Romania: 72 to audition for Selecția Națională 2017

The Romanian broadcaster TVR has picked 72 entries to audition for one of the 15 places in the Romanian semi-final on 26 February 2017.

The auditions will take place on 27, 28 and 29 January 2017, and will be broadcast on several TV channels between 5 and 11 February 2017.

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

The results of the auditions (the 15 semi-finalists) will be revealed on 12 February 2017.

Selecția Națională 2017 – Audition entries

• Dragos Emanuel Grigorescu – "You'll go mad"
• Tania – "Hurricane"
• Dorel Giurgiu – "Be strong!"
• Rheeya – "My story"
• Emanuela Stanciu – "Rain in May"
• Instinct – "Petale"
• Pit Leffer – "My life"
• Instinct – "Children Of The Sky"
• Banda Hoinarii – "Balkanitza"
• 30 Music Street – "Pagina de ieri"
• Koszika – "Closer"
• D-lema – "Adventure"
• Florin Chilian – "Colt de lup"
• Stephan – "Someone (like you)"
• Rawanne – "Make You Feel Love"
• Alina Mihaela Coltan (Alenna) – "Something special"
• Cristina Vasiu – "Set the skies on fire"
• Mikhail – Malta – "Sail back"
• VERDE – "My life's a DJ"
• Dixit – "In my dreams"
• Georgia – "Unblock"
• Klyde – "Defect"
• Milan – "Regele minciunilor"
• Klyde – "Chemistry"
• Marius Balan – "Ma seduci"
• Maxim – "Adu-ti aminte"
• Daniel Lazar – "Lume"
• Tudor Turcu – "Limitless"
• Ianna Novac – "You Can Never Die"
• Tudor Turcu – "Walking in time"
• Sergiu Bolota – "We were young"
• Dannyi – "Sunt cu capul (dar imi place)"
• Rodica Anghelescu – "Gandul"
• Hellen – "Never Let Go"
• Elize&No Stress – "Fara bariere"
• Alexandra Haidau – "Cutremur"
• Ana Maria Mirica – "Spune-mi tu"
• Claudiu Mirea – "Magnet"
• Marcel Rosca – "All of my heart"
• Dora & Johnny – "Give me a sign"
• Alexandra Craescu – "Hope"
• Lora – "I know"
• Andreea Maria Varlan – "Reina"
• Hteththemeth – "My fantasy empire"
• Ayona – "Dream On"
• The M's – "The only reason"
• Zanga – "Doua sticle"
• Miryam – "Escape"
• Teodora Dinu – "Tear up the dark"
• Lion's Roar – "I Set You Free"
• Teodora Dinu – "Here we are"
• Phillip Rushton – UK – "I want you"
• Maria Magdalena Danaila – "Iubire"
• Silvia Stefanescu – "To The Sun"
• Eduard Santha – "Wild Child"
• Tavi Colen & Emma – "We own the night"
• Shiny@Rusty – "Let me take your smile"
• Berniceya – "Ice Cream"
• The Band – "Choose Me"
• Cezar Dometi & Alice Jeckel – "De ce"
• Ilinca ft. Alex Florea – "Yodel It"
• Catalin Barbu – "When love is over"
• Tania Popa – "Fata tuturor"
• Andreea Cristina Andrei & Adonis Boom – "To Love You"
• Nora Denes – "Mother"
• Andreea Cristina Andrei & Adonis Boom – "Obsession"
• MIHAI (Mihai Traistariu) – "I won't surrender"
• Xandra (Alexandra Sipos) – "Walk on by"
• Lina Sanden – "After you"
• Anneli Zetterberg – "Follow through"
• Tavi Bros – "Globetrotter"
• Ramona Nerra – "Save me"

Selecția Națională 2017

Selecția Națională 2017 will have three rounds:

• 27 - 29 January 2017: Auditions (to be aired 5 to 11 February 2017) – 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 will qualify 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!