi	English	"The Moon"	17	25	No semi-finals
2002	Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel	English	"Tell Me Why"	9	71	No semi-finals
2003	Nicola	English	"Don't Break My Heart"	10	73	No semi-finals
2004	Sanda	English	"I Admit"	18	18	Top 11 previous year[lower-alpha 2]
2005	Luminița Anghel and Sistem	English	"Let Me Try"	3	158	1	235
2006	Mihai Trăistariu	English, Italian	"Tornerò"	4	172	Top 11 previous year[lower-alpha 2]
2007	Todomondo	English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian	"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You"	13	84	Top 10 previous year[lower-alpha 2]
2008	Nico and Vlad	Romanian, Italian	"Pe-o margine de lume"	20	45	7	94
2009	Elena	English	"The Balkan Girls"	19	40	9	67
2010	Paula Seling and Ovi	English	"Playing with Fire"	3	162	4	104
2011	Hotel FM	English	"Change"	17	77	4	111
2012	Mandinga	Spanish, English	"Zaleilah"	12	71	3	120
2013	Cezar	English	"It's My Life"	13	65	5	83
2014	Paula Seling and Ovi	English	"Miracle"	12	72	2	125
2015	Voltaj	Romanian, English	"De la capăt (All Over Again)"	15	35	5	89
2016	Ovidiu Anton	English	"Moment of Silence"	Disqualified X
2017	Ilinca and Alex Florea	English	"Yodel It!"	7	282	6	174
2018	The Humans	English	"Goodbye"	Failed to qualify		11	107
2019	Ester Peony	English	"On a Sunday"	Failed to qualify		13	71
2020	Roxen	English	"Alcohol You"	Contest cancelled X
2021	Roxen[14]	TBA

Related involvement

Heads of delegation

The public broadcaster of each participating country in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the contestants, songwriters, composers and backing vocalists, among others.[34]

Year	Head of delegation	Ref.
2005	Dan Manoliu	[35]
2006		[36]
2007		[37]
2008	Ioan Duma	[38]
2009	Dan Manoliu	[39]
2012		[40]
2013		[41]
2014	Liana Stanciu	[42]
2015		[43]
2016	Iuliana Marciuc	[44]
2017		[45]
2018		[45]
2019	Smaranda Vornicu-Shalit	[45]
2020	Liana Stanciu	[23]

Jury members

A five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals is made up for every participating country for the semi-finals and Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest, ranking all entries except for their own country's contribution. The juries' votes constitute 50% of the overall result alongside televoting.[46]

Year	1st member	2nd member	3rd member	4th member	5th member	Ref.
2014	Mădălin Voicu	Mirela Fugaru	Mihai Stoica	Alexandru Călin Geambasu	Nico	[47]
2015	Viorel Gavrilă	Mihai Pocorschi	Ovi	Anca Lupeș	Alexandra Cepraga	[48]
2017	Luminița Anghel	Mihai Trăistariu	Tavi Colen	Paula Seling	Cezar	[49]
2018	Nicu Patoi	Anca Lupeș	Sanda Cepraga	Gabriel Cotabiță	Mihai Alexandru	[50]
2019	Ozana Barabancea	Liana Stanciu	Monica Anghel	Andrei Kerestely	Bogdan Pavlică	[51]

Commentators and spokespersons

For the show's broadcast on TVR,[1] various commentators and dual commentators have been hired throughout the years, with Leonard Miron notably having done the job on seven occasions.[52] At Eurovision, after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite their respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.[53]

Year	Commentator	Dual commentator	Spokesperson	Refs.
1994	Gabriela Cristea	None	Cristina Țopescu	[54][55]
1998	Leonard Miron	None	Anca Țurcașiu	[52][56]
1999	Leonard Miron	None	Did not participate	[52]
2000	Leonard Miron	None	Andreea Marin	[52][57]
2001	Leonard Miron	Unknown	Did not participate	[52]
2002	Unknown	Unknown	Leonard Miron	[58]
2003	Unknown	Unknown	Leonard Miron	[59]
2004	Unknown	Unknown	Andreea Marin	[60]
2005	Unknown	Unknown	Berti Barbera	[61]
2006	Unknown	Unknown	Andreea Marin Bănică	[62]
2007	Unknown	Unknown	Andreea Marin Bănică	[63]
2008	Leonard Miron	Unknown	Alina Sorescu	[52][64]
2009	Unknown	Unknown	Alina Sorescu	[65]
2010	Leonard Miron	Gianina Corondan	Malvina Cservenschi	[52][66][67]
2011	Liana Stanciu	Bogdan Pavlică	Malvina Cservenschi	[68][69]
2012	Leonard Miron	Gianina Corondan	Paula Seling	[52][70][71]
2013	Liana Stanciu	None	Sonia Argint-Ionescu	[72][73][74]
2014	Unknown	Unknown	Sonia Argint-Ionescu	[75][74]
2015	Unknown	Unknown	Sonia Argint-Ionescu	[53][74]
2017	Liana Stanciu	Radu Andrei Tudor	Sonia Argint-Ionescu	[76][77][74]
2018	Liliana Ștefan	Radu Andrei Tudor	Sonia Argint-Ionescu	[78][79][74]
2019	Liana Stanciu	Bogdan Stănescu	Ilinca	[80][81]

Photo gallery

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  Todomondo in Helsinki (2007)
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  Nico and Vlad in Belgrade (2008)
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  Elena in Moscow (2009)
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  Paula Seling and Ovi in Oslo (2010)
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  Mandinga in Baku (2012)
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  Cezar in Malmö (2013)
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  Paula Seling and Ovi in Copenhagen (2014)
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  Voltaj in Vienna (2015)
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  Ilinca and Alex Florea in Kiev (2017)
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  The Humans in Lisbon (2018)
• 
  Ester Peony in Tel Aviv (2019)

See also

• Romania in the Eurovision Young Dancers
• Romania in the Eurovision Young Musicians
• Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Romania in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest
• Romania in the Turkvision Song Contest

Notes

1. The contest is sometimes referred to by local media and TVR as Eurovision România (English: Eurovision Romania).[15][16]
2. According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if two Big Four countries were placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots would be advanced to next year's Grand Final, along with all countries ranked in the top ten.[33]

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