Tonight another song will be selected for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Twelve acts will take to the stage, all hoping to win the Romanian ticket to Vienna. Selecția Națională 2015 To watch live click HERE 19:30 CET The twelve songs are: 1. Voltaj ‘De la capat’ 2. Baietii ‘Dragoste in lanturi’ 3. Tudor Turcu ‘Save Us’ 4. Aurelian Temisan feat. …
Romania: Running Order Revealed
Today the Romanian broadcaster, TVR, have announced the running order for the Romanian National Final, Selecţia Naţională. The twelve songs will take to the stage tomorrow night in hope of gaining the Romanian ticket to Vienna. The Running Order: 1. Voltaj ‘De la capat’ 2. Baietii ‘Dragoste in lanturi’ 3. Tudor Turcu ‘Save Us’ 4. Aurelian Temisan feat. Alexa ‘Chica Latina’ …
Romania: Listen to the NF songs
TVR, the Romanian national broadcaster announced acts that are going to compete in Selecția Națională 2015, the Romanian National Final. Around 100 songs were submitted and an Expert jury reviewed them all. After several days of deliberation they picked the twelve lucky candidates which are listed below. The finalists Aurelian Temişan feat. Alexa – Chica latina Băieţii – Dragoste în lanţuri Blue Noise …
Romania: Selecția Națională On 8th Of March
Today the Romanian national broadcaster, TVR, announced that the representative of Romania in Vienna will be decided on the 8th of March. As earlier reported TVR have once again opted for the National Final route in order to decide who will defend Romania in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Selecția Națională will, this year, be held in the Polivalentă Hall in Craiova, a …
Romania: Selecţia Naţională on 8 March
Today the Romanian broadcaster TVR has announced further details regarding its national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Artists and songwriters who are interested in entering Selecţia Naţională can submit their entry between 26 January and 8 February. After that, a professional jury will pick 12 songs that will compete in the national final – the full line-up will …
Romania to have national final in March
Selecţia Naţională will once again be the mechanism used by Romanian broadcaster TVR to choose the country’s Eurovision representative. TVR has also confirmed that the national selection will take place some time in March, although a specific date has not yet been chosen. Romania has opted to use a national final for all of their Eurovision participations since 1993, so …
39 countries represented in Eurovision 2015
The EBU has confirmed that 39 countries will be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, hosted between 19-23 May in Vienna, Austria. The number is two up on last year, representing the first increase in participation since Germany’s hosting in 2011. Amongst the participants is a surprising return from Czech Republic, who will take part for the first time …
Three more countries confirm for 2015
Albania, Latvia and Romania have all invidually confirmed that they will be present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, despite worries over the three countries due to budgeting issues or displeasure at recent results. Albania has announced that the usual selection process will take place. Festivali i Këngës will return for its 53rd edition this December and the winner will …
Romania: 2015 participation in danger?
It looks like yet another European broadcaster is in financial trouble. We previously reported about Israel’s IBA planning to shut down and re-open in March 2015. Similar developments might now occur in TVR, the national broadcaster of Romania. Stelian Tanase, the Director General of TVR, told the Romanian news agency Mediafax that the broadcaster might have to close down in …
Interview with Mandinga
While spending some time in Transylvania this past weekend I was lucky enough to be in the same town where Romania’s 2012 entry, Mandinga, was playing a show. I was even luckier that the band was willing to chat with me for a few minutes before the show to catch me up on what they have been doing since they …