Eurovision 2020 l Roxen is going to compete with "Alcohol You" in Rotterdam
The winning song of Selecţia Naţională is "Alcohol You", in the hope that Romania can bring a good result this year with their internally selected artist, Roxen. After two years of non-qualification, Romania decided to change their game and bet it all on a internally selected artist. The Romanian broadcaster TVR scrapped their usual selection process with a proper national final they used to have, by instead having a national final of sorts, with the five selected songs that
Romania | Sandro Nicolas, Ulrikke and Loreen to perform at Selectia Nationala 2020
We’re currently on a countdown to find out what song Roxen is going to perform on the 12th of May in Rotterdam, where she will fly the Romanian flag at Eurovision 2020. Selectia Nationala will take place this Sunday on the first of March in Buzau, Romania. It is due to start at 20:00 CET, and will be broadcasted live on the official TVR streaming platforms; for international fans, you can access this link (https://www.tvrplus.ro/live/tvr-international), and you can also watch
Eurovision 2020 l It's Roxen for Romania!
Today we are pleased to announce that Roxen will represent Romania in Rotterdam at this years Eurovision Song Contest. Instead if having their national selection "Selecția Națională", which they have done for many years, Romanian broadcaster TVR decided this year to choose their representative internally trough the record company Global Records, in the hope to try and achieve better results in Eurovision. In the end, it was a special jury that decided who was the lucky one th
Romania | Changes to selection method sees Romania go internal
TVR, the Romanian National Broadcaster, announced today details about the method they have decided upon for choosing Romania’s representative for Eurovision 2020. Unlike previous years, there will be no Selectia Nationala, and instead, TVR decided to have a new approach, having been inspired by other countries. Because Romania didn’t qualify in 2018 nor 2019, it served as a wake-up call to the broadcaster, and it was decided that things will be different this year. The new se
ESC 2020 | Romania confirms participation for Eurovision 2020
Romania has confirmed its participation for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam! According to official sources, earlier today, TVR's Council of Administration approved Romania's participation, however no details regarding the method of selecting the artist(s) and the song were mentioned. But we will find out all the details in due time. Romania in The Eurovision Song Contest: Unfortunately, Romania failed to qualify in 2019, following on from the non-qualification o
Romania | Ester Peony will sing for Romania in Tel Aviv
Tonight saw the final of Selecția Națională, with a total of 12 acts all battling it out to win the chance to represent Romania at Eurovision 2019. In the end, it was Ester Peony with her song "On A Sunday" that was crowned the winner. The final results of the final were as follows: Ester Peony - “On a Sunday” (65 points) Laura Bretan - “Dear Father” (60 points) Bella Santiago - "Army of Love" (58 points) Linda Teodosiu - “Renegades” (42 points) Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil
Romania | Cat Music release revamped version of 'Army of Love'
Following TVR's decision to grant two wildcard positions for two songs that will compete in the Selectia Nationala semifinals, Bella Santiago's song, "Army of Love", now has a final revamped version that was released today under the biggest record label in Romania: Cat Music! The same record was responsible in supporting Romania's 2017 representatives, Ilinca & Alex Florea with "Yodel it!". You can listen to the revamped version of "Army of Love" here: Furthermore, Bella perf
Romania | Mihai Traistariu withdraws from Selectia Nationala
Sad news coming from Romania tonight. As plans for Selectia Nationala are going forward, another former Romanian representative, Mihai Traistariu, decides to withdraw from this year's selection. His decision comes just a couple weeks after another representative, Dan Bittman, decided to withdraw as well. You can walk down the memory lane with Mihai's performance here: In a Facebook post, the "Tornero" singer said that his decision to withdraw comes as a protest move - he stat
Romania | The 24 Semi-Finalists of Selectia Nationala Announced
Following the schedule, the Romanian national broadcaster TVR made public today the results of the national jury's votes, announcing the semi-finalists of Selectia Nationala 2019. Here are the 24 entries that will compete in order to be Romania's representative(s) in Eurovision 2019: "Baya (Speechless)" - M I H A I "Daina" - Letitia Moisescu & Sensibil Balkan "Dear Father" - Laura Bretan "Destin" - Trooper "Discrete" - Xonia "Give Up Now" - Johnny Badulescu "High Heels On" -
Romania | 126 songs submitted for Selectia Nationala
After the 10th of December, which was the deadline for submitting the songs to compete in Romania’s national selection, TVR announced today via a press communicate that 126 songs were submitted for Selectia Nationala, which means there are 70% more songs than last year. However, we are not sure if we’ll get to listen all 126 of them because from the 11th until the 20th of December there will be a preselection phase – where a preselection jury will choose only 24 songs to comp
