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Own Eurovision Song Contest 50
Country Romania Romania
National selection
Selection process Selecția Națională 50
Selection date(s) Auditions
  • 21 January 2018
  • 28 January 2018
  • 4 February 2018
  • 11 February 2018
Six-chair challenge
  • 17 February 2018
  • 18 February 2018
  • 24 February 2018
  • 25 February 2018
Judges' houses
  • 3 March 2018
  • 4 March 2018
Live show 1
  • 10 March 2018
  • 11 March 2018
Live show 2
  • 17 March 2018
  • 18 March 2018
Live show 3
  • 24 March 2018
  • 25 March 2018
Live show 4
  • 31 March 2018
  • 1 April 2018
Live show 5
  • 7 April 2018
  • 8 April 2018
Live show 6
  • 14 April 2018
  • 15 April 2018
Live show 7
  • 21 April 2018
  • 22 April 2018
Live show 8
  • 28 April 2018
  • 29 April 2018
Live show 9
  • 5 May 2018
  • 6 May 2018
Live show 10
  • 12 May 2018
  • 13 May 2018
Selected entrant Serena
Selected song "Safari"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Radu Baișan
  • Nicolae Stan
  • Diana Șerban
  • Mircea Nistor
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (3rd, 93 points)
Final result 21st, 80 points
Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest
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Romania will participate in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 50. The Romanian entry will have a national selection X Factor Style.

Serena will represent Romania in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 50 with the song "Safari", edition held in Russia.


National Selection[]

Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest 50 is located in Romania
Red pog
Craiova
Red pog
Arad
Red pog
Cluj Napoca
Red pog
Bucharest
Red pog
Iași
Red pog
Galați
Red pog
Timișoara
Cities that auditions and/or pre-auditions were held in.

Auditions for the national selection will start in November 2017 with mobile auditions taking place in 7 cities from Romania. After this, open auditions in front of producers took place in May in Craiova, Timișoara, Arad, Cluj Napoca, Iași, Galați and Bucharest. Auditions in front of the judges occurred also July in the same seven cities, with two types of audition: auditionees who were successful in a first audition in an audition room, used for the first time, went on to attend an audition in an arena.

Judges & presenters[]

Selecţia Naţională 50 judges

Selecţia Naţională 50 presenters

The judges of the 50th edition National Selection were announced in October 13, 2017 and they are Paula Seling, Claudia Pavel, Adrian Sînă and Ștefan Stan.

Paula Seling is a Romanian singer, radio DJ, and a coach from television music competition franchise X Factor Romania, Season 1.

She has released more than thirteen albums (including three Christmas albums) and over twenty singles, including two top-ten hits in the Romanian Top 100, a minor European hit which entered the charts in Finland and Norway, as well as the UK Singles Chart,and a good position on the worldwide chart of popularity by the name of Starcount, that analysed fans concern about artists from all over the world.

Paula is trilingual and speaks, writes and performs in French, English and Romanian; in addition she performs in Italian. She has also provides the Romanian voices in Cars 2, for Holley Shiftwell. She is an outspoken supporter of personal freedoms, individual rights and human rights.

She represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, together with Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu, with the song "Playing with Fire". They finished third in the final. She then participated in Dansez Pentru Tine (Romanian Dancing with the Stars) where she finished third. From October 2011, Seling was a juror and mentor in the Romanian X Factor. In 2011 she collaborated with Al Bano and Plan D. In 2011/2012 she sang a song called "I'll Show You" with Alexander Rybak. The song, written by Rybak, premiere on 30 May 2012.

Claudia Pavel , alias Claudia Cream, is a Romanian pop, singer and dancer. Pavel has had a string of hit music albums and music singles in Romania and is considered one of Romania's most successful and popular singers of the 2000s. Pavel speaks fluent Romanian, Greek, and English also some Turkish. Claudia Pavel was vying to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany with the entry "I Want U to Want Me", in the national final on December 31, 2010 she came in 10th place.

Pavel has also been a member of popular pop group "Candy".

Ștefan Stan is a Romanian blues-soul singer who became known in 2011 after winning the contest show Vocea României, the Romanian version of The Voice.

Although his mother sang in his youth, and Ștefan Stan wanted to become a singer, he has not had the support of any of the parents regarding the pursuit of a career in music. Because of financial difficulties, Ștefan Stan had to start working in construction at the age of sixteen, and later in a factory for air conditioning. He left for the U.S. to work, and encouraged by his friends he sang in various cafés and bars. In 2011 Ștefan joined the pre-selection for Voice of Romania, where he was mentored by Smiley. During the competition he was noted by his voice "baritone, rough and slightly throaty", and on December 26 was named overall winner of the show. For winning Ștefan received $100,000 and a management contract with Universal Music Romania.

Starting September 13, 2013 he became presenter of the TV show Killer Karaoke on Prima TV.

Adrian Sînă better known as Adi Sina is a Romanian singer-songwriter, record producer, radio DJ and entertainer. He is best known for creating, producing and singing in the dance group Akcent and also for writing and producing mainstream hit songs for himself and other international artists. He started out as a disc jockey in the 1990s and then created a group with his fellow musician Ramona Barta. He came to prominence as a member of Akcent with the song "Ultima vară" (The Last Summer) in 1999. His group was joined by Marius Nedelcu, Sorin Brotnei and Mihai Gruia. Together they scored multiple number-one hits both in Romania and throughout Eastern Europe, especially in the mid-2000s. Their albums have been certified multi-Platinum by the Uniunea Naţională a Producătorilor de Fonograme din România and were sold in millions of copies worldwide. Their signature song was "Kylie", released in 2005.

In the early 2010s, Sina decided to release himself in a solo career and co-opted various recording artists on his side. He started his own record label, Premium Artist (formerly known as Sisterhoodlive Records) and he recorded some solo hits, such as "Hold On", "I Can't Live Without You" and "Angel". In 2011 he was also on the judging panel of the Romanian X Factor where he coached the over 25s. In the meantime, he managed to produce and write several number-one and top-ten hits for up-and-rising artists such as boyband Maxim and songstress Lidia Buble. He released a single, entitled "Arde ceva" (Something Burning) which was released in 2013. Songs "Lacrimi curg" and "Tu m-ai dat gata" followed, and his latest release is a collaboration with Cojo, namely "Zile bune, zile rele".

The presenters of the 50th edition are Florena and Andreea Bălan.

Selection process[]

Auditions[]

Audition process was based on the British and American version. First up were "The Producer's Audition", where the producers chose singers to proceed to the second faze which was "The Audition before the Judging panel".

Results of the Live Audition Round
Date Category Artist Song (English Translation)
Episode 1
(21 January 2018)
Groups
(Sînă)
Blind Foxes "Broken"
FreeStay feat. Andra "Intre noi nu mai e nimic"
Last Night feat. Lariss "Not Sorry"
INNA feat. Erick "Ruleta"
Monoir feat. Alexandra Stan "Save the night"
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL "Imi dai curaj"
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat "Doar pe a ta"
Fly Project " Get Wet "
Moonwalkers "Won't Let You Go"
Cristina Vasiu feat. J. Yolo "Sa te iubesc un pic"
Episode 2
(28 January 2018)
Girls
(Pavel)
Feli "Acasa"
Roxana Nemes "Drog letal "
Ioana Ignat "Nu ma uita"
Milan "Rewind"
Mira "Uit de tine"
Lariss "You Can Lie"
Serena "Safari"
Jessie "Lightning Strikes"
Sore "Ultima lacrima"
Xandra "Dorul meu de tine"
Episode 3
(4 February 2018)
Overs
(Stan)
Lora "Ramas bun"
Delia "Verde imparat"
GEØRGE "Noi"
Smiley "Vals"
Loredana "Ziua de azi"
Mihai Chitu "In al noualea cer"
Andreea Bănică "Ce vrei de la mine"
Andreea Bălan "Fantezia de iarna"
Alex Velea "Bravo, Ai Stil"
Elena Gheorghe "Duminica"
Episode 4
(11 February 2018)
Boys
(Seling)
Liviu Teodorescu "Prefa-te"
Dorian Popa "Ghinionist"
Verdini "Fericit"
Alex Mladin "Isi ascunde inima"
Alex Florea "Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt"
Alessandro Dănescu "Breaking Up"
Edward Sanda "Haine scumpe"
Mircea Eremia "Dor de noi"
FreeStay "Daca sunt lup"
Speak " Lasa-ma-n durerea mea "

Bootcamp[]

This edition, each contestant was assigned to one of four categories. The group acts were one category and the others were based on age or gender. The categories were girls, boys, groups, and over 30s. Each judge was assigned to one of the categories, and acted as mentor to the contestants in his or her category, helping to decide song choices, styling, and staging, while also judging contestants from the other categories after each of the live performances. They competed with each other to try to get one of the contestants in their category to win the competition, thus making them the winning judge.

Six-chair challenge[]

The first part of the boot camp consisted of "The Six-Chair challenge". The categories followed the age-based format Boys, Girls, Over 30s and Groups. Key:

     – Contestant was immediately eliminated after performance without switch
     – Contestant was switched out later in the competition and eventually eliminated
     – Contestant was not switched out and made the final six of their own category
Contestants performances on the six-chair challenge
Date Category (mentor) Act Order Song Mentor's decision Switched with
Episode 5
(17 February 2018)
Overs
(Stan)
Loredana 01 "Ziua de azi" Eliminated N/A
Alex Velea 02 "Bravo, Ai Stil" Put in Chair 1
GEØRGE 03 "Noi" Put in Chair 2
Delia 04 "Verde imparat" Eliminated N/A
Lora 05 "Ramas bun" Put in Chair 3
Mihai Chitu 06 "In al noualea cer" Eliminated N/A
Smiley 07 "Vals" Put in Chair 4
Andreea Bălan 08 "Fantezia de iarna" Put in Chair 5
Andreea Bănică 09 "Ce vrei de la mine" Put in Chair 6
Elena Gheorghe 10 "Duminica" Eliminated N/A
Episode 6
(18 February 2018)
Groups
(Sînă)
Monoir feat. Alexandra Stan 01 "Save the night" Put in Chair 1
Blind Foxes 02 "Broken" Put in Chair 2 Fly Project
Last Night feat. Lariss 03 "Not Sorry" Put in Chair 3 Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat
INNA feat. Erick 04 "Ruleta" Put in Chair 4
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 05 "Imi dai curaj" Put in Chair 5
FreeStay feat. Andra 06 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Put in Chair 6
Moonwalkers 07 "Won't Let You Go" Eliminated N/A
Cristina Vasiu feat. J. Yolo 08 "Sa te iubesc un pic" Eliminated N/A
Fly Project 09 " Get Wet" Put in Chair 2
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 10 "Doar pe a ta" Put in Chair 3
Episode 7
(24 February 2018)
Boys
(Seling)
Verdini 01 "Fericit" Put in Chair 1 Alex Florea
Alex Mladin 02 "Isi ascunde inima" Put in Chair 2
Edward Sanda 03 "Haine scumpe" Put in Chair 3
Alessandro Dănescu 04 "Breaking Up" Put in Chair 4
Dorian Popa 05 "Ghinionist" Put in Chair 5 Liviu Teodorescu
Mircea Eremia 06 "Dor de noi" Put in Chair 6
Speak 07 "Lasa-ma-n durerea mea" Eliminated N/A
Liviu Teodorescu 08 "Prefa-te" Put in Chair 5
Alex Florea 09 "Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt" Put in Chair 1
FreeStay 10 "Daca sunt lup" Eliminated N/A
Episode 8
(25 February 2018)
Girls
(Pavel)
Roxana Nemes 01 "Drog letal" Eliminated N/A
Jessie 02 "Lightning Strikes" Put in Chair 1 Lariss
Xandra 03 "Dorul meu de tine" Put in Chair 2 Sore
Mira 04 "Uit de tine" Put in Chair 3 Ioana Ignat
Feli 05 "Acasa" Put in Chair 4
Serena 06 "Safari" Put in Chair 5
Milan 07 "Rewind" Put in Chair 6
Lariss 08 "You Can Lie" Put in Chair 1
Ioana Ignat 09 "Nu ma uita" Put in Chair 3
Sore 10 "Ultima lacrima" Put in Chair 2
Judges Houses[]
Colour key:

     - Artist won and advanced to the Live shows

     - Artist lost and was eliminated

Summary of judges' houses
Date Category (Judge) Location Assistant Order Artist Song Mentor's decision
Episode 9
(3 March 2018)
Girls
(Claudia Pavel)
Miami, USA Justin Timbarlake 01 Ioana Ignat "Nu ma uita" Eliminated
02 Sore "Ultima lacrima" Finalist
03 Feli "Acasa" Finalist
04 Serena "Safari" Finalist
05 Milan "Rewind" Finalist
06 Lariss "You Can Lie" Eliminated
Boys
(Paula Seling)
Cape Town, South Africa Adam Levine 01 Alessandro Dănescu "Breaking Up" Finalist
02 Liviu Teodorescu "Prefa-te" Finalist
03 Alex Florea "Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt" Eliminated
04 Alex Mladin "Isi ascunde inima" Eliminated
05 Mircea Eremia "Dor de noi" Finalist
06 Edward Sanda "Haine scumpe" Finalist
Episode 10
(4 March 2018)
Groups
(Adrian Sînă)
Paris, France Sandra N 01 Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat "Doar pe a ta" Finalist
02 Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL "Imi dai curaj" Finalist
03 Monoir feat. Alexandra Stan "Save the night" Eliminated
04 Fly Project "Get Wet" Eliminated
05 INNA feat. Erick "Ruleta" Finalist
06 FreeStay feat. Andra "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Finalist
Overs
(Ștefan Stan)
Sydney, Australia Shakira 01 Andreea Bănică "Ce vrei de la mine" Eliminated
02 Lora "Ramas bun" Finalist
03 GEØRGE "Noi" Finalist
04 Alex Velea "Bravo, Ai Stil" Finalist
05 Andreea Bălan "Fantezia de iarna" Eliminated
06 Smiley "Vals" Finalist

Finalists[]

Key:

     – Winner
     – Runner-Up
     – Third Place
     – Eliminated
Category (mentor) Acts
Girls (Claudia Pavel) Feli Milan Serena Sore
Boys (Paula Seling) Alessandro Dănescu Mircea Eremia Edward Sanda Liviu Teodorescu
Over 30s (Ștefan Stan) GEØRGE Lora Smiley Alex Velea
Groups (Adrian Sînă) Alina & Grasu XXL FreeStay & Andra INNA & Erick Edward & Ioana

Live Shows[]

Results summary[]
Colour key
     – Contestant was in the bottom two/three and had to perform again in the sing-off
     – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
     – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was immediately eliminated (no sing-off)
     – Contestant received the most public votes
Live shows results per contestant
Contestant Live Show 1 Live Show 2 Live Show 3 Live Show 4 Live Show 5 Live Show 6 Live Show 7 Live Show 8 Live Show 9 Live Show 10
Saturday Sunday
Serena 1st
249 points
1st
314 points
1st
354 points
1st
403 points
1st
425 points
1st
504 points
1st
541 points
1st
603 points
1st
899 points
1st
1031 points
Winner
1326 points
Edward & Ioana 2nd
233 points
2nd
285 points
2nd
274 points
2nd
363 points
2nd
318 points
2nd
378 points
2nd
406 points
2nd
542 points
2nd
674 points
2nd
773 points
Runner-Up
994 points
Edward Sanda 5th
174 points
3rd
206 points
3rd
230 points
4th
262 points
3rd
276 points
3rd
303 points
4th
325 points
3rd
452 points
3rd
450 points
3rd
516 points
Eliminated (Live show 10)
FreeStay & Andra 4th
199 points
4th
190 points
4th
212 points
3rd
303 points
6th
212 points
4th
252 points
3rd
352 points
4th
392 points
4th
297 points
Eliminated (Live show 9)
INNA & Erick 7th
158 points
6th
157 points
8th
168 points
6th
182 points
4th
255 points
5th
246 points
5th
257 points
5th
331 points
Eliminated (Live show 8)
Milan 10th
108 points
5th
174 points
5th
195 points
5th
202 points
7th
208 points
6th
240 points
6th
223 points
Eliminated (Live show 7)
Alina & Grasu XXL 6th
166 points
7th
151 points
6th
186 points
7th
161 points
5th
255 points
7th
221 points
7th
216 points
Eliminated (Live show 7)
GEØRGE 8th
137 points
10th
131 points
7th
174 points
8th
141 points
8th
191 points
8th
177 points
Eliminated (Live show 6)
Smiley 3rd
208 points
8th
143 points
9th
150 points
9th
121 points
9th
180 points
Eliminated (Live show 5)
Liviu Teodorescu 12th
100 points
12th
107 points
10th
142 points
10th
101 points
Eliminated (Live show 4)
Feli 13th
96 points
11th
111 points
11th
124 points
11th
81 points
Eliminated (Live show 4)
Sore 9th
115 points
9th
140 points
12th
111 points
Eliminated (Live show 3)
Alessandro Dănescu 14th
96 points
13th
105 points
Eliminated (Live show 2)
Lora 11th
104 points
14th
103 points
Eliminated (Live show 2)
Alex Velea 15th
91 points
Eliminated (Live show 1)
Mircea Eremia 16th
87 points
Eliminated (Live show 1)
Sing-off Alessandro Dănescu
Alex Velea
Alessandro Dănescu
Liviu Teodorescu
Feli
Sore
Smiley
Liviu Teodorescu
GEØRGE
Smiley
Alina & Grasu XXL
GEØRGE
INNA & Erick
Milan
FreeStay & Andra
INNA & Erick
FreeStay & Andra
Edward Sanda
No sing-off or judges' votes: results were based on public votes alone
Pavel's vote
to eliminate
Velea Dănescu Feli Teodorescu GEØRGE GEØRGE INNA & Erick INNA & Erick FreeStay & Andra
Seling's vote
to eliminate
Velea Teodorescu Sore Smiley Smiley GEØRGE Milan FreeStay & Andra FreeStay & Andra
Sina's vote
to eliminate
Velea Dănescu Feli Teodorescu GEØRGE GEØRGE Milan FreeStay & Andra Edward Sanda
Stan's vote
to eliminate
Dănescu Dănescu Sore Teodorescu Smiley Alina & Grasu XXL INNA & Erick INNA & Erick FreeStay & Andra
Eliminated Mircea Eremia
3.76%
to save
Lora
4.44%
to save
Sore
2 of 4 votes
4.77%
Deadlock
Feli
3.48%
to save
Smiley
2 of 4 votes
7.78%
Deadlock
GEØRGE
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Alina & Grasu XXL
9.33%
to save
INNA & Erick
2 of 4 votes
14.29%
Deadlock
FreeStay & Andra
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Eduard Sanda
22.22%
to save
Edward & Ioana
42.86%
to win
Alex Velea
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Alessandro Dănescu
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Liviu Teodorescu
3 of 4 votes
Majority
Milan
2 of 4 votes
9.62%
Deadlock
Serena
57.14%
to win

Live Shows Details[]

Live show 1 - 10/11 March 2018[]
  • The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
  • The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Contestants' performances on the first live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Alex Velea 1 "Bravo, Ai Stil" Bottom three 15 3.94%
Milan 2 "Rewind" Safe 10 4.65%
Feli 3 "Acasa" Safe 13 4.12%
Mircea Eremia 4 "Dor de noi" Eliminated 16 3.76%
GEØRGE 5 "Noi" Safe 8 5.91%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 6 "Imi dai curaj" Safe 6 7.16%
INNA feat. Erick 7 "Ruleta" Safe 7 6.80%
Edward Sanda 8 "Haine scumpe" Safe 5 7.52%
FreeStay feat. Andra 9 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 4 8.59%
Serena 10 "Safari" Safe 1 10.74%
Smiley 11 "Vals" Safe 3 8.95%
Alessandro Dănescu 12 "Breaking Up" Bottom three 14 4.12%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 13 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 10.03%
Sore 14 "Ultima lacrima" Safe 9 4.94%
Liviu Teodorescu 15 "Prefa-te" Safe 12 4.30%
Lora 16 "Ramas bun" Safe 11 4.48%
Sing-off - 11 March 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the first live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Alessandro Dănescu 1 "Breaking Up" Safe 1 75%
Alex Velea 2 "Bravo, Ai Stil" Eliminated 2 25%
Live show 2 - 17/18 March 2018[]
  • The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
  • The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Contestants' performances on the second live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Edward Sanda 1 "Haine scumpe" Safe 3 8.89%
FreeStay feat. Andra 2 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 4 8.20%
Lora 3 "Ramas bun" Eliminated 14 4.44%
Feli 4 "Acasa" Safe 11 4.78%
Liviu Teodorescu 5 "Prefa-te" Bottom three 12 4.61%
Serena 6 "Safari" Safe 1 13.67%
Smiley 7 "Vals" Safe 8 6.15%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 8 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 12.30%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 9 "Imi dai curaj" Safe 7 6.49%
Milan 10 "Rewind" Safe 5 7.52%
Alessandro Dănescu 11 "Breaking Up" Bottom three 13 4.51%
GEØRGE 12 "Noi" Safe 10 5.64%
Sore 13 "Ultima lacrima" Safe 9 6.02%
INNA feat. Erick 14 "Ruleta" Safe 6 6.77%
Sing-off - 18 March 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the second live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Alessandro Dănescu 1 "Breaking Up" Eliminated 2 25%
Liviu Teodorescu 2 "Prefa-te" Safe 1 75%
Live show 3 - 24/25 March 2018[]
  • The two acts with the fewest votes performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.


Contestants' performances on the third live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Smiley 1 "Vals" Safe 9 6.48%
Liviu Teodorescu 2 "Prefa-te" Safe 10 6.10%
Feli 3 "Acasa" Bottom two 11 5.34%
INNA feat. Erick 4 "Ruleta" Safe 8 7.25%
Sore 5 "Ultima lacrima" Bottom two 12 4.77%
FreeStay feat. Andra 6 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 4 9.15%
Serena 7 "Safari" Safe 1 15.26%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 8 "Imi dai curaj" Safe 6 8.01%
Milan 9 "Rewind" Safe 5 8.39%
GEØRGE 10 "Noi" Safe 7 7.51%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 11 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 11.82%
Edward Sanda 12 "Haine scumpe" Safe 3 9.92%
Sing-off - 25 March 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the third live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Feli 1 "Acasa" Safe 1 50%
Sore 2 "Ultima lacrima" Eliminated 2 50%
Live show 4 - 31 March/1 April 2018[]
  • The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
  • The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 1 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 15.65%
GEØRGE 2 "Noi" Safe 8 6.09%
Feli 3 "Acasa" Eliminated 11 3.48%
Milan 4 "Rewind" Safe 5 8.70%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 5 "Imi dai curaj" Safe 7 6.96%
FreeStay feat. Andra 6 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 3 13.04%
Liviu Teodorescu 7 "Prefa-te" Bottom three 10 4.35%
Serena 8 "Safari" Safe 1 17.39%
INNA feat. Erick 9 "Ruleta" Safe 6 7.83%
Edward Sanda 10 "Haine scumpe" Safe 4 11.30%
Smiley 11 "Vals" Bottom three 9 5.22%
Sing-off - 1 April 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the fourth live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Liviu Teodorescu 1 "Prefa-te" Eliminated 2 25%
Smiley 2 "Vals" Safe 1 75%
Live show 5 - 7/8 April 2018[]
  • The two acts with the fewest votes performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.


Contestants' performances on the fifth live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Smiley 1 "Vals" Bottom two 9 7.78%
FreeStay feat. Andra 2 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 6 9.15%
GEØRGE 3 "Noi" Bottom two 8 8.23%
Serena 4 "Safari" Safe 1 18.30%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 5 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 13.72%
INNA feat. Erick 6 "Ruleta" Safe 4 10.98%
Milan 7 "Rewind" Safe 7 8.97%
Edward Sanda 8 "Haine scumpe" Safe 3 11.89%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 9 "Imi dai curaj" Safe 5 10.98%
Sing-off - 8 April 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the fifth live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Smiley 1 "Vals" Eliminated 2 50%
GEØRGE 2 "Noi" Safe 1 50%
Live show 6 - 14/15 April 2018[]
  • The two acts with the fewest votes performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.


Contestants' performances on the sixth live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 1 "Imi dai curaj" Bottom two 7 9.51%
FreeStay feat. Andra 2 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 4 10.87%
Edward Sanda 3 "Haine scumpe" Safe 3 13.04%
GEØRGE 4 "Noi" Bottom two 8 7.61%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 5 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 16.30%
INNA feat. Erick 6 "Ruleta" Safe 5 10.60%
Serena 7 "Safari" Safe 1 21.74%
Milan 8 "Rewind" Safe 6 10.33%
Sing-off - 15 April 2018[]
  • with GEØRGE's elimination all Over's acts are now eliminated.
Contestants' performances on the sixth live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
GEØRGE 1 "Noi" Eliminated 2 25%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 2 "Imi dai curaj" Safe 1 75%
Live show 7 - 21/22 April 2018[]
  • The three acts with the fewest votes were announced as the bottom three and the act with the fewest public votes was then automatically eliminated.
  • The remaining two acts then performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.


Contestants' performances on the seventh live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
INNA feat. Erick 1 "Ruleta" Bottom three 5 11.08%
Alina Eremia feat. Grasu XXL 2 "Imi dai curaj" Eliminated 7 9.33%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 3 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 17.49%
Edward Sanda 4 "Haine scumpe" Safe 4 13.99%
Serena 5 "Safari" Safe 1 23.32%
FreeStay feat. Andra 6 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic Safe 3 15.16%
Milan 7 "Rewind" Bottom three 6 9.62%
Sing-off - 22 April 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the seventh live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Milan 1 "Rewind" Eliminated 2 50%
INNA feat. Erick 2 "Ruleta" Safe 1 50%
Live show 8 - 28/29 April 2018[]
  • The two acts with the fewest votes performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Serena 1 "Safari" Safe 1 25.97%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 2 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 23.38%
Edward Sanda 3 "Haine scumpe" Safe 3 19.48%
INNA feat. Erick 4 "Ruleta" Bottom two 5 14.29%
FreeStay feat. Andra 5 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Bottom two 4 16.88%
Sing-off - 29 April 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the eighth live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
FreeStay feat. Andra 1 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Safe 1 50%
INNA feat. Erick 2 "Ruleta" Eliminated 2 50%
Live show 9: Semifinal - 5/6 May 2018[]
  • The two acts with the fewest votes performed in the final showdown for the judges' votes.
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Edward Sanda 1 "Haine scumpe" Bottom two 3 19.38%
Freestay feat. Andra 2 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Bottom two 4 12.79%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 3 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 29.07%
Serena 4 "Safari" Safe 1 38.76%
Sing-off - 29 April 2018[]
Contestants' performances on the ninth live show sing-offs
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Freestay feat. Andra 1 "Intre noi nu mai e nimic" Eliminated 2 25%
Edward Sanda 2 "Haine scumpe" Safe 1 75%
Live show 10: Final - 12/13 May 2018[]
Saturday - 12 May 2018[]
  • Results were based on public votes only
Contestants' performances on the tenth live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Edward Sanda 1 "Haine scumpe" Eliminated 3 22.22%
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 2 "Doar pe a ta" Safe 2 33.33%
Serena 3 "Safari" Safe 1 44.45%
Sunday - 13 May 2018[]
  • Results were based on public votes only
Contestants' performances on the final live show
Act Order Song Result Place Percentage
Edward Sanda feat. Ioana Ignat 1 "Doar pe a ta" Runner-Up 2 42.86%
Serena 2 "Safari" Winner 1 57.14%

At Own Eurovision Song Contest[]

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Romania will participate in one of the two semi-finals. On July 16, 2018 it was revealed that Romania will perform 12th out of 20 countries in the second semifinal.

On August 4, 2018 it was revealed that Romania qualified for the Grand Final and will perform 9th out of 26 countries.

On August 27, 2018 it was revealed that Romania placed 21st out of 26 countries, receiving an amount of 80 points.

Points awarded to Romania (Semifinal 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
None
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 points
Points awarded to Romania (Grand Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
None
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 points
None


Points awarded by Romania[]

Semi-final 2[]

12 points Flag of Monaco Monaco
10 points Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
8 points Flag of Spain Spain
7 points Flag of Belarus Belarus
6 points Flag of Andorra Andorra
5 points Flag of Germany Germany
4 points Flag of Armenia Armenia
3 points Flag of Austria Austria
2 points Flag of Israel Israel
1 point Flag of Turkey Turkey

Grand Final[]

12 points Flag of Moldova Moldova
10 points Flag of Israel Israel
8 points Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
7 points Flag of Belarus Belarus
6 points Flag of Algeria Algeria
5 points Flag of Turkey Turkey
4 points Flag of Sweden Sweden
3 points Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
2 points Flag of Finland Finland
1 point Flag of Norway Norway

Split voting results[]

First semifinal[]

The Romanian votes in the first semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.

Romania will vote as part of the Rest of the World.

Semi-final 1 – Romanian Results
Place Final results Points Televote Rank Points Jury Rank Points
1 Flag of Moldova Moldova 281 Flag of Moldova Moldova 172 Flag of Moldova Moldova 109
2 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo 235 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo 162 Macedonia Macedonia 108
3 Flag of Ireland Ireland 219 Flag of Ireland Ireland 134 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 100
4 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 213 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 122 Flag of Algeria Algeria 95
5 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 207 Flag of Denmark Denmark 116 Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 91
6 Flag of Denmark Denmark 180 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 107 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 86
7 Macedonia Macedonia 170 Flag of Norway Norway 95 Flag of Ireland Ireland 85
8 Flag of Algeria Algeria 146 Flag of Egypt Egypt 93 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 84
9 Flag of Norway Norway 144 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 62 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 83
10 Flag of Egypt Egypt 136 Macedonia Macedonia 62 Flag of Kosovo Kosovo 73
11 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 128 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 51 Flag of Serbia Serbia 70
12 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 110 Flag of Algeria Algeria 51 Flag of Denmark Denmark 64
13 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 101 Flag of Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 42 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 59
14 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 86 Flag of Georgia Georgia 37 Flag of Morocco Morocco 50
15 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 86 Flag of Serbia Serbia 14 Flag of Norway Norway 49
16 Flag of Serbia Serbia 84 Flag of Poland Poland 9 Flag of Egypt Egypt 43
17 Flag of Georgia Georgia 64 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 3 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 39
18 Flag of Morocco Morocco 51 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 2 Flag of Georgia Georgia 27
19 Flag of Poland Poland 27 Flag of Morocco Morocco 1 Flag of Poland Poland 18

Second semifinal[]

The Romanian votes in the second semi-final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.

Semi-final 2 – Romanian Results
Place Final results Points Televote Rank Points Jury Rank Points
1 Flag of Monaco Monaco 224 Flag of Spain Spain 201 Flag of Israel Israel 134
2 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 215 Flag of Sweden Sweden 134 Flag of Armenia Armenia 128
3 Flag of Spain Spain 207 Flag of Andorra Andorra 118 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 123
4 Flag of Belarus Belarus 204 Flag of Monaco Monaco 101 Flag of Monaco Monaco 123
5 Flag of Andorra Andorra 193 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 92 Flag of Turkey Turkey 117
6 Flag of Germany Germany 178 Flag of Belarus Belarus 88 Flag of Belarus Belarus 116
7 Flag of Armenia Armenia 170 Flag of Greece Greece 86 Flag of Germany Germany 109
8 Flag of Austria Austria 169 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 80 Flag of Austria Austria 106
9 Flag of Israel Israel 142 Flag of Belgium Belgium 71 Flag of Andorra Andorra 75
10 Flag of Turkey Turkey 142 Flag of Germany Germany 69 Flag of Croatia Croatia 67
11 Flag of Sweden Sweden 137 Flag of Austria Austria 63 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 56
12 Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 136 Flag of Italy Italy 59 Flag of Latvia Latvia 50
13 Flag of Greece Greece 108 Flag of Armenia Armenia 42 Flag of Italy Italy 45
14 Flag of Croatia Croatia 106 Flag of Croatia Croatia 39 Flag of Hungary Hungary 34
15 Flag of Italy Italy 104 Flag of Latvia Latvia 38 Flag of Greece Greece 22
16 Flag of Latvia Latvia 88 Flag of Turkey Turkey 25 Flag of Iceland Iceland 11
17 Flag of Belgium Belgium 79 Flag of Hungary Hungary 14 Flag of Belgium Belgium 8
18 Flag of Hungary Hungary 48 Flag of Israel Israel 8 Flag of Spain Spain 6
19 Flag of Iceland Iceland 17 Flag of Iceland Iceland 6 Flag of Sweden Sweden 3

Grand Final[]

The Romanian votes in the Grand Final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results.

Grand Final – Romanian Results
Place Final results Points Televote Rank Points Jury Rank Points
1 Flag of Moldova Moldova 824 Flag of Moldova Moldova 359 Flag of Moldova Moldova 465
2 Flag of Israel Israel 455 Flag of Sweden Sweden 269 Flag of Israel Israel 446
3 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 432 Flag of Norway Norway 197 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 271
4 Flag of Belarus Belarus 324 Flag of Russia Russia 170 Flag of Turkey Turkey 262
5 Flag of Algeria Algeria 314 Flag of Belarus Belarus 167 Flag of Algeria Algeria 242
6 Flag of Turkey Turkey 303 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 161 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 194
7 Flag of Sweden Sweden 269 Flag of Greece Greece 156 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 175
8 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 240 Flag of Egypt Egypt 152 Flag of Belarus Belarus 157
9 Flag of Finland Finland 218 Flag of Croatia Croatia 151 Flag of Finland Finland 155
10 Flag of Norway Norway 199 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 149 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 97
11 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 196 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 143 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 77
12 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 192 Flag of Georgia Georgia 134 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 39
13 Flag of Croatia Croatia 180 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 115 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic 31
14 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 180 Flag of Italy Italy 99 Flag of Croatia Croatia 29
15 Flag of Russia Russia 170 Flag of Algeria Algeria 72 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 10
16 Flag of Greece Greece 162 Flag of Finland Finland 63 Flag of Greece Greece 6
17 Flag of Netherlands Netherlands 159 Flag of Turkey Turkey 41 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
18 Flag of Egypt Egypt 154 Flag of Iceland Iceland 27 Flag of Poland Poland 2
19 Flag of Georgia Georgia 134 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic 18 Flag of Egypt Egypt 2
20 Flag of Italy Italy 101 Flag of Israel Israel 9 Flag of Norway Norway 2
21 Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic 49 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 5 Flag of Italy Italy 2
22 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 39 Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 5 Flag of Russia Russia 0
23 Flag of Iceland Iceland 27 Flag of Poland Poland 4 Flag of Iceland Iceland 0
24 Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom 9 Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 2 Flag of Georgia Georgia 0
25 Flag of Poland Poland 6 Flag of Montenegro Montenegro 0 Flag of Sweden Sweden 0

See also[]

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