TVR has revealed the first twelve competing artists taking part in this year’s SelecțiaNațională. The first semifinal is due to take place on the 27th of January, in Iasi. Whilst the second semifinal is due to take place in Arad on the 10th February.
Who is competing in which semifinal?
Semifinal 1
- Bella Santiago – Army of Love
- Berniceya – The Call: Dynasty of Love
- Claudiu Mirea – We Are The Ones
- Dya and Lucia Colareza – Without You (Sin ti)
- Nicola – Weight Of The World
- Ommieh x Anakrisez – Rock This Way
- Steam – The Way It Goes
- Teodora Dinu – Skyscrapper
- The Four – Song of My Heart
- Trooper – Destin
- Vaida – Underground
Semifinal 2
- 2 Gents –
lelele - Aldo Blaga – Your Journey
- Echoes – High Heels On
- Ester Peony – On A Sunday
- Georgy – Tears
- Johnny Bădulescu – Give Up Now
- Laura Bretan – Dear Father
- Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan – Daina
- Linda Teodosiu – Renegades
- Olivier Kaye – Right Now
- TMW – Make Me Your Man
- Xandra – Independent
- Xonia – Discrete
With a last minute amendment, TVR have reverted to the original Semi-Final splits. Thus Laura Bretan moves from Semi-Final 1 back to Semi-Final 2. Therefore keeping the hot favourites in ‘Dear Father’ and ‘Army Of Love’, apart until the Final. The running order for the semifinals are yet to be determined by TVR and will be released at a later date.
Selecția Națională 2019
24 artists will be competing in this year’s contest. Five songs from each semifinal will advance to the final. These will be selected by the combined scores of a national jury. An additional qualifier in each semifinal will also be selected by the public vote. As well as this, TVR holds the right at any time to select a wild card to progress to the final.
However this will all change during the conclusion of the national final. The winner of Selecția Națională 2019 will be decided by the combined scores of the public voting and international jury. In the result of a tie, the final decision will be made by TVR in consultation with the international jury.
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
After a narrow victory during Selecția Națională 2018, it was The Humans who took to the stage in the Lisbon contest. Despite giving a passionate performance of their female-fronted rock ballad, The Humans failed to qualify for the Grand Final. They finished 11th in the second semifinal with 107 points, thus becoming Romania’s first non-qualification in the semifinal era. Next year will mark Romania’s 20th official appearance in the contest, since their debut in 1994.
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