Coming off a yodelling success in Eurovision 2017, Romania’s broadcaster TVR began the search for the next Romanian Eurovision act. Once again, the nation will be using Selecția Națională to decide upon their act, and the shows will begin in January 2018 and continue through to February.
This year the format of the competition has been slightly changed to feature five semi-finals. Each of the semi-finals will take place in a different location within Romania, as the competition coincides with the 100th anniversary year of the Union of Transylvania with Romania.
Romanian broadcaster TVR opened the submission period for the songs back in November, and finished a month later on the 15th of December. During this time, only 72 songs were received, and their representative artists attended auditions on the 19th and 20th of December. A jury made up of music industry professionals helped to round down the submitted entries to 60 entries, all of which will now continue through to the semi-finals. Each semi-final will feature 12 songs.
The final will consist of 15 acts, a total of 3 from each semi-final which will be decided by the jury. The final will be held on the 25th of February, and the winner will be decided only by televoting.
Here are the competing semi-finalists (song – act):
A love worth falling for – Lina
All the love away – Erminio Sinni & Tiziana Camelin
All we need – Save
Auzi Cum bate – Jukebox feat Bella Santiago
Breaking up – Alessandro Dănescu
Bună de iubit – Feli
Come back to me – Zavera
Dacă dragostea e oarbă – Zoltan
Daydreamer – Mareş Pană
Deşsert de Sentimente – Tiri
Devoted – Johnny Bădulescu
End the Battle – Meriem
Every Little Thing – Sergiu Bolota
Fără Tine – Dora Gaitanovici
Fire in the Sky – Aurel Dincă
Fix Me – Freia
Fly – Teodora Dinu
From Underneath – Hellen
Goodbye – The Humans
Heaven – M I H A I
I am here – Paula Crişan
I Won’t Lie – Iliana
King – Tavi Clonda
La La La – Vyros
Lightning Strikes – Jessie Baneş
Live Your Life – Evermorph
Maybe this time – Romeo Zaharia
Mesom Romales – Eduard Santha
Mirror – Echoes
Nirvana – Christan Siminonescu
Nobody told me it would hurt – Alex Florea
Noi suntem Pădure – Othello
Out of the Dark – Alice Jeckel
Paint It Rainbow – Diana Brătan
Rază de soare – Dan Manciulea
Reach out for the stars – Carolina Gorun
Reborn – Waleska
Rekindle the Flame – Lion’s Roar
Revival – Elena Hasna
Rise Up – Liviu Anghel
Run for You – Miruna Diaconescu
Safari – Serena
Sail with me – Alexandru Ungureanu
So good without you – Eliza Chifu
Somebody to Love – Manuel Chivari
Sweet Nothing – Maria Suciu
Take me away – CornEL
Te voi Chema – Pragu de sus
Teardrop Rain – Tom Hartis
Tears – Denisa Trofim
The one – Claudia Andas
The perfect fall – Elena Turcu
The story goes on – Ayona
Thinking about you – Endless feat. Maria Grosu
Time after Time – Ioana Ciornea
Too busy for my heart – Bernice Chiţiul
Try – Xandra
Una Oportunidad – Nicoleta Ţicală
Walking on Water – Alexia & Matei
We are One – Rafael
It’s definitely a long list, but it’s one that features some familiar faces. Firstly, you may have noticed Alex Florea on the list, and Alex was one half of the yodel duo of Romania’s 2017 Eurovision act. He’s back in for the 2018 season with the song Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt, which was written by Jonas Thander and Aidan O’Connor.
Another big name in the competition is Feli, who is one of Romania’s biggest stars at the moment. Another familiar face is M I H A I, who took part in Eurovision 2006 and finished in 4th place, one of Romania’s best placings.
You can listen to all the competing entries on the official Eurovision TVR page here.
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