TVR confirm Romania will return to Eurovision in 2026
Romania are coming back to Eurovision in 2026! The Romanian broadcaster has confirmed that the country will be returning to Eurovision in 2026, after a two year absence from the contest. The country’s participation was approved by the Board of Directors of the Romanian Television Company (SRTv). Dan-Cristian Turturică, President-General Director of SRTv, is excited […]
General Director for TVR states Eurovision will happen again for Romania
General Director of TVR hopeful for Romania’s return to Eurovision in the future. Dan Turturică, the General Director for Romanian broadcaster TVR, has stated, in a discussion with numerous journalists, that Eurovision will happen again for Romania “when the relationship between TVR and music producers in Romania is reset.” Romania’s participation in Eurovision is decided […]
It’s official! Romania will not participate in Eurovision 2024
Romania will not be participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Romanian broadcaster TVR have officially confirmed that Romania will not be participating in Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. This withdrawal comes off the back of a vote held today by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors for TVR met today to discuss Romania’s […]
Romania: TVR to make decision for Eurovision 2024 on January 25th
Romania will make a final decision on Eurovsion 2024 participation on January 25th. It has been reported that on January 25th, the Board of Directors of Romanian broadcaster TVR will vote on whether the country will participate in this years Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö or not. Dan Turturică, President Director General for TVR, has […]
Romania may be absent from Eurovision 2024
Romania’s Eurovision 2024 participation in doubts With less than one week to go until the deadline for countries to confirm their participation to the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 closes (15th September 2023), rumors of a Romanian withdrawal are coming to the surface. It is believed that sources from the Romanian Broadcaster, Televiziunea Română (TVR), have […]
TVR spend close to 400,000 euros on Eurovision 2023 participation
It has been confirmed that the Romanian broadcaster spend almost 400,000 euros on their Eurovision 2023 participation. Romanian broadcaster TVR have broken down all of their expenses for Eurovision 2023, and have confirmed that they spent just shy of 400,000 euros on their participation in this years Eurovision Song Contest. So where did all that […]
It’s rock, it’s yellow, it’s Theodor! Romania wraps up first rehearsal for Eurovision 2023
Theodor is rocking in yellow for his first rehearsal! Romania have provided us with a very different type of performance of Theodor from what we have seen previously. @eurovision Yes to the yellow, yes to the Pikachu socks, yes to Theodor 💛🇷🇴 #Eurovision2023 #Eurovision @Theodor Andrei ♬ original sound – Eurovision Theodor Andrei has treated […]
Romania: Theodor Andrei wins Selecția Națională 2023
Theodor Andrei has won ‘Selecția Națională 2023’ and will represent Romania in Liverpool with their song “D.G.T. (Off and On)”! The show took place at TVR Studio Pangrati in Bucharest, hosted by Ilinca Băci and Laurențiu Niculescu. The winner was decided through 100% televoting. The running order was as follows: Deiona – “Call on Me” Andrada […]
Romania: 12 songs released for Selecţia Naţională
Romanian broadcaster TVR have released the 12 songs competing in Romania’s national final Selecţia Naţională 2023. The songs have been uploaded here to the official TVR YouTube channel. The 12 songs and the running order were decided earlier this month, the running order was randomly drawn. The 12 songs competing are: Deiona – “Call on Me” […]
Final line-up and running order revealed for Selecţia Naţională 2023
TVR have revealed the finalists and running order for the Selecţia Naţională 2023 final. In a draw held today in Bucharest, The Romanian broadcaster has revealed the complete line-up and running order of the 12 songs that will be competing in the Selecţia Naţională 2023 final. The running order was determined by a random draw, with […]
84 songs submitted for Selecţia Naţională 2023
84 songs have been submitted for the 2023 edition of Selecţia Naţională. Romanian broadcaster TVR have confirmed that they have received a total of 84 submissions for the upcoming Selecţia Naţională in 2023. This number is down from the latest edition in 2022, when 94 songs were submitted. Between December 14th and December 16th, a […]
Romania announces changes for the national final ‘Selecţia Naţională’ in 2023!
Big news from Romania: The broadcaster TVR announces changes for the upcoming national final ‘Selecţia Naţională’, which is supposed to take place on the 11th of February. #1: The Voting The biggest change would be the voting, as the winner will be selected by 100% televote this time. That makes Romania the second country after […]
TVR announces it will be taking a new approach to Eurovision in 2023
TVR has announced that they will be taking a new approach towards Eurovision, starting in 2023. After confirming their participation for Eurovision 2023 back in August, the Romanian broadcaster has now confirmed that they will be taking a new approach to the contest, starting with Selecția Națională. The Board of Directors, Mihai Predescu, has signed […]
Romania confirm Eurovision 2023 participation as TVR search for Swiss legal teams over EBU dispute
Romania have officially confirmed their participation in Eurovision 2023, despite their ongoing dispute with the EBU. Just a few months ago, Romania were threatening to withdraw from Eurovision, and threatening to sue the EBU over the voting irregularities that were found with them and five other countries in semi final 2. Fast forward to now, […]
Romania: TVR plans to sue the European Broadcasting Union
Following the scandal of the jury vote from Eurovision this year, the Romanian broadcaster TVR is still threatening the EBU. They have started to consider withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest and now, they want to sue them. TVR conducted an internal analysis and wants to clarify the situation. They aren’t done yet though. Back […]
Adios mi bebé-bé? Romania threaten to withdraw from Eurovision over voting irregularities
Following on from the voting irregularities that were found between six countries in semi final 2, Romania has now threatened to withdraw from Eurovision. After the grand final of Eurovision 2022, the EBU announced that it was investigating voting irregularities that were found in the second semi final between six countries, including Romania. Yesterday, the […]
Eurovision 2022: countries seeking explanation over removal of jury votes
As confirmed by the EBU on the weekend, a total of six countries jury votes from Eurovision 2022 were removed and replaced with an aggrevated result. Five of these countries have reached out to the EBU for an explanation as to why this happened, and what was wrong with their original jury votes. Azerbaijan The […]
Hola mi bebé-bé! WRS and his dancers have arrived in style for their first rehearsal
Day 4 at the Pala Alpitour sees the remaining nine acts from semi final 2 take to the stage for their first rehearsal. WRS from Romania has just finished his first rehearsal for Eurovision 2022, and he definitely set the arena on fire with his performance! WRS is joined on stage by four dancers, and […]
Romania has chosen: It’s WRS going to Eurovision 2022
WRS has won Selecția Națională 2022 and will represent Romania in Turin with their song “Llámame”! After starting with 45 songs in the selection, the top 10 competed in tonight’s final, taking place at Studio Pangrati in Bucharest. The show was hosted by Eda Marcus, Aurelian Temișan, Bogdan Stănescu and Eurovision 2017 participant, Ilinca Băcilă. The running order was […]
Eurovision 2022 stars among guest performers for Selecţia Naţională
Romanian broadcaster TVR have announced that seven acts from this years Eurovision Song Contest will be performing in the Selecţia Naţională final as part of the inteval act. Ronela Hajati – Albania Intellegent Music Project – Bulgaria We Are Domi – Czech Republic Stefan – Estonia Zdob şi Zdub – Moldova Vladana – Montenegro Andrea […]
Here are the 10 Finalist of Selecția Națională 2022
Here are the 10 Finalist of Selecția Națională 2022
Selecţia Naţională 2022 semi final performances have been released
Romanian broadcaster TVR have released all the performances of the semi finalists in this years Selecţia Naţională. Croatian singer Barbara Tešija has withdrawn from the competition for unknown reasons, bringing the number of semi finalists to 45. The live performances have been released ahead of the online part of the semi finals. Each of these […]
Romania: Ilinca to host “Drumul spre Torino” ahead of Eurovision 2022 selection process
Romanian broadcaster TVR have confirmed that their Eurovision 2017 representative (alongside Alex Florea) Ilinca Băcilă, will be hosting “Drumul spre Torino” (Road to Turin), which will be a three-part show dedicated to the participants of Selecția Naționala 2022. The three shows will be broadcast on TVR 1 on February 5th, 6th and 7th, and they […]
LISTEN: Selecţia Naţională 2022 songs have been released
The 46 songs that will be competing in the Selecţia Naţională 2022 semi final have been released. All songs are available to listen to on TVR’s official YouTube channel. All of the 46 songs were chosen by a five-member jury panel: Adrian Romcescu Alexandra Ungureanu Cristian Faur Ozana Barabancea Randi What happens next? All of […]
Selecţia Naţională 2022: E-an-na join semi final line-up whilst Alex Parker & Bastien change song
The line-up for the Selecţia Naţională 2022 semi final has gained an extra act and a brand new song. The folk-metal band E-an-na have won a place in the semi final after appealing their exclusion, whilst Alex Parker & Bastien will song a new song as a duo. Out of 94 acts who applied for Selecţia […]
45 semi finalists for Selecţia Naţională 2022 have been revealed
The 45 acts who will be competing in the semi final for Selecţia Naţională 2022 have been revealed, and ther are some familiar faces among the line-up, most notably, Romania’s Eurovision 2013 representative, Cezar. A total of 94 acts applied for next years edition of Selecţia Naţională. A jury panel selected 45 of these acts […]
Selecţia Naţională set to return for Eurovision 2022
It has been confirmed that Romania will be reverting back to Selecţia Naţională to find their representative for Eurovision 2022. The song submissions will open on November 26th, and will close on December 10th. More details are expected in the coming weeks. Romanian Head of Delegation, Iuliana Marciuc, has commented on Romania’s return to a […]
Roxen releases new single ‘Money Money’
Romania’s 2020 and 2021 contestant Roxen has released a new single, Money Money. The dance-pop hit features artists Strange Fruits and DMNDS. Roxen announced the collaboration on Instagram last month. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ROXEN (@isroxen) The Romanian singer (who recently came out as non-binary to fans on TikTok) was due […]
Romanian representative Roxen comes out as non-binary
The Romanian representative of 2020 and 2021, Roxen, recently came out as non-binary. On an open conversation with fans on TikTok, the singer stated they always felt like a “boy in a girl’s body”, since they were attached to activities that are stereotypically labelled for boys. Later on, one fan asked them if they identified […]
Roxen is back with her latest release ”Inimă Nu Fi De Piatră”
Roxen haș recently come up with a new song called ”Inimă Nu Fi De Piatră”. Larisa Roxana Giurgiu, also known as Roxen, is a Romanian singer signed to Global Records. She debuted in 2019 with her song You Don’t Love Me, which reached the third plance in Romanian Top 100, the Romanian national charts. She also represented […]
Romania Confirms Absence from Junior Eurovision 2021
Romania is another country that will not participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021. The news was confirmed to Eurofestivales. TVR’s press department confirms that it will not compete in the juvenile event this year. This decision turns out not to be a surprise because from 2010, Romania have not entered the competition. Romania […]
Romania to discuss turbulent Eurovision history live on TVR
Over the last few years, Romania did not always have luck on their side when it came to the Eurovision Song Contest. After not making it to the Grand Final this year, the national broadcaster TVR has decided to look back at their turbulent Eurovision history on National television. What can we expect from the […]
Spotlight on: Romania
Artist Profile Artist: Larisa Roxana Giurgiu (Roxen) Date of Birth: 5 January 2000 Hometown: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Selection Method: Internal Selection Song: Amnesia Composer: Adelina Stîngă, Victor Bouroșu Producer: Victor Bourosu Eurovision Result: DNQ (12th Semi Final 1) Roxen is a Romanian singer who rose to prominence upon being featured on Romanian producer Sickotoy’s song “You Don’t Love Me”, which reached […]
Eurovision 2021 day 2: Romania first rehearsal: Roxen “Amnesia”
Roxen has delivered an emotional and rather heart felt first rehearsal. Roxen is joined on stage by four backing dancers, similar to what we saw in her music video. Roxen is rather glammed down, as opposed to glammed up, wearing a hoodie and jeans; however, her outfit style and colours suit the song and performance […]
Gromee and INNA record new song together “Cool Me Down”
On the 23rd of April, Gromee, the Polish DJ who represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 along with Lukas Meijer, released a new song, which he recorded with famous Romanian singer INNA. The song is called “Cool Me Down”. The message of this song tells a story of an uncontrolled love, and the […]
It’s Amnesia for Roxen. Romania selects their 2021 song
Hello Europe!! Bucharest is calling and they have a result! After weeks of hints, song titles and much debate, Amnesia has been selected for Roxen to perform at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam! There were 6 songs in the running to be the chosen song, with a panel of 9 jury members ultimately deciding on Amnesia. […]
Jury who chose Roxen’s Eurovision 2021 song has been revealed
This year we have seen the second Romanian national final, where the only artist was Roxen; however, this year there were six songs (demos), instead of five. The winning song, which is going to be “Alcohol You”‘s successor was chosen internally, only by the juries and without televoting. TVR (Romanian public broadcaster) has revealed the […]
Roxen to release her Eurovision entry on March 4th
Romanian representative for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, Roxen, is going to release her entry in two days on March 4th. This year’s entry was chosen by a professional jury rather than by public vote like the year before. This announcement means that Romania will be joining Belgium, the Netherlands and Moldova in releasing their […]
A professional jury will decide Roxen’s Eurovision song
For the first time, the Romanian public will not participate in the choice of the song that will represent them at Eurovision. Romanian broadcaster TVR has announced that for the Eurovision 2021, a jury will choose Roxen’s song.. The selection for Eurovision 2021 has started, and the Romanian representative will present several songs to the […]
Roxen has chosen her entry for Eurovision 2021
Romanian representative for Eurovision 2020 and 2021, Roxen, has revealed on social media that she has chosen the song that she would like to sing at Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam. At the moment, it is unknown when Roxen’s Eurovision song will be revealed, or how it will be revealed. Roxen was chosen as Romania’s 2021 […]
Take a walk with Roxen and Alexander Rybak in a Wonderland
There have been many times in which Eurovision alumni have teamed up to work together on a song and today is no different as Alexander Rybak (Winner of 2009 for Norway) and Roxen (Romanian representative for 2020 and 2021) have teamed up on their new song ‘Wonderland’ Released on the 27th November, the song features […]
NEW: Updates from Eurovision 2021 Returning Artists for The Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland
The official Eurovision website has been catching up with some of the Eurovision 2021 returning artists to get an exclusive of their preparations for next year! The Netherlands — Jeangu Macrooy Jeangu Macrooy has exclusively revealed that he is “preparing for the performance of a lifetime” and promises a song “that’s going to be heard […]
She‘s a heartbreaker! Roxen releases new single ‘How to break a heart’
Roxen who was due to represent Romania in 2020 and will also in 2021, has dropped a new single called ‘How to break a heart’. In this mid tempo pop song she tells that you should not push it too far or otherwise you’ll be told how to break a heart. She also presented the […]