Selecția Națională 2019

Selecția Națională 2019
Preliminary decision data
country	Romania
Broadcasting ; station	TVR 1 , TVR HD , TVR Internațional, TVR Moldova
Producing ; broadcaster	Televiziunea Română
place	Semi-finals:; Sala Polivalentă, Iași; Sala Sporturilor “Victoria”, Arad ; Final:; Sala Polivalentă, Bucharest
date	17th February 2019
Time	9:00 p.m. ( EET )
Duration	approx. 180 minutes
Number of participants	23
Number of contributions	23
Preliminary rounds	2
; Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals:; January 27, 2019 ; February 10, 2019
poll	Semi-finals:; 50% jury voting, ; 50% televoting ; Final:; 15% televoting, ; 85% international jury voting
Pause filler	Final: ; Emmelie de Forest , Inis Nerziri
Moderation
	Aurelian Temişan & Ilinca Avram

The 23rd Selecția Națională took place on February 17, 2019 and was the Romanian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ).

format

concept

Unlike the large-scale preliminary decision in the previous year , only 24 participants should take part in the preliminary decision in 2019. These were divided into two semifinals, which took place in January and February 2018. According to reports from the Romanian media, the semi-finals will again take place in different locations in Romania. In the semifinals, a jury will then determine up to five finalists and the televoting will determine one further finalist. TVR also retains the right to award a wildcard for the final. In the end, a maximum of 13 performers will take part in the final. There the winner will then be decided by 50% televoting and 50% by an international jury. If there is a tie for the winner, the international jury will decide the winner. It will be the first time that an international jury will be used at the Selecția Națională.

broadcasts

Iași

Arad

Bucharest

Venues of the Selecția Națională (blue marking)

broadcast	Send date	city	venue
Semifinala 1	January 27, 2019	Iași	Sala Polivalentă
Semifinala 2	February 10, 2019	Arad	Sala Sporturilor "Victoria"
Finala	17th February 2019	Bucharest	Sala Polivalentă

Choice of contribution

From November 9, 2018 to December 10, 2018, contributions could be submitted on the TVR website. There was only the rule that the submitted contributions should comply with the song contest rules.

On December 13, 2018, TVR announced that they had received 126 songs.

Attendees

The winner of the Romanian preliminary rounds: Ester Peony

On December 20, 2018, TVR presented the 24 participants to the public. These were selected by the following jury:

George Balint - Journalist (Realitatea Muzicală)
Felix Crainicu (Radio România)
Horea Ghibuțiu - music journalist (unsitedemuzica.ro)
Bogdan Miu - Radio program planner and journalist (DigiFM)
Bogdan Pavlică (Radio România)
Răzvan Popescu (Radio Zu)
Andreea Remețan - Radio Program Planner (Virgin Radio)
Gabriel Scîrlet - Music Director (TVR)
Oliver Simionescu - DJ Olix (Kiss FM)
Liana Stanciu - Journalist (TVR)
Dragoș Vulgaris - Music Journalist (ProFm & Chill FM)

Nicola , who represented Romania in 2003 , was one of the 24 participants .

Dan Bittman , who represented Romania for the first time on her debut in 1994 , was originally supposed to take part in the preliminary round. On January 1, 2019, however, he announced that he would not be in Romania at the time of the semi-finals and would therefore withdraw from the competition.

On January 11, 2019, TVR announced that they had given two wildcards, so that actually 25 participants would have competed in 2019.

Originally, MIHAI , who represented Romania at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest , was also supposed to take part . On January 13, 2019, however, he announced via Facebook that he would withdraw from the Selecția Națională 2019. The reason he gave was that he no longer trusted the objectivity of the organizers after they had given two wildcards, although originally only one should be given. MIHAI took part in the Selecția Națională as a solo artist in 2006, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and will therefore not take part in it for the first time since 2015. The singer Xandra also withdrew her participation. In 2019, a total of 23 performers will take part.

Semifinals

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on January 27, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ( EET ). Five participants qualified for the final through a jury vote, while the audience chose another finalist.

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury		spectator
Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	be right	space	Votes (televoting & SMS)	space
09	Claudiu Mirea	We Are The Ones M: Mihai Ogasanu, Claudiu Mirea; T: Claudiu Mirea	English	We are the ones	48	01.	-	-
11	Bella Santiago	Army Of Love M / T: Resciebelle Barrios Santiago, Alexandru Luft	English	Army of love	47	02.	-	-
01	Trooper	Destin M: Aurelian Dincă; T: Alin Dincă	Romanian	fate	36	03.	-	-
05	Dya & Lucian Colareza	Without You (Sin ti) M: Sergi Gascon; T: Sergi Gascon, Daniel Andres Giraldo Mazo	English, Romanian	Without you (without you)	37	04th	-	-
04th	Teodora Dinu	Skyscraper M / T: Udo Mechels , Laila Samuelsen , Jonas Brøgger Filtenborg	English	skyscraper	27	05.	-	-
06th	Nicola	Weight Of The World M / T: Will Taylor, Michael James Down, Jonas Gladnikoff	English	Weight of the earth	27	06th	0255	5.
08th	Vaida	Underground M / T: Michael James Down, Hanif Sabzevari, Will Taylor, Tonje Gjevjon	English	Underground	26th	07th	1,825	1.
03	Ommieh x Anakrisez	Rock This Way M: Eduard Cârcotă; T: Alexandru Bugan	English	Rock this way	23	08th.	0262	4th
02	Berniceya	The Call: Dynasty of Love M / T: Florin Chitiul	English	The call: dynasty of love	08th	09.	0104	6th
07th	Steam	The Way It Goes M: Sorin Cotorceanu, Mihai Rapeanu; T: Sorin Cotorceanu	English	The way it goes	06th	10.	0394	3.
10	The Four	Song Of My Heart M / T: Cătălin Dascălu, Theea Miculescu	English	Song of my heart	05	11.	0661	2.

Candidate has qualified for the final.

The candidate qualified for the final by televoting.

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on February 10, 2019, 9:00 p.m. ( EET ). Five participants qualified for the final through a jury vote, while the audience chose another finalist.

Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	jury		spectator
Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	be right	space	Votes (televoting & SMS)	space
10	Laura Bretan	Dear Father M: Mihai Alexandru; T: Alexa Niculae	English	Dear father	54	01.	-	-
12	Linda Teodosiu	Renegades M: Jonas Thander; T: Rachel Suter, Frank Giustra	English	traitor	52	02.	-	-
11	Ester Peony	On A Sunday M: Alexandru Serbu, Ester Alexandra Cretu; T: Ioana Victoria Badea	English	On a Sunday	41	03.	-	-
09	Letitia Moisescu & Sensibil Balkan	Daina M / T: Mihai Ogasanu	English	-	37	04th	-	-
03	Olivier Kaye	Right Now M: Ovidiu Jacobsen , Shani Kfir, Rasmus Bosse; T: Ovidiu Jacobsen , Shani Kfir	English	Right now	30th	05.	-	-
08th	Aldo Blaga	Your Journey M: Aldo Blaga, Olivier Bassil; T: Nicoleta Roman	English	Your journey	19th	06th	539	1.
01	2 gents	Ielele M: Alexandru Antonescu, Catalin Tamazlicaru, Ciprian Rogojan, Doru Todoruţ; T: Alexandru Antonescu, Ciprian Rogojan, Doru Todoruţ	English , Romanian	Fairies	18th	07th	295	2.
06th	Johnny Badulescu	Give Up Now M / T: Rob Price	English	Now give up	16	08th.	142	6th
04th	Xonia	Discrete M / T: Leticia Ascencio, John Scott Mulchaey, Edliberto Mendez, Bexx	English	Independent	14th	09.	154	5.
02	Georgy	Tears M: Valentin Muntean; T: Claire	English	tears	05	10.	191	4th
07th	Echoes	High Heels On M: Liviu Elekes, Claudiu Dănăilă; T: Claudiu Dănăilă, Pavel Petricenco	English	High shoes on	03	11.	141	7th
05	TWM	Make Me Your Man M: Adrian-Radu Rusu, Eduard Carcota; T: Adi Campurean	English	Make me your man	01	12.	254	3.