Romania: TVR receives 84 applications for Selecţia Naţională 2023

Romania: TVR receives 84 applications for Selecţia Naţională 2023
Tuesday, 13 December 2022

  • The Romanian national broadcaster, TVR, has received 84 songs for the Eurovision 2023 national final.

    Romania will be deciding its Eurovision hopeful through the format of  Selecţia Naţională 2023, the submission window for which had opened on November 14 and  remained active up to December 11, 2022.

    With the submission period closed , TVR, revealed that they have received 84 songs for Selectia Nationala, the show that will determine the country's Eurovision 2023 hopeful. 

     From December 14 and 16, a jury that will consist of seven members maximum will review the 84 submissions and choose the 12 competing acts of the live final. The finalists will be revealed not later than December 17, 2022. 

    The jury is made up by the following members: 

    • Sebastien Ferenţ (Festival Director)
    • Laura Coroianu (Founder of a concern organisation company)
    • Bogdan Stratula (Radio/TV Director)
    • John Varbiu (Festival Founder)
    • Alin Vaida (Festival Director)
    • Mihai Predescu (Head of Delegation)
    • The director of the project, who will be chosen following the internal and external contest of directorial projects

     

    Selecţia Naţională 2023

    Selecţia Naţională 2023 has been the format used to determine all the Romanian Eurovision entries apart from 2021. The live national final of Selecţia Naţională 2023 will take place on February 11, 2023. The outcome of the final will be influenced equally by a jury voting and the televoting results. 

     

    Romania in Eurovision 

    Romania made its first attempt to compete in the contest back in 1993 for the Eurovision Song Contest. After competing in the preliminary  semi-final in Slovenia with Dida Dragan, failed to win one of the three spots that led to the Eurovision stage in Millstreet, Ireland

    Romania officially debuted at the the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with Dan Bitman and has participatted a total of 23 times since then. Its best reuslts were scored in 2005 with Luminita Anghel and in 2010 with the duo Paula Seling & Ovi achieving in both cases the honorable 3rd place in the Grand Final. In 2016 the country received a penalty by the EBU due to its broadcaster’s overdue debt and was forced to withdraw from the contest, although it had chosen its Eurovision entry and act for Stockholm.

    In 2020 the Roxen was internally selected to represent Romania at ESC2020 with the song was “Alcohol You”, whose production was by Viky Red, the music being signed by him along with Ionuţ Armas and  written by Ionuţ Armas and Breyan Isaac. Unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 pandemic and Roxen didn't reach eventually the Eurovision stage. However, for 2021 Roxen was internally selected to represent the nation in Rotterdam performing 'Amnesia', which sadly didn't make it to the final. 

    This year WRS won the national final with the song 'Llamame" and defended the Romanian colors in Turin where he finished 18th in the Grand final after receiving 65 points. 

     

    News Source:TVR

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