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Romania 2018 🇷🇴 Tiri’s ‘Deșert De Sentimente’ breaching the rules?

ROMANIA – Lion’s roar, which took part in last Sundays fourth semi final of Romania’s national Eurovision selection and failed to proceed to the next round, is contesting the result with broadcaster TVR claiming that another entrant is in breach of the competition rules.

According to Lion’s roar, TIRI’s song “Desert de sentimente”, has advanced to the final, features a segment from a 19th century musical entitled “Ballad for Violin and Orchestra”. According to rules set out by both TVR and the EBU, an entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest must not have been publicly released prior to September 2017.

The Romanian broadcaster has not commented on the matter. If TIRI were to be disqualified , Lion’s roar would not take their place as they came only fifth in the semi final. However, it is likely that song will be simply revamped if it were to win the Romanian national selection.

Romania 2018 🇷🇴 results of Selecția Națională third semi final

ROMANIA – Selecția Națională 2018 is the national selection organized by TVR and its regional studios in order to select Romania’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The competition consists of six shows: five semi-finals featuring twelve songs each and a final featuring fifteen songs to be held throughout January and February 2018, with the final on 25 February 2018. The slogan for the 2018 selection is “Eurovision unește România!” (Eurovision unites Romania!). Each show takes place in a different city in Romania, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Union of Transylvania with Romania (also known locally as the “Great Union”), which gave the country its largest peacetime geographical extent.

TVR opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries between 15 November and 15 December 2017, during which 72 entries were received. All entrants got to participate in auditions on 19 and 20 December, in front of a jury made up of five music industry professionals:

Liliana Ștefan — lyricist, wrote the Romanian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1998;
Viorel Gavrilă — composer and conductor, multiple-time winner at the Mamaia Festival;
Ilinca Băcilă — singer, came seventh at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 as a performer;
Nicu Patoi — guitarist, accompanied Mălina Olinescu at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998;
Marian Ionescu — bass guitarist, pianist, composer and founder of the band Direcția 5.
The auditions were broadcast on 12, 13 and 14 January 2018 on TVR1.

60 songs qualified for the semi-finals — 12 for each semi-final — which are set to take place throughout January and February 2018. The qualifying songs were revealed on 22 December.[10] No performer was allowed to have two different songs in the semi-final stage, but there was no such limit for songwriters. It was also disallowed to circumvent this rule by replacing the performer. The top three acts selected by the jury from each semi-final — for a total of 15 finalists — will qualify for the final held on 25 February. The winner will then be determined by 100% televoting.

ROMANIA 2018 🇷🇴 SELECȚIA NAȚIONALĂ THIRD SEMI FINAL

Romania 2018 🇷🇴 Selecția Națională first semi final results

ROMANIA – The first semi-final will take place on 21 January 2018, at Teatrul Municipal “Maior Gheorghe Pastia” in Focșani, where eleven entries will compete for three spots in the final. Tom Hartis withdrew due to health problems, he was supposed to perform in spot number 06. The green room correspondent for this show will be Anca Medeleanu, a presenter for TVR Iași. The opening act of the show will be Luminița Anghel, performing “Hora din Moldova” alongside the Țara Vrancei Folk Ensemble. A thirty-minute recital by the band Pasărea Rock will be the interval act of the show.

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Romania 2018 🇷🇴 Selecția Națională dates and host cities announced

ROMANIA – Romanian national broadcaster made several announcements today. First they announced the dates for Selecția Națională, through which the country will decide its entry and artist for Lisbon’s Eurovision Song Contest, the host cities and the allocation of the 60 participants in the semi finals. There will be five semi finals and a final. From each semi final three songs by the jury will proceed to the final. In the final only the public will decide the winner. The five live heats will be hosted by five different cities, as follows:

DATES
First Semi Final: 21 January in Focsani
Second Semi Final: 28 January in Timisoara
Third Semi Final: 4 February in Craiova (host city of 2015 NF)
Fourth Semi Final: 11 February in Turda
Fifth Semi Final: 18 February in Sighisoara
Final: 25 February in Bucharest

FIRST SEMI FINAL
Lina – “A love Worth Falling For”
Johnny Badulescu – “Devoted”
Hellen – “From Underneath”
Eduard Santha – “Mesom Romales”
Echoes – “Mirror”
Alex Florea – “Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt
Waleska – “Renacer (Reborn)”
Liviu Anghel – “Rise Up”
CornEL – “Take Me Away”
Tom Hartis – “Teardrop Rain”
Elena Turcu – “The Perfect Fall”
Alexia & Matei – “Walking On Water”

SECOND SEMI FINAL
Jukebox feat. Bella Santiago – “Auzi cum bate”
Alessandro Danescu – “Breaking Up”
Meriem – “End The Battle”
M I H A I – “Heaven”
Jessie Banes – “Lightning Strikes”
Romeo Zaharia – “Maybe This Time”
Othello – “Noi suntem padure”
Miruna Diaconescu – “Run For You”
Serena – “Safari”
Pragu’ De Sus – “Te voi chema”
Endless feat. Maria Grosu – “Thinking About You”
Rafael & Andy – “We Are One”

THIRD SEMI FINAL
Erminio Sinni & Titziana Camelin – “All The Love Away”
Zavera – “Come Back To Me”
Mares Pana – “Daydreamer”
Aurel Dinca – “Fire In The Sky”
Tavi Clonda – “King”
VYROS – “La La La”
Diana Bratan – “Paint It Rainbow”
Carolina Gorun – “Reach Out For The Stars”
Elena Hasna – “Revival”
Eliza Chifu – “So Good Without You”
Ayona – “The Story Goes On”
Xandra – “Try”

FOURTH SEMI FINAL
Feli – “Buna de iubit”
ZØLTAN – “Daca dragostea e oarba”
TIRI – “Desrt de sentimente”
Paula Crisan – “I Am Here”
Cristian Siminonescu – “Nirvana”
Alice Jeckel – “Out Of The Dark”
Dan Manciulea – “Raza de soare”
Lion’s Roar – “Rekindle The Flame”
Claudia Andas – “The One”
Ioana Ciornea – “Time After Time”
Bernice Chitiul – “Too Busy For My Heart”
Nicoleta Ticala – “Una oportunidad”

FIFTH SEMI FINAL
SAVE – “All We Need”
Tomher Cohen – “Baby You’re The Only One”
Sergiu Bolota – “Every Little Thing”
Dora Gaitanovici – “Fara tine”
Teodora Dinu – “Fly”
The HUMANS – “Goodbye”
Iliana – “I Won’t Lie”
Evermorph – “Live Your Life”
Alexandru Ungureanu – “Sail With Me”
Manuel Chivari – “Somebody To Love”
Maria Suciu – “Sweet Nothing”
Denisa Trofin – “Tears”