[AdSense-B] Earlier this week, we asked #YOU to vote on your favourite act in Romania’s selection, Selecția Națională, and it’s now time to reveal your favourite! Or should we say… favourites! It is in fact a dead tie in our poll, with Bella Santiago and Laura Bretan both receiving 34% of the votes and the exact same number of votes each. …

[AdSense-B] This Sunday sees the Romanian national final, Selecția Națională, take place in Bucharest, with twelve acts battling it out for the Romanian ticket to Tel Aviv. With Sunday’s show acting as the culmination of a strong field of 24 acts, it’s certainly going to be an interesting show. We wanted to know who #YOU would like to represent Romania in …

Bună seara from Arad! –  It’s been 2 long weeks since the first semi-final, but tonight we had the second semi-final taking place. With that, we now know the 12 finalists for the national final next week. [AdSense-B] Live from the Banat region in western Romania, 12 acts competed in the second semi-final in order to progress to the final and …

[AdSense-B] With tonight’s second semi-final of Selecția Națională deciding this year’s Romanian finalists, our editor James took a look at the candidates. Which acts does he feel are best? 2 Gents – Ielele James – 6 – “Despite the bass drops and the “we’re singing behind the bins” echo effects borrowed from modern pop, this song is not that interesting. With …

Bună seara from Iasi! The weekend is not over before Romania says so. The first semi-final has just concluded, and with that we now know half of the songs that will compete in the final in Bucharest. [AdSense-B] Live from the Moldavian capital of Iasi, in northern Romania, 11 acts competed in the first semi-final in order to progress to the …

[AdSense-B] Tonight sees the first semi-final of Selecția Națională 2019 as Romania kick off their search for a Eurovision star for Tel Aviv. After their mammoth selection last year resulted in a dissapointing semi-final failure, hopes will be high for a return to the final this year. Will any of tonight’s songs be able to do that? Four of our team …

The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. Hello Eurovision, Chicago calling. You may have heard we are sending one of our finest over to Romania to try out for your shindig. Now, as good as you think 16-year-old Romanian-American singer …

Lots of stuff happening lately in Romania, and once again we have news coming from the Carpathian country. [AdSense-B] M I H A I, formerly known by his full name, Mihai Traisariu, has decided to withdraw from this years national final in Romania, and will no longer compete with his upbeat song “Baya“, thus bringing the number of competing acts …

Originally, 24 acts were picked to fight for the title of representing Romania in Tel-Aviv, however with some changes, we now have 25 acts. [AdSense-B] If you don’t remember who the 24 acts exactly were, don’t worry, since you can see the full list by clicking here. Among the 24 original named artists, we had Dan Bittman with his song …

[AdSense-B] Following the announcement of the participating artists and their songs for the Romanian selection, Selecția Națională, a lot of the artists seem to have jumped the gun and released their potential Eurovision entries, including those of 2006 entrant Mihai Trăistariu (M I H A I), 2003 entrant Nicoleta Alexandru (Nicola), America’s Got Talent performer Laura Bretan and pop singer Xonia. …