Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany and selected their entry through a televised national final, organised by Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR).[1] "Hotel FM" were victorious with their song "Change" and thus represented the country in the 2011 contest.[2][3]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country Romania
National selection
Selection processSelecţia Naţională 2011
Selection date(s)31 December 2010
Selected entrantHotel FM
Selected song"Change"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (4th, 111 points)
Final result17th, 77 points
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision
Logo of this year's selection

Selecţia Naţională 2011

On 1 October, Romanian national television announced that the national final would take place on the New Year's Eve show (31 December). 13 acts were to complete in a televised show.

Competing entries

The deadline for entries was set for 5 November 2010.[4] On 15 November 2010, during a press conference held by TVR, 13 finalists were announced along with videos produced by the broadcaster.[5] The draw of the running order took place at Marina Almasan-Socaciu's TV show, Ne vedem la TVR! on 20 November 2010.[6]
ArtistSong Songwriter(s)
Adi Cristescu "One by One" Adrian Cristescu
Blaxy Girls "It's So Fine" Costi Ioniță, Rucsandra Iliescu
Claudia Pavel "I Want U to Want Me" Andrei Filip, Pontus Assarsson, Tobias Lundgren, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson
Dalma "Song for Him" Liviu Elekes, Roxana Elekes
Dan Helciug "My Facebook Girl" Dan Helciug
Direcția 5 "Cinema Love" Marian Ionescu, Andrei Haţegan
Distinto, Ianna & Anthony Icuagu "Open Your Eyes" Cristian Faur
Hotel FM "Change" Gabriel Băruță, Alexandra Ivan
Mihai Alexandru featuring B-Body & Soul "Bang Bang" Mihai Alexandru, Japhet Niven
Laurențiu Cazan "We Can Change the World" Laurențiu Cazan
Leticia "Dreaming of You" Radu Bolţea, Sebastian Barac, Marcel Botezan
Rallsa "Take Me Down" Berehoi Alexandru, Sergiu Gelu Ene
Silvia Ștefănescu "I Can't Breathe Without You" Elvin Dandel

Final

The final was held on 31 December 2010 at the TVR TV Studios in Bucharest, hosted by Paula Seling, Ovi and Gianina Corondan.[7] The winner was determined by the 50/50 combination of the votes from a jury panel (headed by Johnny Logan and included Niamh Kavanagh, Chiara Siracusa and Oliver Vanhoutte) and public televoting.[8][9] The winning entry was "Change" performed by Hotel FM, receiving the maximum number of points from the jury and came second in the televote.[2][3][10]

The winning composer was awarded this time a BMW 3 Series (E90).[11] It was for the second year that the winning composer received a car. Former Eurovision winners Johnny Logan as well as Niamh Kavanagh were the special guests of the evening. Chiara Siracusa also made an appearance.[12]

Final – 31 December 2010
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points Votes Points
1 Adi Cristescu "One by One" 35 2 438 2 4 8
2 Dalma "Song for Him" 39 3 334 0 3 11
3 Leticia "Dreaming of You" 47 6 643 4 10 6
4 Silvia Ştefănescu "I Can't Breathe Without You" 28 1 431 1 2 12
5 Blaxy Girls "It's So Fine" 14 0 855 6 6 7
6 Claudia Pavel "I Want U to Want Me" 19 0 480 3 3 10
7 Laurențiu Cazan "We Can Change the World" 57 7 659 5 12 5
8 Dan Helciug "My Facebook Girl" 41 4 290 0 4 9
9 Distinto, Ianna & Anthony Icuagu "Open Your Eyes" 44 5 1,560 12 17 2
10 Direcția 5 "Cinema Love" 105 10 915 7 17 3
11 Rallsa "Take Me Down" 9 0 302 0 0 13
12 Hotel FM "Change" 116 12 1,321 10 22 1
13 Mihai Alexandru feat. B-Body & Soul "Bang Bang" 84 8 1,018 8 16 4

Promotion

A special concert took place on April 9 in Bucharest. Four Eurovision contestants performed their entries live at the Nichita Stanescu hall. The concert was broadcast live by TVR 1 and TVR International while a live webcast was provided by Esctoday.com. Kati Wolf, the Hungarian entry, was also invited, but she was busy, and couldn't perform at this special concert.

Düsseldorf, venim! - 9 April 2011
CountryArtistSong
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind"
 Moldova Zdob si Zdub "So lucky"
 Romania Hotel FM "Change"
 Slovakia TWiiNS "I'm still alive"

Artists from five countries visited Romania during their Eurovision promo tours:
CountryArtistSongDate
 Bulgaria Poli Genova "Na inat" March 19
 Russia Alexey Vorobyov "Get You" April 2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Dino Merlin "Love in Rewind" April 9
 Moldova Zdob si Zdub "So lucky" April 9
 Slovakia TWiiNS "I'm still alive" April 9

At Eurovision

Romania competed in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. It qualified for the great final, with a total of 111 points (the fourth country). During the 14 May final, Romanian performed the 17th and ended up on the same position, in a tie with Russia, with a total of 77 points. It received the maximum 12 points from Moldova and Italy, 10 points from Belgium, 8 points from Spain, 6 points from: Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and Israel, 5 points from Turkey, 4 points from Netherlands and Denmark and 1 point from Austria, Hungary, Ireland and Estonia.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 2 Romania came 4th with 111 points: the public awarded Romania 3rd place with 121 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 85 points.
  • In the Final Romania came 17th with 77 points: the public awarded Romania 14th place with 79 points and the jury awarded 13th place with 86 points.

Points awarded by Romania
Points awarded to Romania (semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Romania (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
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  2. Webb, Glen (1 January 2011). "Hotel FM victorious in Romania". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. Busa, Alexandru (1 January 2011). "Hotel FM to represent Romania in Düsseldorf". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  4. Kalimeris, Aris (2 October 2010). "Romania: New Year's Eve with champagne & Eurovision". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  5. Busa, Alexandru (10 November 2010). "Romania : Finalists for 2011 Eurovision selection announced". EscToday.com. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  6. Busa, Alexandru (20 November 2010). "Romania : Draw for the running order completed". EscToday.com. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
  7. Busa, Alexandru (16 October 2010). "Paula & Ovi to host the Romanian national final". EscToday.com. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  8. "UPD Live: National final in Romania".
  9. Coroneri, Alenka (1 October 2010). "TVR kicks off national selection". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  10. "Romania 2011".
  11. Siim, Jarmo (25 October 2010). "Romanian lineup revealed on 15 November". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  12. Busa, Alexandru (6 December 2010). "Niamh Kavanagh & Chiara guests at Romania's final". EscToday.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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