Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the entry "On a Sunday" performed by Ester Peony who wrote the song together with Alexandru Șerbu and Ioana Victoria Badea. The song was selected through a national final organized by the Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR).

Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country	Romania
National selection
Selection process	Selecția Națională 2019
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 27 January 2019 10 February 2019 Final: 17 February 2019
Selected entrant	Ester Peony
Selected song	"On a Sunday"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ester Alexandra Crețu Alexandru Șerbu Ioana Victoria Badea
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (13th, 71 points)
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background

Main article: Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 contest, Romania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 1994.[1] Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been third place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 2005 with the song "Let Me Try" performed by Luminița Anghel and Sistem and in 2010 with the song "Playing with Fire" performed by Paula Seling and Ovi. In 2018, Romania failed to qualify to the final, placing 11th in the second semi-final with the song "Goodbye" performed by The Humans. This marked the first time that Romania failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004.[2]

Before Eurovision

Selecția Națională 2019

As a consent from a conference regarding changes to be implemented for Romania's next Eurovision participation following 2018's "failure",[3] Selecția Națională 2019 has been announced as the national selection organized by TVR and its regional studios in order to select the country's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.[4] Romania had previously confirmed its participation in the contest on 20 September 2018.[5] Selecția Națională 2019, having the slogan "Împlineşte visul!" ("Fulfill the dream!"), consisted of three shows: two semi-finals in Arad and Iași and a final in Bucharest.[4] They were sponsored by Ford.[6]

Format

11 songs competed in the first semi-final and 12 songs in the second semi-final, with the five entries in each attracting the most points from a national jury — consisting of Adi Cristescu, Mihai Georgescu, Crina Mardare, Andy Platon and Mugurel Vrabete — qualifying for the final.[7] A further one entry from the remaining, non-qualified ones with the most votes from the audience were passed into the final.[8]

Competing entries

TVR opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries between 9 November and 10 December 2018, during which a total of 126 entries were received.[4][9] 24 semi-finalists for Selecția Națională 2019 were announced by TVR on 20 December 2018, chosen by an 11-piece professional jury consisting of:[4]

• George Balint – Realitatea Muzicală music journalist
• Felix Crainicu – Radio România Actualități host
• Horea Ghibuţiu – unsitedemuzica.ro music journalist
• Bogdan Miu – DigiFM music journalist and host
• Bogdan Pavlică – Radio România Actualități host
• Răzvan Popescu – Radio ZU host
• Andreea Remeţan – Virgin Radio Romania host
• Gabriel Scîrlet – TVR musical director
• Oliver Simionescu – Kiss FM disc jockey
• Liana Stanciu – TVR music journalist
• Dragoş Vulgaris – Pro FM and Chill FM music journalist

Soon after, Dan Bittman withdrew his entry "Pierd" from the contest due to conflicting schedules.[10] Out of the nine submissions received and rated by the aforementioned jury,[11] Bella Santiago's "Army of Love" and Linda Teodosiu's "Renegades" replaced the latter as wildcards.[12] After the announcement of the two wildcard acts, Mihai withdrew his entry "Baya" from the contest; he cited the unclear organization of the Selecția Națională, as well as allegedly "favoured" contestants as reasons.[13] Xandra would also later withdraw her song "Independent" for unknown reasons.[14]

Artist	Song	Music (m) / Lyrics (l)
2 Gents	"Ielele"[lower-alpha 1]	Alexandru Antonescu (m/l), Cătălin Tamazlicaru (m), Ciprian Rogojan (m), Doru Todoruț (m)[15]
Aldo Blaga	"Your Journey"	Aldo Blaga (m/l), Olivier Bassil (m/l), Nicoleta Roman (l)[16]
Bella Santiago	"Army of Love"	Resciebelle Barrios Santiago (m/l), Alexandru Luft (m/l)[17]
Berniceya	"The Call: Dynasty of Love"	Florin Chitiul (m/l)[18]
Claudiu Mirea	"We Are the Ones"	Mihai Ogășanu (m), Claudiu Mirea (m/l)[19]
Dan Bittman	"Pierd"
Dya and Lucian Colareza	"Without You (Sin ti)"	Sergi Gascon (m/l), Daniel Andres Giraldo Mazo (l)[20]
Echoes	"High Heels On"	Liviu Elekes (m), Claudiu Dănăilă (m/l), Pavel Petricenco (l)[21]
Ester Peony	"On a Sunday"	Ester Alexandra Crețu (m), Alexandru Șerbu (m), Ioana Victoria Badea (l)[22]
The Four	"Song of My Heart"	Cătălin Dascălu (m/l), Theea Miculescu (m/l)[23]
Georgy	"Tears"	Valentin Muntean (m), Claire Avakian (l)[24]
Johnny Bădulescu	"Give Up Now"	Rob Price (m/l)[25]
Laura Bretan	"Dear Father"	Mihai Alexandru (m), Alexandra Niculae (l)[26]
Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan	"Daina"	Mihai Ogășanu (m), Marian Enache (m), Roni-Cristiana Cazacu (l)[27]
Linda Teodosiu	"Renegades"	Jonas Thander (m), Rachel Suter (l), Frank Giustra (l)[28]
Mihai	"Baya"	Mihai Trăistariu (m/l), Michael James Down (m/l), Will Taylor (m/l)[29]
Nicola	"Weight of the World"	Michael James Down (m/l), Will Taylor (m/l), Jonas Gladnikoff (m/l)[30]
Olivier Kaye	"Right Now"	Ovidiu Jacobsen (m/l), Shani Kfir (m/l), Rasmus Bosse (m)[31]
Ommieh and Anakrisez	"Rock This Way"	Eduard Cârcotă (m), Alexandru Bugan (l)[32]
Steam	"The Way It Goes"	Sorin Cotorceanu (m/l), Mihai Iulian Rapeanu (m)[33]
Teodora Dinu	"Skyscraper"	Udo Mechels (m/l), Laila Samuelsen (m/l), Jonas Brøgger Filtenborg (m/l)[34]
Trooper	"Destin"	Aurelian Dincă (m/l)[35]
TMW	"Make Me Your Man"	Adi Campurean (m/l), Adrian-Radu Rusu (m), Eduard Cârcotă (m)[36]
Vaida	"Underground"	Hanif Sabzevari (m/l), Michael James Down (m/l), Will Taylor (m/l), Tonje Gjevjon (m/l)[37]
Xandra	"Independent"	Alex Luft (m/l), Eduard Santha (m/l), Denisa Demian (m/l), Alexandra Șipoș (m/l)[38]
Xonia	"Discrete"	Leticia Ascencio (m/l), John Scott Mulchaey (m/l), Edliberto Mendez (m/l), Bexx (m/l)[39]

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 27 January 2019. Eleven songs competed and six qualified to the final.[40] A jury panel first selected five songs to advance: "We Are the Ones" performed by Claudiu Mirea, "Army of Love" performed by Bella Santiago, "Destin" performed by Trooper, "Without You (Sin ti)" performed by Dya and Lucian Colareza and "Skyscraper" performed by Teodora Dinu. The remaining six entries then faced a public televote which determined an additional qualifier: "Underground" performed by Vaida.[41]

  Jury qualifier   Public vote qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 27 January 2019
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Result
			Votes	Place	Votes	Place
1	Trooper	"Destin"	36	3[lower-alpha 2]	—	—	Advanced
2	Berniceya	"The Call: Dynasty of Love"	8	9	104	6	Eliminated
3	Ommieh and Anakrisez	"Rock This Way"	23	8	262	4	Eliminated
4	Teodora Dinu	"Skyscraper"	27	5	—	—	Advanced
5	Dya and Lucian Colareza	"Without You (Sin ti)"	37	4[lower-alpha 2]	—	—	Advanced
6	Nicola	"Weight of the World"	27	6	255	5	Eliminated
7	Steam	"The Way It Goes"	6	10	394	3	Eliminated
8	Vaida	"Underground"	26	7	1,825	1	Advanced
9	Claudiu Mirea	"We Are the Ones"	48	1	—	—	Advanced
10	The Four	"Song of My Heart"	5	11	661	2	Eliminated
11	Bella Santiago	"Army of Love"	47	2	—	—	Advanced

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 10 February 2019. Twelve songs competed and six qualified to the final.[42] A jury panel first selected five songs to advance: "Dear Father" performed by Laura Bretan, "Renegades" performed by Linda Teodosiu, "On a Sunday" performed by Ester Peony, "Daina" performed by Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan and "Right Now" performed by Olivier Kaye. The remaining seven entries then faced a public televote which determined an additional qualifier: "Your Journey" performed by Aldo Blaga.[41]

  Jury qualifier   Public vote qualifier

Semi-final 2 – 10 February 2019
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Result
			Votes	Place	Votes	Place
1	2 Gents	"Ielele"	18	7	295	2	Eliminated
2	Georgy	"Tears"	5	10	191	4	Eliminated
3	Olivier Kaye	"Right Now"	30	5	—	—	Advanced
4	Xonia	"Discrete"	14	9	154	5	Eliminated
5	TMW	"Make Me Your Man"	1	12	254	3	Eliminated
6	Johnny Bădulescu	"Give Up Now"	16	8	142	6	Eliminated
7	Echoes	"High Heels On"	3	11	141	7	Eliminated
8	Aldo Blaga	"Your Journey"	19	6	539	1	Advanced
9	Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan	"Daina"	37	4	—	—	Advanced
10	Laura Bretan	"Dear Father"	54	1	—	—	Advanced
11	Ester Peony	"On a Sunday"	41	3	—	—	Advanced
12	Linda Teodosiu	"Renegades"	52	2	—	—	Advanced

Final

The final took place on 17 February 2019.[43] Twelve songs competed and the winner was determined by the combination of the votes from a six-member international jury panel (6/7) and public televoting (1/7). Each member of the jury voted by assigning scores from 1–8, 10 and 12 points to their preferred songs. The members of the jury were William Lee Adams (journalist and Wiwibloggs editor), Deban Aderemi (composer, vlogger and Wiwibloggs editor), Alex Calancea (artist, producer and composer), Șerban Cazan (producer for HaHaHa Production), Tali Eshkoli (entrepreneur, show producer and content editor) and Emmelie de Forest (singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2013 winner).[44] The seventh set of votes were the results of the public televote, which had a weighing equal to the votes of a single jury member.[8] After the votes from the jury panel and televote were combined, Ester Peony was the winner of the competition with the song "On a Sunday".[45]

The final featured guest performances by Emmelie de Forest ("Sanctuary" and "Only Teardrops"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, as well as Inis Neziri ("Piedestal" and "Man's World"), as well as by Netta Barzilai ("Toy" and "Bassa Sababa").[6]

Final – 17 February 2019
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury	Televote		Total	Place
				Votes	Points
1	Linda Teodosiu	"Renegades"	36	771	6	42	4
2	Olivier Kaye	"Right Now"	26	151	1	27	8
3	Laura Bretan	"Dear Father"	48	4,685	12	60	2
4	Teodora Dinu	"Skyscraper"	7	139	0	7	12
5	Claudiu Mirea	"We Are the Ones"	19	134	0	19	9
6	Aldo Blaga	"Your Journey"	10	455	4	14	10
7	Ester Peony	"On a Sunday"	62	356	3	65	1
8	Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan	"Daina"	35	572	5	40	5
9	Bella Santiago	"Army of Love"	50	1,161	8	58	3
10	Trooper	"Destin"	19	1,425	10	29	7
11	Dya and Lucian Colareza	"Without You (Sin ti)"	8	332	2	10	11
12	Vaida	"Underground"	28	988	7	35	6

Detailed International Jury Votes
Draw	Song	W.L. Adams	D. Aderemi	A. Calancea	Ș. Cazan	T. Eshkoli	E. de Forest	Total
1	"Renegades"	2	6	8	8	6	6	36
2	"Right Now"		2	6	5	5	8	26
3	"Dear Father"	6	4	12	7	7	12	48
4	"Skyscraper"		5			2		7
5	"We Are the Ones"	1	3	4	4	3	4	19
6	"Your Journey"	3		1	1		5	10
7	"On a Sunday"	12	12	7	12	12	7	62
8	"Daina"	8	7	3	6	8	3	35
9	"Army of Love"	10	10	10	10	10		50
10	"Destin"	5		5	3	4	2	19
11	"Without You (Sin ti)"	4	1		2		1	8
12	"Underground"	7	8	2		1	10	28

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Romania was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[46]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Romania was set to perform in position 6, following the entry from Latvia and preceding the entry from Denmark.[47]

Semi-final

Romania performed sixth in the second semi-final, following the entry from Latvia and preceding the entry from Denmark. At the end of the show, Romania was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Romania placed thirteenth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 71 points: 24 points from the televoting and 47 points from the juries.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry 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 was permitted to 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 as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.[48]

Points awarded to Romania

Points awarded to Romania (Semi-final 2)
Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Moldova	Italy
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
				Ireland  United Kingdom
Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Moldova  Russia		Azerbaijan
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
United Kingdom	Germany		Armenia  Italy	Malta  North Macedonia

Points awarded by Romania

Semi-final 2 Score Televote Jury 12 points  Moldova  Moldova 10 points  Azerbaijan  North Macedonia 8 points  Russia  Netherlands 7 points   Switzerland  Azerbaijan 6 points  Netherlands  Russia 5 points  Norway  Malta 4 points  North Macedonia  Sweden 3 points  Albania   Switzerland 2 points  Malta  Albania 1 point  Sweden  Austria

Final Score Televote Jury 12 points  Netherlands  Australia 10 points   Switzerland  Azerbaijan 8 points  Italy  Czech Republic 7 points  Russia  North Macedonia 6 points  Azerbaijan  Russia 5 points  Iceland  Netherlands 4 points  Norway   Switzerland 3 points  Israel  Serbia 2 points  Australia  Albania 1 point  France  Sweden

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Romanian jury:[48]

• Liana Stanciu – Chairperson – presenter
• Ozana Barabancea – artist, singer
• Monica Anghel – artist, singer, represented Romania in the 2002 contest
• Andrei Kerestely – producer, somposer
• Bogdan Pavlică – music journalist

Split voting results from Romania (Semi-final 2)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		O. Barabancea	L. Stanciu	M. Anghel	A. Kerestely	B. Pavlică	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Armenia	17	8	11	9	12	13		14
02	Ireland	16	12	9	17	15	16		16
03	Moldova	2	1	2	5	6	1	12	1	12
04	Switzerland	15	5	12	7	7	8	3	4	7
05	Latvia	14	14	13	15	9	15		15
06	Romania
07	Denmark	13	16	14	16	16	17		13
08	Sweden	12	6	15	13	3	7	4	10	1
09	Austria	3	15	16	8	13	10	1	17
10	Croatia	11	9	8	14	11	12		11
11	Malta	10	7	10	4	5	6	5	9	2
12	Lithuania	9	13	7	10	10	11		12
13	Russia	4	3	3	12	4	5	6	3	8
14	Albania	5	11	6	11	14	9	2	8	3
15	Norway	8	17	17	6	17	14		6	5
16	Netherlands	7	2	5	2	2	3	8	5	6
17	North Macedonia	1	10	1	1	8	2	10	7	4
18	Azerbaijan	6	4	4	3	1	4	7	2	10

Split voting results from Romania (final)
Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		O. Barabancea	L. Stanciu	M. Anghel	A. Kerestely	B. Pavlică	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Malta	12	10	10	11	9	11		22
02	Albania	4	8	8	16	10	9	2	21
03	Czech Republic	2	7	7	7	2	3	8	20
04	Germany	22	18	11	20	20	20		23
05	Russia	13	4	2	9	5	5	6	4	7
06	Denmark	14	17	12	21	17	17		13
07	San Marino	23	25	25	26	25	26		26
08	North Macedonia	6	21	1	1	16	4	7	17
09	Sweden	16	6	13	6	6	10	1	14
10	Slovenia	9	26	16	23	22	18		19
11	Cyprus	10	9	17	19	8	13		18
12	Netherlands	11	3	18	5	4	6	5	1	12
13	Greece	24	11	19	17	24	21		15
14	Israel	7	13	9	12	26	12		8	3
15	Norway	17	16	20	4	19	14		7	4
16	United Kingdom	20	23	21	18	21	25		25
17	Iceland	25	24	26	25	14	24		6	5
18	Estonia	15	20	14	14	18	19		16
19	Belarus	18	19	15	22	15	22		24
20	Azerbaijan	3	1	6	3	1	2	10	5	6
21	France	26	22	24	13	7	15		10	1
22	Italy	19	12	22	15	11	16		3	8
23	Serbia	5	15	4	8	13	8	3	11
24	Switzerland	8	5	5	10	12	7	4	2	10
25	Australia	1	2	3	2	3	1	12	9	2
26	Spain	21	14	23	24	23	23		12

Notes

1. Ielele is the definite form of iele, which are mythical creatures in Romanian mythology akin to nymphs or fairies. The song is sung bilingually in English and Romanian.
2. It is unclear why Trooper was ranked above Dya and Lucian Colareza, despite getting one point less.

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External links

• Official TVR Eurovision site