Romania: Selecţia Naţională 2017 artists revealed

The Romanian broadcaster TVR has picked the 15 semi-finalists for Selecţia Naţională 2017. In the end of January 2017 the broadcaster had 72 auditions for the 15 places in the Romanian semi-final on 26 February 2017.

The jury for the auditions and the semi-final consists of: Luminiţa Anghel, Ovi Jacobsen, Adrian Romcescu, Paula Seling and Andrei Tudor.

Selecţia Naţională 2017 – Semi-finalists

• Cristina Vasiu – "Set the Skies on Fire"
• Elizé & No Stress – "Fără Bariere" (Without barriers)
• Tudor Turcu – "Limitless"
• Ramona Nerra – "Save Me"
• Ana-Maria Mirică – "Spune-mi tu" (Tell me)
• Instinct – "Petale" (Petals)
• D-lema – "Adventure"
• Ilinca ft. Alex Florea – "Yodel It!"
• Tavi Colen & Emma – "We Own the Night"
• Zanga – "Două sticle" (Two bottles)
• Maxim – "Adu-ți aminte" (Remember)
• Eduard Santha – "Wild Child"
• MIHAI – "I Won't Surrender"
• Alexandra Crăescu – "Hope"
• Xandra – "Walk On By"

Selecția Națională 2017

Selecția Națională 2017 has three rounds:

• 27 - 29 January 2017: Auditions – 15 qualifies to the Semi-final
• 26 February 2017: Semi-final – 10 qualifies to the Final
• 5 March 2017: Final

From the audition round 15 songs qualified to the semi-final. In the semi-final (26 February 2017), a jury will select which 10 songs will qualify to the Final. In the final (5 March 2017), the winner will be determined solely by televoting.

Romania in Eurovision Song Contest

Romania had its debut in 1994, and has been participating 17 times since. They have never won the contest, but came 3rd in 2005 (Luminita Anghel & Sistem - "Let Me Try") and 2010 (Paula Seling & Ovi - "Playing With Fire").

Romania was expelled from Eurovision 2016 due to unpaid dept to EBU, so the winner of Selecţia Naţională 2016, Ovidiu Anton didn't participate in Stockholm.

Since the introductions of semi-finals in 2004, Romania has qualified to the Grand Final 12 out of 12 times!