The board of directors of the Romanian national broadcaster (TVR) did not approve Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2024.
Financial constraints and the desire to represent Romania at a performing level are the reasons why the Board of Directors (CA) decided that TVR will not participate in this year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest which will be held the next May in Malmo.
The decision was taken in today’s meeting, January 25, with 5 votes “yes”, 4 “abstentions” and 4 “against”.
Also today, the Board of Directors approved the budget for 2024, which does not contain enough funds to guarantee Romania’s participation according to the increasingly high standards of the international competition.
Although it has benefited from an extension of the deadline for registering to the 2024 contest by EBU, TVR is forced to postpone the participation in the Eurovision Song Contest for a future edition, maybe next year.
This means that the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be held with 37 countries, as originally announced and if Iceland does not withdraw its participation because of Israel.
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Regardless the uncertainty regarding Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2024 and the tight deadline for TVR’s decision, the Eurovision legend Mihai Trăistariu is now more than ready to return to the Eurovision stage for one more time.
Having previously participated in 2006, Trăistariu considers his Eurovision participation as a life-changing experience and is willing to participate again at all costs. He is just waiting to see what TVR’s decision will be or he would consider to submit a song in other countries’ preselections. Nevertheless, he states that he would prefer to represent his home-country, Romania.
In 2006 I wanted to win, I didn’t succeed, and since then I made it my ambition to keep trying at Eurovision. This year I have an act, but it is not yet known if Romania will participate, it is under discussion, I am actually watching, nothing has been announced. At least if they would announce that it is not happening, that I have the possibility to register in other countries. I have the song and I’m waiting to see what decision our television makes. The only alternative is to register now in another country, but I want to be in Romania, to represent my country, for the Romanians to cry when I bring the big prize home. There are still a few countries that allow foreigners to register, but they close the pre-selections.
Hence, Trăistariu already has a song in his hands coming from Finland and it is of vital importance to submit it now, as:
A song from 10 years ago, if you want to play it on the radio now, no one will pick it up, because it’s not updated. It’s the same with Eurovision, everything has changed, the graphics, the shows, so you have to come up with something new. I wouldn’t be able to keep this year’s song for the next 2-3 years, it might not be suitable anymore. This song I have is from Finland and it’s a modern-slow piece and it works for me. I also had rhythmic songs, even slower ones, I receive many songs as a gift for Eurovision and I don’t really like them, I have to choose with my head. Last year I couldn’t find it and I didn’t submit again. This year we announced that we found the song and we are no longer doing Eurovision.
Moreover, he also expressed his opinion on Romania’s bad results in the competition for the past years:
I don’t know if what I say is valid, but I believe in it, I believe that an experienced artist knows how to face such an international competition differently. It is the biggest international music competition, we have no other bigger. It’s a pity that Romania backs down due to a failure, it has also happened in football, did Romania then withdraw from the Championships? Not. And here it is the same, let’s not be demoralized. Being young, they don’t have experience, they look at everything as a joke, they don’t take everything seriously, they don’t realize that Romania is competing, Romania is written on the screen, then the name of the artist. Eurovision is the success of my life, 2006 changed my life completely.
It appears that the lack of professionalism and experience is what has led to Romania’s streak of bad results and non-qualifications, according to Mihai Trăistariu.
Romania at Eurovision 2024
The deadline for TVR to decide whether the country will participate in Malmö or not is due to January 25. The Eurovision 2024 participation will be discussed by the Board of Directors and then a decision will be made.
In case Romania finally participates at Eurovision 2024, it might not be Mihai Trăistariu’s year either, as according to our exclusive information, two female artists are in race for Malmö. Two female artists have been approached by TVR to have one of them fly the Romanian flag in Malmö. They also have their songs ready and have been preparing for this project for a long time.
Mihai Trăistariu represented his country in the contest back in 2006, with the song “Tornero”, which finished in fourth place and became a massive European hit. He has also tried again to represent Romania in multiple occasions, in 2016,2017,2018 and 2019 without success.
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The list of countries participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Malmö, Sweden, in May of next year, was made public last month. Romania is not included on the list. With a total budget of EUR 80 million for 2024, Romanian public television faces financial challenges that make its participation unclear.
As we informed you a few days ago, TVR, the public broadcaster, had a deadline until January 22, in order to confirm their decision. However, earlier today, the Romanian website, Fanatik, states that some final extra time was given, and the decision will be taken after a meeting of the council of the channel, until the 25th of January.
Dan Turturică, the General Director of TVR, stated onn this matter:
“We will have a board meeting on January 25. We have a delay from the EBU to give a final answer by the end of this month. We will have the board meeting where we will have a vote. This is not a decision for me to make alone. It’s a decision that has to be put to a vote because it involves some great costs and will be taken by open vote by all 13 members of the Board of Directors. On the 25th, the decision will be put to the vote and after that we will announce the results.”
It is calculated that Romania pays around 180 thousand euros for its participation fee, then adding the cost of the staging and the accomodation of the delegation in Sweden, that add tens of thousand of euros in the budget.
As you exclusively read in Eurovisionfun, in case Romania indeed competes in Eurovision 2024, there two female names, that are in talks with TVR, for a possible internal selection in this year’s contest.
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Romanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!
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With time running out for Romania’s public television (TVR) to decide whether or not to participate in Eurovision 2024, according to our exclusive information two female artists are set to represent their country in the contest.
Decision time for TVR
Romania may not have been included in the EBU’s list of 37 countries that will compete in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest, however there was a footnote that it would have the possibility, if the basic financial data of the public broadcaster allows it, to confirm its participation in the future.
According to reports of the previous days, this deadline expires on January 22nd, so TVR must now make its final decision, whether it will be present in May in Malmö or absent from the competition for the second time after 2016.
Two female artists ready for Malmö
However, according to our exclusive information, during this time, TVR has not been idle. In the event that the decision of the TVR administration is positive and Romania confirms its participation in Eurovision 2024 as the 38th country, it has already found the artist who will undertake to carry out this difficult task.
Two female artists have been approached by TVR to have one of them fly the Romanian flag in Malmö. They have songs ready and have been preparing for this project for a long time.
In fact, both are not unknown to the Eurovision world, but also to the eurofans in Romania, since both attempted to represent Romania in the recent and relatively recent past, participating in the country’s national final.
What they are both waiting for is the final choice of TVR as to which of the two will be the chosen one, since of course there is first the positive decision of the management of the public television, for its participation in Eurovision 2024.
With time running out, very soon we will have developments, hoping that everyone will be positive and that we will see Romania, which has given us so many successes in the competition, participate in the Eurovision competition in 2024!
Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!
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The list of countries participating in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Malmö, Sweden, in May of next year, was made public last month. Romania is not included on the list. With a total budget of EUR 80 million for 2024, Romanian public television faces financial challenges that make its participation unclear.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has given Romania’s national broadcaster until January 22 to consider all the options and decide whether or not the country should take part, according to Euroalfa.
Specifically, representatives of the Romanian public broadcaster, TVR, stated:
The final decision on Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2024 has not been taken. We are in contact with the organisers (the EBU), all possibilities are still open.
Romania was represented last year by Theodor Andrei, who performed the song “D.G.T. (Off and On)” in the Second Semi-Final, failing to qualify for the Final.
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun to stay up to date on all the latest news about the world’s largest music competition!
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A month ago, EBU revealed the list of the participating countries for Eurovision 2024.
Romania was not included in the list, while it was highlighted by the EBU that a decision regarding Romania’s participation had not been taken yet. In fact, EBU granted the Romanian broadcaster with an extension on early December, while the country’s fate at Eurovision still remains unknown.
Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2024 still remains under discussion, as TVR confirmed through Eurovoix. Specifically, TVR is awaiting the approval of the 2024 state budget, which includes funding for Romania‘s public broadcaster. Any information regarding the deadline given to TVR has not yet been disclosed.
Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Theodor Andrei, with his song “D.G.T. (Off and On)” which did not make it to the Final, ending up dead last in the semi-final with nul points.
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Happy New Year everyone! The first article for 2024 could be no other but the results of the #ESC250 voting by Songfestival.be in collaboration and as presented via EFR12 Radio.
For the sixteenth year in a row, Songfestival.be conducted during November a poll, asking Eurofans to vote for their ten favorite Eurovision entries of all time. 2023, also, marks the first year that the results are announced via EFR12 Radio. Starting at 11:30 CET and for twelve hours straight, we had the chance to listen to what the Eurovision community considers as the all-time classics of the contest.
Hence, Käärijä is the big winner of this year’s #ESC250 with his song “Cha Cha Cha“. Käärijä represented Finland in Eurovision 2023, winning the public voting with a huge margin and finishing second overall. It looks like that fans loved Käärijä and their love has not faded away yet.
The detailed results of #ESC250
01. 🇫🇮 Finland 2023 – Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha (NEW)
02. 🇸🇪 Sweden 2023 – Loreen – Tattoo (NEW)
03. 🇸🇪 Sweden 2012 – Loreen – Euphoria (-1)
04. 🇪🇸 Spain 2022 – Chanel – SloMo (-3)
05. 🇸🇪 Sweden 2022 – Cornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer (-2)
06. 🇮🇹 Italy 2021 – Måneskin – Zitti E Buoni (-1)
07. 🇺🇦 Ukraine 2021 – Go_A – Shum (-1)
08. 🇨🇾 Cyprus 2018 – Eleni Foureira – Fuego (-4)
09. 🇫🇷 France 2021 – Barbara Pravi – Voilà (+1)
10. 🇪🇸 Spain 2023 – Blanca Paloma – EaΕa (NEW)
11. 🇸🇮 Slovenia 2023 – Joker Out – Carpe Diem (NEW)
248. 🇮🇪 Ireland 1994: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan– Rock’n’roll Kids (NEW)
249. 🇮🇹 Italy 1964: Gigliola Cinquetti – Non Ho l’Étà (NEW)
250. 🇪🇪 Estonia 2022: Stefan – Hope (-74)
The countries with the most appearances on #ESC250
A total of fifty-two countries have taken part at the Eurovision Song Contest during its almost seventy years run. In this year’s #ESC250 voting, some countries have stoodout, such as:
Greece: fourteen entries
Italy: sixteen entries
Sweden: thirteen entries
What do you think of this year’s results? Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all news!
Source: Songfestival.be
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A few days ago, the EBU, published the list of countries taking place in Eurovision Song Contest 2024, and even though Romania was not present in the list, it was mentioned that coversations are still underway.
Who will the representative be if Romania takes place?
Mihai Trăistariu, representative of the country in Eurovision 2006, has stated that he is interesting in returning to the Eurovision Song Contest, however, after TVR and EBU’s announcement, he went on to make some infuriated statements, having in mind that his country might not be present in the coming contest.
Even more, he revealed that he found the coveted song that is set to bring Romania back to the its successful self.
“I am extremely angry! I, since September, received a song from Finland from some producers, which I thought was brilliant and I said: that’s it, I found the song, after years of searching! And look, when I also found the song, I found out that it is possible that we will no longer participate in Eurovision! I kind of expected it! I don’t know why they can’t handle a failure. I understand that this boy got 0 points, but what does that mean, that is, if Romania does not qualify for the World Cup in soccer, we will never go again? It’s impossible, sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad. It was good with me and Luminița, we had top results, so it is possible! But if we send any of these, normally we will only get 0 points! I kept screaming and shouting: stop sending unprepared, unripe children! I will also see which countries still allow foreigners, because I have the right track and I will enroll in another country if I have no choice “
The Romanian artist represented his country in the 2006 contest, with the song “Tornerò”, which ended up in 4th place and evolved into a huge success in the whole lot of Europe. He also tried to represent his country again in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 with no success.
Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Theodor Andrei, with his song “D.G.T. (Off and On)” which didn’t manage to qualify, ending up in 15th place of the second semi-final:
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Romanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!\
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The EBU published then list of participating countries, taking part in Eurovision 2024 and even though Romania was abscent, it was mentioned that discussions are still underway, regarding their participation. More information was given away earlier today, on what really happened on Romania’s participation, and if that is possible. Read more
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The Eurovision season has officially started! Just moments ago, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the participants’ list of Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. In total, 37 countries will participate in the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.
In detail, the following countries will take part in Malmö:
🇦🇱 Albania – RTSH
🇦🇺 Australia – SBS
🇦🇲 Armenia – AMPTV
🇦🇹 Austria – ORF
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan – İctimai
🇧🇪 Belgium – RTBF
🇭🇷 Croatia – HRT
🇨🇾 Cyprus – CyBC
🇨🇿 Czech Republic – ČT
🇩🇰 Denmark – DR
🇪🇪 Estonia – ERR
🇫🇮 Finland – YLE
🇫🇷 France – FT
🇬🇪 Georgia – GPB
🇩🇪 Germany – ARD/NDR
🇬🇷 Greece – ERT
🇮🇸 Iceland – RÚV
🇮🇪 Ireland – RTÉ
🇮🇱 Israel – IPBC/Kan
🇮🇹 Italy – RAI
🇱🇻 Latvia – LTV
🇱🇹 Lithuania – LRT
🇱🇺 Luxembourg – RTL
🇲🇹 Malta – PBS
🇲🇩 Moldova – TRM
🇳🇱 Netherlands – AVROTROS
🇳🇴 Norway – NRK
🇵🇱 Poland – TVP
🇵🇹 Portugal – RTP
🇸🇲 San Marino – SMRTV
🇷🇸 Serbia – RTS
🇸🇮 Slovenia – RTVSLO
🇪🇸 Spain – TVE
🇸🇪 Sweden – SVT
🇨🇭 Switzerland – SRG / SSR
🇺🇦 Ukraine – UA:PBC
🇬🇧 United Kingdom – BBC
Whilst Romania is currently not confirmed to compete next year, talks are continuing with TVR on their potential participation as well. That means we might have 38 nations competing in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.
Luxembourg, one of the founding members of Eurovision as well as successful, having won the contest five times, will return after three decades long absence. In fact, Luxembourg’s return was known to public since May and it was even announced during the Grand Final of Eurovision 2023.
North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Montenegro still remain out, claiming financial reasons.
The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden during 7-11 of May 2024, following Loreen’s second win in Liverpool.
Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!
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