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Romania: Over 380,000 euros spent for Eurovision 2023!

Libertatea reports that the Romanian broadcaster spent a total of 382,500 for its participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. The total amount is made up of the cost of the National Final, the entry fee and the costs related to the Liverpool performance.

The biggest expense for TVR was the €180,000 entry fee to the EBU, which contributes to the funding of the Contest. Then €63,000 was spent on the Romanian National Final, from which Theodor Andrei was selected for Liverpool. The full breakdown of costs is as follows:

  • €180,000 – Participation fee
  • €80,000 – Staging and associated costs for the performance in Liverpool
  • €63,000 – National Final
  • €25,000 – Broadcasting costs in Romania
  • €23,500 – Accommodation in Liverpool
  • €11,000 – Transport and other costs

Theodor Andrei represented Romania in Liverpool with “D.G.T. (Off and on)”. In the semi-final he scored 0 points in both televote and jury and became the first entry in Romania’s Eurovision history failing to score any points.

Source: Libertatea 

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Romania: With Theodor Andrei and “D.G.T. (Off and on)” in Eurovision 2023!

The Romanian national final, Selecţia Naţională 2023, has just finished.

TVR, the Romanian public broadcaster, has decided to organise once again a national final for the selection of a representative for Eurovision 2023. Public television had selected twelve artists who competed tonight in the Grand Final of Selecţia Nacională 2023!

At the beginning of the evening, last years representative of the country WRS appeared on stage, performing among other songs, his participation “Llámame” in Eurovision 2022 .

The Finalists

In the list below you can see the twelve artists and their nominated songs for Selecţia Naţională 2023 (You can listen to the songs by clicking on the song titles):

Deiona — “Call on me

 

Andrada Popa — “No time for me

 

Ocean Drive — “Take you home

 

AMIA — “Puppet

 

Andrei Duțu — “Statues

 

Theodor Andrei — “D.G.T. (Off and on)

 

Steven Roho x Gabriella x Formaţia Albatros — “Lele

 

Aledaida — “Bla Bla Bla

 

Adriana Moraru — “Faralaes

 

Maryliss — “Hai Vino

 

JaxMan (Erin Dăneţ) — “Bad & cool

 

Andreea D Folclor Orchestra — “Periniţa mea

 

The Results

The voting opened during the show and the winner was decided only by the televoting. After the counting of the votes, the moment of the result was reached.

Selecţia Nacională 2023 was won by Theodor Andrei  and with the songD.G.T. (Off and on)” and he will represent Romania in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool!

 

Listen to the studio version of “D.G.T. (Off and on)

Do you like the Romanian selection this year? Tell us in the comments below!

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Romania: Full line up and running order of Selecţia Naţională 2023 announced!

The Public broadcaster of Romania TVR announced earlier today further details regarding Selecţia Naţională 2023, the show which will determine the act that will represent Romania at Eurovision 2023.

Previously unassigned entry “Statues” ,is announced that will be performed by Andrei Duţu, former “X-Factor Romania” participant.

The running order also took place today. The 12 acts were given a spot between 1 and…36. The order is the following:

1. Deiona, “Call on me”

3. Andrada Popa, “No time for me”

4. Ocean Drive, “Take you home”

8. Amia, “Puppet”

9. Andrei Duțu, “Statues”

10. Theodor Andrei, “D.G.T. (Off and on)”

16. Steven Roho x Gabriella x Formaţia Albatros ,”Lele”

20. Aledaida, “Bla Bla Bla”

26. Adriana Moraru, “Faralaes”​

29. Maryliss, “Hai vino”

32. JaxMan (Erin Dăneţ) “Bad&Cool”

35. Andreea D Folclor Orchestra, “Periniţa mea”

The Selecţia Nacională 2023 final will take place on February 11, 2023 and will be broadcast live from TVR‘s studios. The winner will be determined solely by the viewers’ vote, with voting opening during the broadcast.

Last year’s Selecţia Naţională winner was WRS who with “Llamame” brought Romania to the final for the first time since 2017!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPpuwy79sHs

Source:Eurovision.tvr.ro

Romania: Listen to the first songs of Selecţia Naţională 2023!

Some of the 12 artists participating in Selecţia Naţională 2023 have released their entries.

You can listen to the five already published songs below:

The candidates for Selecţia Naţională 2023:

  1. Adriana Moraru – “Faralaes”
  2. Aledaida – “Bla Bla Bla”
  3. AMIA – “Puppet”
  4. Andrada Popa – “No time for me”
  5. Andreea D Folclor Orchestra – “Periniţa mea”
  6. Deiona – “Call on me”
  7. Erin Dăneţ – “Bad&cool”
  8. Maryliss – “Hai Vino”
  9. Ocean Drive – “Take you home”
  10. No Artist – “Statues”
  11. Steven Roho x Gabriella x Formaţia Albatros – “Lele”
  12. Theodor Andrei – “D.G.T. (Off and on)”

The Selecţia Nacională 2023 final will take place on February 11 2023 and will be broadcast live from TVR‘s studios. The winner will be determined solely by the viewers’ vote, with voting opening during the broadcast.

Last year’s Selecţia Naţională winner was WRS who with “Llamame” brought Romania to the final for the first time since 2017!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates on Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2023!

 

 

Romania: 84 Songs Submitted For “Selecția Națională 2023”!

The submission window for “Selecția Națională 2023” closed on the 11th of December 2022. Romanian broadcaster TVR released an official statement regarding the selection process.

According to the statement, 84 entries were submitted for the selection process. Last year, 94 songs were submitted for the selection process.

Both Romanians but also foreign citizens can take part in the contest without any restrection on the nationality of the composer or the singer(s) of a song. These songs will now be listened to between December 14th and December 16th by a jury of experienced professionals. They are:

  • Sebastien Ferenţ (Festival Director)
  • Laura Coroianu (Founder of a concern organisation company)
  • Bogdan Stratula (Radio/TV Director)
  • John Varbiu (Festival Founder)
  • Alin Vaida (Festival Director)
  • Mihai Predescu (Head of Delegation)
  • Unannounced

Selecția Națională 2023 will take place in February 11, with the Romanian viewers being the only ones who will vote, either by sms votes or via online voting.

The previous winner of Selecția Națională and Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was WRS with the song “Llámame“ and ended up in 18th place in the Grand Final, while also bringing his country back to the final after three consequtive non-qualifications.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Romanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: TVR

Romania: Selecția Națională to be held with 12 finalist | The final will take place on February 11 only with public vote!

Just a while ago Romania’s public broadcaster, TVR, published the rules of Selecția Națională 2023, the country’s national final to select their representative for Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Only 12 songs will take part in the one-night contest, in which the winner and Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2023 in Liverpool, will be decided by public vote alone.

The submission window for songs for Selecția Națională 2023 will be open from November 14 to December 11. After this deadline, a jury panel will select the 12 best songs, while the artists competing in Selecția Națională 2023 will be announced on December 17.

Selecția Națională 2023 will take place in February 11, with the Romanian viewers being the only ones who will vote, either by sms votes or via online voting.

Both Romanians but also foreign citizens can take part in the contest without any restrection on the nationality of the composer or the singer(s) of a song.

The previous winner of Selecția Națională and Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was WRS with the song “Llámame“ and ended up in 18th place in the Grand Final, while also bringing his country back to the final after three consequtive non-qualifications.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Romanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: eurovision.tvr.ro

Romania: Selecția Națională 2023 will take place only with televote!

Earlier today, Romania’s public broadcaster, TVR, announced that they are going to make some changes regarding they way they face the Eurovision Song Contest, after some controversies in 2022.

The channel’s Board of Directors signed the 2023 budget a few hours ago, and the money for Eurovision 2023 and the national final, was also included in it.

Based on TVR’s announcement on the Eurovision 2023 project, the Project Manager Mihai Predescu said:

“We are a new team and we propose a different Eurovision contest, based on transparency, professionalism and digitization. We changed the voting system: only the public will choose the piece that will represent Romania. And one more thing: this Eurovision will be on air on TVR and much more present than in the past online, on social media networks”

It’s worth saying that this is quite a difference, as in last year’s national final, the public vote only determined 17% of the final result, while the remaining 83% was determined by the jury.

The next days, TVR will finalise the remaing details of the selection process and will make an open call for songs, as soon as possible.

The previous winner of Selecția Națională and Romania’s representative in Eurovision 2022 was WRS with the song “Llámame“ and ended up in 18th place in the Grand Final, while also bringing his country back to the final after three consequtive non-qualifications.

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Romanian participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Liverpool!

Source: tvr.ro

Romania: TVR is considering suing EBU!

A few days after the Eurovision 2022 Grand Final, EBU issued an announcement regarding voting irregularities during Semi-Final 2 ,in which the Romanian jury was among the juries detected for “irregular voting patterns”. The national broadcaster of Romania, TVR, has publicly reacted against the decision and the CEO of the broadcaster stated that participation for next year was up for a debate, while an online poll was launched asking audience members to vote if they want Romania to participate again in the contest.

The CEO of TVR, Dan Turturică, has made some further comments on the issue, saying that Romanian television is considering suing the European Broadcasting Union after the situation in the Eurovision final. He believes that EBU changed the rules “during the game” and he adds that currently an internal investigation is conducted by TVR, to identify why the Romanian jury votes were invalid while decisions will be made on the situation.

Mr. Turturică also added that while TVR is analyzing the regulations, there needs to be a careful treatment without damaging the relationship of the broadcaster with EBU.

 

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on the issue!

Source: Stiripesurse.ro

Romanian broadcaster launches online poll about the future of the country in the contest

As we previously reported, Romanian national broadcaster TVR is considering to withdraw from the contest after the announcement of EBU regarding irregular voting patterns of 6 national juries in the semi-final, including the Romanian jury.

As part of the show which TVR will broadcast tonight called Referéndum, the broadcaster has launched an online poll, asking audience to vote if they want Romania to participate again in Eurovision.

 

As of the time these lines are written, more than 5800 have voted and the results so far are:

YES – 53%

NO – 38%

DONT KNOW/DONT CARE – 7%

 

The poll and whether Romania should participate in Eurovision 2023 will be discussed on Monday 23rd of May at 9Pm on TVR 1. You can watch the show live through the video below:

 

Do you think Romania will take part in Eurovision 2023? Tell us in the comments!

Romania: TVR debates Eurovision participation!

The Romania/EBU saga continues!

Romania is considering leaving the Eurovision Song Contest after the EBU replaced its jury votes together with other five countries.  The EBU questioned the validity of the Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino jury votes.

In a public statement Mr. Dan Cristian Turturică, the president-general director of TVR said that a future participation of Romania in the festival is open up to debate.

TVR 1 will broadcast a debate on the subject in the tv program Referéndum moderated by Mihai R ădulescu.  The question to the public will be: Do you want Romania to participate again in Eurovision?

TVR also invited EBU representatives to the program to further explain its accusations against the jury votes of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino.

TVR will broadcast their Eurovision debate tonight at 21.00 on TVR1.

Source: Facebook/ Dan Cristian Turturică