Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | ||||
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National selection | ||||
Selection process |
Eurovision Selecţia Naţională 2011 50% jury 50% televoting | |||
Selection date(s) | 31 December 2010 | |||
Selected entrant | Hotel FM | |||
Selected song | "Change" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 111 points) | |||
Final result | 17th, 77 points | |||
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany and selected their entry through a televised national final, organised by Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR).[1] "Hotel FM" were victorious with their song "Change" and thus represented the country in the 2011 contest.[2][3]
National Final 2011
On 1 October, Romanian national television announced that the national final would take place on the New Year's Eve show (31 December). 13 acts were to complete in a televised show. The deadline for entries was set for 5 November.[4] On November 15, TVR published the 13 songs along with videos produced by the broadcaster. The national final winner was to be declared by jury and televoting.[1][5] Johnny Logan was appointed as head of the jury.[6]
Paula Seling, Ovi, the 2010 Romanian representatives and Gianina Corondan, hosted the national final.[7]
The winning composer was awarded this time a BMW 3 Series (E90).[8] It was for the second year that the national selection winner - the composer - received a car.
Former Eurovision winners Johnny Logan as well as Niamh Kavanagh were the special guests of the evening. Chiara Siracusa also made an appearance.[6]
Selecţia Naţională 2011
During a press conference held by TVR, 13 finalists were announced.[9] The draw of the running order took place at Marina Almasan-Socaciu's TV show, Ne vedem la TVR!, on 20 November.[10] Although leading the televoting Distinto, Ianna & Anthony Icuagu didn't win the jury votes, so they won't win the ticket to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The winner was Hotel FM with the song "Change.[2][3]
Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Jury | Total | Place |
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1 | Adi Cristescu | "One by One" | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
2 | Dalma | "Song for Him" | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
3 | Leticia | "Dreaming of You" | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
4 | Silvia Ștefănescu | "I Can't Breathe Without You" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
5 | Blaxy Girls | "It's So Fine" | 6 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
6 | Claudia Pavel | "I Want U to Want Me" | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
7 | Laurențiu Cazan | "We Can Change The World" | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
8 | Dan Helciug | "My Facebook Girl" | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
9 | Distinto, Ianna & Anthony Icuagu | "Open Your Eyes" | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2 |
10 | Direcția 5 | "Cinema Love" | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
11 | Rallsa | "Take me down" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
12 | Hotel FM | "Change" | 10 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
13 | Mihai Alexandru featuring B-Body & Soul | "Bang Bang" | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
Before Eurovision
A special concert took place on April 9 in Bucharest. Four Eurovision contestants performed their entries live at the Nichita Stanescu hall. The concert was broadcast live by TVR 1 and TVR International while a live webcast was provided by Esctoday.com. Kati Wolf, the Hungarian entry, was also invited, but she was busy, and couldn't perform at this special concert.
Country | Artist | Song |
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Dino Merlin | "Love in Rewind" |
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Zdob si Zdub | "So lucky" |
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Hotel FM | "Change" |
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TWiiNS | "I'm still alive" |
Promo tours
Artists from five countries visited Romania during their Eurovision promo tours:
Country | Artist | Song | Date |
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Poli Genova | "Na inat" | March 19 |
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Alexey Vorobyov | "Get You" | April 2 |
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Dino Merlin | "Love in Rewind" | April 9 |
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Zdob si Zdub | "So lucky" | April 9 |
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TWiiNS | "I'm still alive" | April 9 |
At Eurovision
Romania competed in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest, on 12 May. It qualified for the great final, with a total of 111 points (the fourth country). During the 14 May final, Romanian performed the 17th and ended up on the same position, in a tie with Russia, with a total of 77 points. It received the maximum 12 points from Moldova and Italy, 10 points from Belgium, 8 points from Spain, 6 points from: Bulgaria, Azerbaijan and Israel, 5 points from Turkey, 4 points from Netherlands and Denmark and 1 point from Austria, Hungary, Ireland and Estonia.
Points awarded by Romania
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See also
References
- 1 2 "National final on New Year's Eve". ESCDaily. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- 1 2 Webb, Glen (1 January 2011). "Hotel FM victorious in Romania". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- 1 2 Busa, Alexandru (2011-01-01). "Hotel FM to represent Romania in Düsseldorf". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ↑ Kalimeris, Aris (2010-10-02). "Romania: New Year's Eve with champagne & Eurovision". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ↑ Coroneri, Alenka (2010-10-01). "TVR kicks off national selection". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- 1 2 Busa, Alexandru (2010-12-06). "Niamh Kavanagh & Chiara guests at Romania's final". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ Busa, Alexandru (2010-10-16). "Paula & Ovi to host the Romanian national final". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
- ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2010-10-25). "Romanian lineup revealed on 15 November". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
- ↑ Busa, Alexandru (2010-11-10). "Romania : Finalists for 2011 Eurovision selection announced". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-11-10.
- ↑ Busa, Alexandru (2010-11-20). "Romania : Draw for the running order completed". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-11-20.