Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest 42

Own Eurovision Song Contest 42
Country	Romania
National selection
Selection process	Selecția Națională 42 50% Televoting 50% Jury Pannel
Selection date(s)	September 5, 2015
Selected entrant	Elena feat. Danny Mazo
Selected song	"Señor loco"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified
Final result	TBD
Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest
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Romania will participate in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 42. The Romanian entry will be selected through a national selection. Twelve acts will participate in the selection in order to represent Romania.

The winner was Delia with her single "Da, mamă". Delia withdrew from the competition, due to personal issues. The runner-up was selected afterwards to represent the country. "Señor loco" by Elena and Danny Mazo will represent Romania in Glasgow, Scotland.

Format

Selecția Națională 42

Covers for all songs

Selecția Națională 42 is the national final format developed by TVR in order to select Romania's entry for the Own Eurovision Song Contest 42. TVR opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries between 26 July 2015 and 22 August 2015.

Former representative in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 26, AMI is participating in the selection. Lariss, former act in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 38 is also participating. Delia and Kaira, former representetives in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 36 wants to represent Romania in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 42. Andra, which represented Romania in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 3 and Own Eurovision Song Contest 11 is also trying a comeback in the competition. Glance and Elena Gheorghe, former representetives of the Own Eurovision Song Contest 18 and Own Eurovision Song Contest 34 are in the game.

The winner will be determined by the 50/50 combination of the votes from a twenty-one member jury panel and public international televoting. Each member of the jury votes by assigning scores from 1–8, 10 and 12 points to their preferred songs. The top ten songs as ranked by the televote will receive 1–8, 10 and 12 points.

Artist	Song (English Translation)	Result
AMI	"Somnu' nu mă ia" (The sleep doesn't takes me)	Out
Lariss	"Epana"	Out
Delia	"Da, mamă" (Yes, mother)	Withdrew
Naguale feat. Andra	"Falava" (Spoke)	Out
Glance feat. Kaira	"Cinema" (Cinema)	Out
Radio Killer	"Feelings"	Out
Lara Lee	"Superman"	Second Runner-Up (declared the runner-up after Delia's withdrawal)
3 Sud Est	"Liberi" (Free)	Out
Elena feat. Danny Mazo	"Señor loco" (Mister crazy)	Runner-up (declared the winner after Delia's withdrawal)
Ecaterine	"Flăcări în rai" (Flames in paradise)	Out
JO	"Șoapte" (Whispers)	Out
Havana	"Vita bella" (Beautiful life)	Out

Final

The running order of the Final was revealed on August 22, 2015. The single "Șoapte" by JO will open the show, while "Da, mamă" by Delia will end the Final.

Final – September 5, 2015
Draw	Artist	Song	Jury		Televote		Total		Place
			Votes	Points	Votes	Points	Votes	Points
01	JO	"Șoapte"	92	4	72	0	164	4	9
02	AMI	"Somnu' nu mă ia"	110	5	96	4	206	9	6
03	Elena feat. Danny Mazo	"Señor loco"	147	10	123	8	270	18	2
04	Radio Killer	"Feelings"	83	2	115	6	198	8	7
05	Glance feat. Kaira	"Cinema"	88	3	83	2	171	5	8
06	Naguale feat. Andra	"Falava"	37	0	92	3	129	3	10
07	Havana	"Vita bella"	129	8	117	7	246	15	4
08	Lariss	"Epana"	119	6	111	5	230	11	5
09	Lara Lee	"Superman"	127	7	140	10	267	17	3
10	Ecaterine	"Flăcări în rai"	46	1	74	1	110	2	11
11	3 Sud Est	"Liberi"	26	0	44	0	70	0	12
12	Delia	" Da, mamă "	156	12	151	12	307	24	1

International Juries

The following 21 countries confirmed their participation in Selecția Națională 42 :

• Belgium
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Iceland
• Israel
• Kazakhstan
• Lithuania
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• Norway
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Wales

Scoreboard Juries

		Voting results juries September 5, 2015
																							Points	Place
	Șoapte	—	6	10	10	4	3	2	—	7	—	4	—	3	3	7	5	—	1	4	1	2	72	11
	Somnu' nu mă ia	5	1	5	8	—	5	12	4	2	5	6	—	5	—	4	3	3	7	12	4	5	96	7
	Senor loco	10	—	7	3	1	12	—	10	10	8	3	8	12	2	—	12	12	2	2	8	1	123	3
	Feelings	6	3	8	4	5	7	1	7	5	6	12	3	—	8	10	2	6	5	5	6	6	115	5
	Cinema	2	4	6	12	2	2	8	3	6	2	2	4	2	5	5	4	—	3	1	2	8	83	9
	Falava	4	7	—	—	—	1	3	5	4	10	10	12	1	4	3	—	8	—	7	3	10	92	8
	Vita bella	7	5	1	—	7	10	4	2	1	4	1	10	8	10	8	7	7	8	10	7	—	117	4
	Epana	3	8	2	2	10	4	—	6	8	3	8	7	7	—	12	—	10	6	3	5	7	111	6
	Superman	8	10	12	6	12	8	7	8	—	7	5	6	6	7	—	6	1	12	6	10	3	140	2
	Flăcări în rai	—	2	4	1	6	6	6	1	12	1	—	1	4	1	1	10	2	4	—	—	12	74	10
	Liberi	1	—	—	5	3	—	5	—	—	—	—	2	—	6	2	1	5	10	—	—	4	44	12
	Da, mamă	12	12	3	7	8	—	10	12	3	12	7	5	10	12	6	8	4	—	8	12	—	151	1

At Own Eurovision Song Contest

Romania will participate in one of the two semi-finals. Romania was draw to perform in the first part of the second semifinal.

Entry

Elena and Danny Mazo will represent Romania in Glasgow, Scotland with their song "Señor loco.

Further information: Elena Gheorghe

Elena Gheorghe is a Romanian singer of Aromanian descent. She was born to a priest and his wife in Bucharest. In the first half of the 2000s, she joined Latin group Mandinga with whom she released a couple of albums and a few hit singles. In 2006 she separated from the group and pursued her solo career. She released two albums and scored a top ten in the Romanian Top 100 with the debut single "Vocea ta" (Your Voice). After an internal selection, Gheorghe was elected to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "The Balkan Girls" written by Laurentiu Duta. She came second in the voting result, but as the jury voted for her, she won the National Final. At Eurovision, in Moscow she qualified for the Grand Final where she came the nineteenth after accumulating a total of 40 points (12 points from Moldova). After Eurovision she became more famous Europe-wide and released her signature song "Disco Romancing" which was a smash hit in Romania as well as a top-ten in Hungary and a mild success in Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia. The following single "Midnight Sun" was a top-ten success in the Dutch Top 40 and in the Romanian Top 100. In 2011 she collaborated with Dony and released the single "Hot Girls" which once again charted throughout Europe. The same year she had her first European tour, getting to Germany, Spain and Greece. In the summer she got engaged to her producer and before Christmas she gave birth to a boy named Nicholas. During 2014, she collaborated with Glance for her new single "Mamma mia (He's italiano).

Further information: Danny Mazo

Daniel Andrés Giraldo Mazo, better know by his stage name Danny Mazo, is a Colombian singer and songwriter of pop music.

Points awarded to Romania (Semi-Final 2)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
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
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 points

Points awarded by Romania

Semi-final 2 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Grand Final 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Split voting results

First semifinal

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

Semi-final 1 – Romanian Results
Place	Final results	Points	Televote Rank	Points	Jury Rank	Points

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

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

See also

• Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest
• Own Eurovision Song Contest 42