Romania in the Turkvision Song Contest

Romania is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in Turkvision.[1]

Romania
Member stationAlpha TV Media
Participation summary
Appearances3
First appearance2013
Best result18th: 2015
Worst resultDNQ: 2013(SF)
For the most recent participation see
Romania in the Turkvision Song Contest 2017

History

2013

Romania made its debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2] Alpha Media TV held a selection process to select their participant for the contest, a five-member jury selected Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai to represent Romania on their debut.[1] "Ay Ak Shatir" was revealed as Romania's song on 18 December 2013.[3] Romania performed 18th in the semi final but failed to qualify for the final.

2014

Romania participated again in the 2014 contest in Kazan, Tatarstan. Alpha Media TV selected their 2013 participant Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai to represent as part of a duet with Gafar Alev Sibel.[4] In Kazan the duet sang "Genclik basa bir gelir", they performed 22nd in the semi final but finished in 17th place on 158 points and did not qualify for the final.

Participation
Table key

 1st place   2nd place   3rd place   Last place   Withdrew/Disqualified 

Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013 Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai[5] "Ay Ak Shatır" Turkish Failed to qualify Undisclosed Undisclosed
2014 Cengiz Erhan & Alev Gafar "Genclik basa bir gelir" Turkish Failed to qualify 17 158
2015 Edvin Eddy "Seviyorum, Anlasana" Turkish 18 134 No semi-final
2016 Sunai Giolacai Contest cancelled
2017
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References
  1. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Romania: Are Taking Part In Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Romania: Turkvizyon Song Revealed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. Schneider, Patrick. "Romania: Turkvision artist presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. "Turkvision 2013 Romanya Temsilcisi Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai". Turkvision.info. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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