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Romania has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since its debut in , and has placed in the top ten six times. Its best results were achieved with "Let Me Try" by Luminița Anghel and Sistem in , "Playing with Fire" by Paula Seling and Ovi in , and "Choke Me" by Alexandra Căpitănescu in 2026, who all finished in third place. The Romanian participating broadcaster in the contest is (TVR), which selects its entrant with , a song contest organised every year since 1993, a song contest which has been taking place every year except for 2021, to select its entry for Eurovision. The winner of the first edition was chosen by 1100 households in the country. The selection of the winner either occurred during one show, or through a varying amount of semi-finals. For the first time, a part of Romania's entry was determined internally in 2020. Roxen was selected by TVR out of exclusive partner Global Records's roster, and was appointed five songs for a jury and the public to choose from. The broadcaster and the label also collaborated the following year for the internal selection of Roxen and her entry.
In , "Pe-o margine de lume" by Nico and Vlad won Romania's first and only Marcel Bezençon Award, in the Composer Award category, and Sanda received the infamous Barbara Dex Award in . A number of Romania's Eurovision entries have experienced commercial success over the years. While "Let Me Try" reached number nine on the Romanian Top 100, 's "Tornerò" by Mihai Trăistariu peaked within the top ten in Finland and Greece. "The Balkan Girls" by Elena topped the Romanian chart in , and similar success was attained by "Zaleilah" by Mandinga in , obtaining number two in the country's Airplay 100 ranking and a Gold certification for digital downloads exceeding 10,000 copies in Romania. "Llámame" by Wrs also peaked atop the charts in Romania in 2022.
Participation overview
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| First place
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| Second place
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| Third place
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| Last place
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;" | X
| Entry selected but did not compete
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| style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;" | †
| Upcoming event
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! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Final
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Semi
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points
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| ""
| Romanian
| colspan="2" X
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 7 ◁
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 38
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| ""
| Romanian
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| colspan="2"
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| and Sincron
| ""
| Romanian
| colspan="2" X
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 29 ◁
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 11
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| ""
| Romanian
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
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| Taxi
| ""
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel
| "Tell Me Why"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 71
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Nicola
| "Don't Break My Heart"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 73
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| Sanda
| "I Admit"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999"
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| and Sistem
| "Let Me Try"
| English
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 158
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 1
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 235
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
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| ""
| English, Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 172
| colspan="2"
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| Todomondo
| "<span lang="ru-latn">Liubi, Liubi</span>, I Love You"
| English, Italian, Spanish,<br> Russian, French, Romanian
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 84
| colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999"
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| Nico and Vlad
| ""
| Romanian, Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 94
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| Elena
| ""
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 67
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| and Ovi
| "Playing with Fire"
| English
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 162
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 104
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| Hotel FM
| "Change"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 77
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 111
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Mandinga
| "Zaleilah"
| Spanish, English
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 71
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 120
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| Cezar
| "It's My Life"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 65
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 83
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Paula Seling and Ovi
| "Miracle"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 72
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 125
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Voltaj
| ""
| Romanian, English
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 89
|- style="background:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; |
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| "Moment of Silence"
| English
| colspan="4"
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Ilinca Alex Florea
| "Yodel It!"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 282
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 174
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
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| "Goodbye"
| English
| rowspan="2" colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 107
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
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| "On a Sunday"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 71
|- style="background:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; |
| Roxen
| "Alcohol You"
| English
| colspan="4" X
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Roxen
| "Amnesia"
| English
| colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 85
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Wrs
| ""
| English, Spanish
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 65
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 118
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Theodor Andrei
| "D.G.T. (Off and On)"
| Romanian, English
| colspan="2"
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |
| Alexandra Căpitănescu
| "Choke Me"
| English
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 296
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 234
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Songs by language
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|23
|English
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|8
|Romanian
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|3
|Italian
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|3
|Spanish
|, ,
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|1
|Russian
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|1
|French
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Related involvement
Heads of delegation
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.
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|rowspan="7"|Dan Manoliu
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|Ioan Duma
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|Dan Manoliu
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|rowspan="2"|Marina Almăşan
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|rowspan="2"|Dan Manoliu
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|Bobo Bărbulescu
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|Daniel Klinger
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|rowspan="2"|Petre Năstase
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|Bogdan Păun and Dan Manoliu
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|Aurel Badea
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|Jan Bors
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Jury members
Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals for the semi-finals and final of the Eurovision Song Contest, ranking all entries except their own. The juries' votes constitute 50% of the overall result alongside televoting.
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Commentators and spokespersons
For the show's broadcast on TVR,
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| Gabriela Cristea
| Cristina Țopescu
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| rowspan="2" | Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
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| Leonard Miron
| Anca Țurcașiu
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| Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
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|rowspan="2"| Leonard Miron
| Andreea Marin<!-- wasn't married to Ștefan Bănică back then -->
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| Andreea Marin
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| Berti Barbera
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|rowspan="2"| Andreea Marin Bănică
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| Leonard Miron
|rowspan="2"| Alina Sorescu
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| Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
|rowspan="2"|Malvina Cservenschi
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| Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Pavlică
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| Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
| Paula Seling
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|Liana Stanciu
|rowspan="5"|Sonia Argint-Ionescu
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|rowspan="2"| Bogdan Stănescu
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| Bogdan Stănescu
| Cătălina Ponor
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| rowspan="2"| Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
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| rowspan="2"| Eda Marcus
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| Bogdan Stănescu and Ilinca Băcilă <small>(semi-finals)</small><br>Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél <small>(final)</small>
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Conductors
In contests where an orchestra was provided, a conductor was required to lead the musicians during each country's performance. Broadcasters were able to provide their own conductors, or could call upon the services of the conductor appointed by the host broadcaster. For 1993's pre-selection round, George Natsis conducted the Romanian entry. In 1994 and 1998, Irish host conductor Noel Kelehan and Romanian conductor Adrian Romcescualso the composer of "Eu cred"were hired, respectively.
Photo gallery
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File:Todomondo Eurovision 2007.jpg|alt=Six men dressed in variously colored clothes performing on a stage.|Todomondo in Helsinki ()
File:Flickr - proteusbcn - Semifinal 1 EUROVISION 2008 (129).jpg|alt=A man dressing a black suit and jeans and a woman sporting a black dress performing on a stage.|Nico and Vlad in Belgrade ()
File:Elena Gheorghe in Moscow (2009).jpg|alt=A blond-haired woman sitting at a table wrapped in an oversized Romanian flag.|Elena in Moscow ()
File:Paula Seling 02.JPG|alt=A man and a woman dressed in black performing on a stage.|Paula Seling and Ovi in Oslo ()
File:Mandinga First Rehearsal.jpg|alt=A woman performing on a stage in front of white hearts alongside five men.|Mandinga in Baku ()
File:ESC2013 - Romania 07.jpg|alt=A man dressed in a black dressed performing on a stage in front of a red background and behind X-shaped pyrotechnics.|Cezar in Malmö ()
File:ESC2014 - Romania 15.jpg|alt=A man and a woman performing on a stage in front of a blue background; a circular piano is seen on the man's left.|Paula Seling and Ovi in Copenhagen ()
File:20150515 ESC 2015 Voltaj 8117.jpg|alt=Five men performing on a stage, with four of them playing instruments.|Voltaj in Vienna ()
File:Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Semi Final 2 Rehearsals. Photo 210.jpg|alt=A man dressed in black and a woman sporting a red dress performing on a stage in front of colorful cartoons.|Ilinca and Alex Florea in Kyiv ()
File:ESC2018 - Romania 01.jpg|alt=Two women—dressed in purple and white dresses, respectively—performing on a stage alongside a guitarist; black mannequins are seen in the background.|The Humans in Lisbon ()
File:ESC 2021 Rotterdam 1st Semi Jury Show Romania3.jpg|Roxen in Rotterdam ()
File:Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 2 - Romania - WRS (01).jpg|WRS in Turin ()
File:Eurovision 2023 - Jury Semi-final 2 - Romania - Theodor Andrei (02).jpg|Theodor Andrei in Liverpool ()
File:Alexandra Căpitănescu performing Choke Me, representing Romania in the 2nd Semi Final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna 18.jpg|Alexandra Căpitănescu in Vienna ()
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See also
- Romania in the Eurovision Young Dancers
- Romania in the Eurovision Young Musicians
- Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets