Selectia Nationala Eurovision 2008
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The Romanian National Final Selecţia Naţională
2008 was held on February 23, 2008. Artists were able to start submitting songs in December. A professional jury had to select 24 songs out of 282 to compete in the national final. Four reserve songs were also chosen in case of any disqualifications or withdrawals before the first semifinal.
Maya from Slovenia was among one of the artists chosen to compete in the national final, but withdrew her song because it had been accepted in the Irish national selection. Maya & the composer of the song, Ziga Pirnat, thought that they would have a better chance in the Irish National Final because they would only have to compete against five other songs, as opposed to 23 in Romania.
The band 3rei Sud Est had also announced their participation with the song Vorbe care dor but withdrew long before the semifinals.
Following the second semifinal, on the 19th of February, Catalin Josan decided to withdraw "When We're Together" from the contest so as to increase his chances for a better result (so fan votes would not be split between the two songs). Having the next best score, RailRoad, RailRoad by Rednex
feat. Ro-mania entered the contest.
VH2 also withdrew their song, "Follow Me" because of a possible plagiarism claim. TVR received an email from a source wishing to remain anonymous, pointing out that the song was very similar to a 10 year old song. Even though the band denied all accusations of plagiarism, they admitted that the two songs are very similar. Tied for the next finalist alongside New Effect feat. Gentiana, Nico decided to withdraw her solo song (Fight for Life) and only play the duet with Vlad Mirita. However, since New Effect, as well as Adrian Enache (who had the next closest score) announced they would be unavailable for the evening of the final, Yana with their song Ce'est la vie became that last lucky finalists.
In order to give all of the songs an equal change , a new jury was selected for the national final because the first jury would most likely have voted the same way as they had in the semifinals.
& TVRi
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from 20.15
{| class="wikitable"
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! № !! Singer !! Song !! Points
|-
| 1
| Monique
| Vânt de vară
| 45
|-
| 2
| Lucia Dumitrescu
| Dragostea Mea
| 99
|-
|-bgcolor="#FF0000"
| 3
| Nico
| Fight For Life
| 119
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 4
| Nicola
| Fairytale Story
| 206
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 5
| Zero
| Come This Way
| 189
|- bgcolor="#F88017"
| 6
| Rednex
feat. Ro-mania
| Railroad, Railroad
| 158
|-
|-bgcolor="#FF0000"
| 7
| VH2
| Follow Me
| 186
|-
| 8
| V!per
| Mas Conmigo
| 63
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 9
| Cătălin Josan
| Run Away
| 206
|-
| 10
| Imba
| Yeke, Yeke
| 95
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 11
| Biondo
| Shine
| 278
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 12
| Paula Seling & Provincialii
| Seven Days
| 228
|-
|
|}
in Belgrade.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! № !! Singer !! Song !! Points
|-
| 1
| Leo Iorga & Pacifica
| Prea mici sunt cuvintele
| 164
|-
| 2
| Zero
| Come This Way
| 181
|-
| 3
| Paula Seling
& Provincialii
| Seven Days
| 208
|-
| 4
| Nicola
| Fairytale Story
| 162
|-
| 5
| Tabasco
| Love Is All I Need
| 126
|-
| 6
| Rednex
feat. Ro-mania
| Railroad, Railroad
| 96
|-
| 7
| LaGaylia Frazier
| Dr. Frankenstein
| 93
|-
| 8
| Biondo
| Shine
| 264
|-
| 9
| Cătălin Josan
| Run Away
| 197
|-
| 10
| Simona Nae
| The Key of Life
| 73
|-
| 11
| Yanna
| C'est la Vie
| 37
|-bgcolor="#52D017"
| 12
| Nico & Vlad Mirita
| Pe-o margine de lume
| 271
|}
Selectia Nationala
Selecţia Naţională is a song contest which takes place every year in Romania. This contest decides who will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest.-Winners:-See also:* Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest...
2008 was held on February 23, 2008. Artists were able to start submitting songs in December. A professional jury had to select 24 songs out of 282 to compete in the national final. Four reserve songs were also chosen in case of any disqualifications or withdrawals before the first semifinal.
Maya from Slovenia was among one of the artists chosen to compete in the national final, but withdrew her song because it had been accepted in the Irish national selection. Maya & the composer of the song, Ziga Pirnat, thought that they would have a better chance in the Irish National Final because they would only have to compete against five other songs, as opposed to 23 in Romania.
The band 3rei Sud Est had also announced their participation with the song Vorbe care dor but withdrew long before the semifinals.
Following the second semifinal, on the 19th of February, Catalin Josan decided to withdraw "When We're Together" from the contest so as to increase his chances for a better result (so fan votes would not be split between the two songs). Having the next best score, RailRoad, RailRoad by Rednex
Rednex
Rednex is a Swedish techno/folk/bluegrass band. They had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994. Although extremely popular in Germany, where the band holds the record of most total weeks at No.1 on the German singles chart over the past 30 years—scoring such hits as...
feat. Ro-mania entered the contest.
VH2 also withdrew their song, "Follow Me" because of a possible plagiarism claim. TVR received an email from a source wishing to remain anonymous, pointing out that the song was very similar to a 10 year old song. Even though the band denied all accusations of plagiarism, they admitted that the two songs are very similar. Tied for the next finalist alongside New Effect feat. Gentiana, Nico decided to withdraw her solo song (Fight for Life) and only play the duet with Vlad Mirita. However, since New Effect, as well as Adrian Enache (who had the next closest score) announced they would be unavailable for the evening of the final, Yana with their song Ce'est la vie became that last lucky finalists.
In order to give all of the songs an equal change , a new jury was selected for the national final because the first jury would most likely have voted the same way as they had in the semifinals.
Semifinals
Before the final there will be two Semi-Finals: on February 9 and February 16, 2008. A total of twelve songs will participate in each Semi-Final and the top 6 will qualify for the National Final. The voting will be a mix of Televoting (50%) and a professional jury (50%). The National Final is expected to be held in January or February.Semifinal 1
The 1st semifinal will take place on the 9th of February and will air on TVR 1TVR 1
TVR1 is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR.The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is Jurnalul aşa cum ar trebui sǎ fie! , but on 28 March 2009 was replaced by Telejurnal...
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TVRI
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from 20.15 to 22.00
| № | Singer | Song | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico & Vlad Mirita | Pe-o margine de lume | 284 |
| 2 | Inesa | La storia della pioggia | 89 |
| 3 | Adrian Enache | Te Iubesc | 114 |
| 4 | LaGaylia Frazier LaGaylia Frazier LaGaylia Frazier, born on the February 16, 1961 in Florida, USA, is an American singer who moved to Sweden in 2001. Since 2008 she is a Swedish citizen. She is the daughter of the American singer Hal Frazier.-Eurovision Song Contest:... |
Dr. Frankenstein | 174 |
| 5 | New Effect feat. Gentiana | Zamira | 119 |
| 6 | Tabasco | Love Is All I Need | 170 |
| 7 | Cătălin | When We're Together | 217 |
| 8 | Daniela Nicol | Why | 112 |
| 9 | Yanna | C'est la Vie | 113 |
| 10 | Leo Iorga & Pacifica | Prea mici sunt cuvintele | 206 |
| 11 | Ana Mardare & Irvin Doomes | Heaven | 87 |
| 12 | Simona Nae | The Key of Life | 229 |
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- Song #7 was withdrawn from the competition
- Songs #5, respectively #3 would have qualified, but singers were unavailable for the evening of the final
- Song #9 qualified to the NF because of the withdrawal of several songs
Semifinal 2
The second semifinal will take place on the 16th of February. It will air on TVR 1TVR 1
TVR1 is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR.The most important show of the channel is Jurnalul TVR, whose motto is Jurnalul aşa cum ar trebui sǎ fie! , but on 28 March 2009 was replaced by Telejurnal...
& TVRi
TVRI
Televisi Republik Indonesia Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI) (formerly known as Televisi Indonesia (Indonesian Television in English) and Radio Indonesia (Indonesian Radio in English) is a state-owned television station, the oldest television station in...
from 20.15
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! № !! Singer !! Song !! Points
|-
| 1
| Monique
| Vânt de vară
| 45
|-
| 2
| Lucia Dumitrescu
| Dragostea Mea
| 99
|-
|-bgcolor="#FF0000"
| 3
| Nico
| Fight For Life
| 119
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 4
| Nicola
Nicoleta Alexandru
Nicoleta Alexandru , whose stage name is Nicola, is a Romanian singer, best known for representing her country at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:...
| Fairytale Story
| 206
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 5
| Zero
| Come This Way
| 189
|- bgcolor="#F88017"
| 6
| Rednex
Rednex
Rednex is a Swedish techno/folk/bluegrass band. They had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994. Although extremely popular in Germany, where the band holds the record of most total weeks at No.1 on the German singles chart over the past 30 years—scoring such hits as...
feat. Ro-mania
| Railroad, Railroad
| 158
|-
|-bgcolor="#FF0000"
| 7
| VH2
| Follow Me
| 186
|-
| 8
| V!per
| Mas Conmigo
| 63
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 9
| Cătălin Josan
| Run Away
| 206
|-
| 10
| Imba
| Yeke, Yeke
| 95
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 11
| Biondo
| Shine
| 278
|-
|-bgcolor="#FFDEAD"
| 12
| Paula Seling & Provincialii
| Seven Days
| 228
|-
|
|}
- Song #7 was withdrawn
- Song #6 qualified for the NF because of the withdrawal of song #7
- Song #3 could have qualified for the NF, but was also withdrawn
Final
The final will take place on Saturday, February 23, 2008. Six songs from the first semifinal and six songs from the semifinal will compete in order to decide which song will be sent to the Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
in Belgrade.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! № !! Singer !! Song !! Points
|-
| 1
| Leo Iorga & Pacifica
| Prea mici sunt cuvintele
| 164
|-
| 2
| Zero
| Come This Way
| 181
|-
| 3
| Paula Seling
Paula Seling
Paula Seling is a Romanian singer, composer, and radio DJ.She represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, with Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu, with the song "Playing with Fire". They finished third in the final.-Early life:...
& Provincialii
| Seven Days
| 208
|-
| 4
| Nicola
Nicoleta Alexandru
Nicoleta Alexandru , whose stage name is Nicola, is a Romanian singer, best known for representing her country at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest.-Biography:...
| Fairytale Story
| 162
|-
| 5
| Tabasco
| Love Is All I Need
| 126
|-
| 6
| Rednex
Rednex
Rednex is a Swedish techno/folk/bluegrass band. They had an international novelty hit with the song "Cotton Eye Joe" in 1994. Although extremely popular in Germany, where the band holds the record of most total weeks at No.1 on the German singles chart over the past 30 years—scoring such hits as...
feat. Ro-mania
| Railroad, Railroad
| 96
|-
| 7
| LaGaylia Frazier
LaGaylia Frazier
LaGaylia Frazier, born on the February 16, 1961 in Florida, USA, is an American singer who moved to Sweden in 2001. Since 2008 she is a Swedish citizen. She is the daughter of the American singer Hal Frazier.-Eurovision Song Contest:...
| Dr. Frankenstein
| 93
|-
| 8
| Biondo
| Shine
| 264
|-
| 9
| Cătălin Josan
| Run Away
| 197
|-
| 10
| Simona Nae
| The Key of Life
| 73
|-
| 11
| Yanna
| C'est la Vie
| 37
|-bgcolor="#52D017"
| 12
| Nico & Vlad Mirita
| Pe-o margine de lume
| 271
|}
External links
- http://www2.tvr.ro/eurovision- Listen to all of the songs in the national final (press 'Asculta Piesele')
- http://www.esctoday.com - Get the latest Eurovision Song Contest news