Last night, the first and only semi-final in Romania took place, where the top 15 acts were reduced to 10, who will go on to perform again in the final. The qualifiers were decided by a jury which featured Luminiţa Anghel, Ovi Jacobsen, Adrian Romcescu, Paula Seling and Andrei Tudor.
The 15 competing acts were:
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Alexandra Crăescu – Hope
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Ana-Maria Mirică – Spune-mi tu (Tell me)
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Cristina Vasiu – Set the Skies on Fire
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D-lema – Adventure
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Eduard Santha – Wild Child
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Elizé & No Stress – Fără bariere (Without barriers)
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Ilinca ft. Alex Florea – Yodel It!
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Instinct – Petale (Petals)
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Maxim – Adu-ți aminte (Remember)
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Mihai – I Won’t Surrender
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Ramona Nerra – Save Me
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Tavi Colen & Emma – We Own the Night
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Tudor Turcu – Limitless
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Xandra – Walk On By
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Zanga – Două sticle (Two bottles)
The voting is revealed below. You will notice that every jury member gave their top marks to Ilinca ft. Alex Florea with the song Yodel It. The juries then mixed and matched their 8 and 10 points between Xandra and MIHAI, the latter being the same Mihai who participated at Eurovision in 2006.
The qualifiers of the semi-final were:
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Ana-Maria Mirică – Spune-mi tu (Tell me)
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Cristina Vasiu – Set the Skies on Fire
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Eduard Santha – Wild Child
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Ilinca ft. Alex Florea – Yodel It!
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Instinct – Petale (Petals)
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Maxim – Adu-ți aminte (Remember)
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Mihai – I Won’t Surrender
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Ramona Nerra – Save Me
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Tavi Colen & Emma – We Own the Night
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Xandra – Walk On By