Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and selected their entry through a national final, organised by TVR
(Romanian Television Society).
TVR received 117 entries for the contest at the close of the submission period, of which 111 complied with contest rules. TVR announced the 16 finalists on 25 January, after there was an equal score in the lowest placings of the jury's list. The finalists included Luminita Anghel
, the 2005
Romanian entry, last year's runner-up Cătălin Josan, participants in last year's contest Zero, four-time participant in Selecţia Naţională Paula Seling
, and two time participant in the Norwegian
national selection Melodi Grand Prix
Ovi Martin.
TVR will record presentation videos for each entry between 6 and 19 February. These promotional videos will be broadcast from 20 February until 5 March in the lead up to the live contest on 6 March.
Regional juries will be introduced this year. The final results will be a 50/50 mix of televote and jury preferences. The televote will be free of charge.
and Ovi, aka Ovi Cernăuţeanu, was registered in Norway as being co-written by a Norwegian composer, Simen Eriksrud, which would have broken TVR regulations as participants and songwriters must all be Romanian. This was followed by calls for the song to be disqualified and a new national final held to select another song. Eriksrud, also Ovi's producer, confirmed that Ovi was the only songwriter, with Eriksrud and Ovi only sharing publishing rights as his producer.
Marina Almasan, the Romanian Head of Delegation, confirmed on 11 March that Ovi was the only writer of the song, after consulting with TONO
, the Norwegian copyright association, Ovi's record label, and the Romanian Copyright Office.
, Moldova
, where they appeared on the Muz-TV
music channel, going on then to Belgium, Portugal and Greece. In between promotion the duo shot scenes in the medieval city of Alba Iulia
in Romania and in Vienna
, Austria for the music video of "Playing with Fire". The video employs 3D
technology, the first such use of the technology in a Eurovision music video. The video was released in April 2010.
The duo's promotion continued into April, however due to the 2010 eruptions
of the Iceland
ic volcano Eyjafjallajökull
, Ovi was unable to leave his home in Norway after the closure of Norwegian airspace due to volcanic ash in the aftermath of the eruptions
. As such, Paula toured by herself, giving TV appearances in Bulgaria
and Macedonia
. With the reopening of Norwegian airspace the duo were reunited in Turkey, where they appeared on the Beyaz Show
talk show as well as a special Eurovision show, Eurovision 2010'a dogru (Towards Eurovision 2010) on TRT Müzik
, appearing alongside the Greek
entry Giorgos Alkaios
and Friends. The duo will also perform together at the UK Eurovision Preview Party in London on 2 May.
. At the end of the voting Paula and Ovi had received 104 points, finishing 4th in the 19-song line-up and qualified for the final on 29 May.
At the final on 29 May Romania performed 19th on stage, following France and preceding Russia. At the end of the voting Paula and Ovi had received 162 points, finishing 3rd out of the 25 competing countries, matching Romania's best finish ever in the Eurovision Song Contest achieved in 2005
.
After the EBU released the split results of the televoting and jury points from across Europe, it was revealed that Romania had finished third in the public televote in the second semi-final, behind Azerbaijan
and Turkey. However Romania placed only 8th with the national juries, bringing their overall placing down. In the final however Romania only placed 6th in the public televote, but came 3rd with the national juries, bringing up their placing to 3rd overall.
Romanian television
Romanian television may refer to:* Communications media in Romania* Televiziunea Română, TVR, the national television network* List of Romanian language television channels...
(Romanian Television Society).
Selecţia Naţională 2010
On 9 December TVR announced details on the Romanian national final, Selecţia Naţională 2010, with an open call for songs held from 9 November to 14 January. On 25 to 27 January a 15-member jury of composers, performers, press, radio professionals and television personalities would select between 12 and 15 songs to progress to a single televised show. New for 2010 is the introduction of the right for jury members to change the performing artists of each song. Should artists be changed they have between 28 January and 5 February to re-record the song.TVR received 117 entries for the contest at the close of the submission period, of which 111 complied with contest rules. TVR announced the 16 finalists on 25 January, after there was an equal score in the lowest placings of the jury's list. The finalists included Luminita Anghel
Luminita Anghel
Luminiţa Anghel is a Romanian singer. Anghel, along with the percussion band Sistem, represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with the song Let Me Try, where they were ranked third in the final, Romania's best ever result at Eurovision...
, the 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
Romanian entry, last year's runner-up Cătălin Josan, participants in last year's contest Zero, four-time participant in Selecţia Naţională 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:...
, and two time participant in the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
national selection Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1960.The festival has produced three Eurovision winners and...
Ovi Martin.
TVR will record presentation videos for each entry between 6 and 19 February. These promotional videos will be broadcast from 20 February until 5 March in the lead up to the live contest on 6 March.
Regional juries will be introduced this year. The final results will be a 50/50 mix of televote and jury preferences. The televote will be free of charge.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Răzvan Krivach | "Jack Pott" | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Luminiţa Anghel Luminita Anghel Luminiţa Anghel is a Romanian singer. Anghel, along with the percussion band Sistem, represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, with the song Let Me Try, where they were ranked third in the final, Romania's best ever result at Eurovision... , Tony Tomas & Adrian Piper |
"Save Their Lives" | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 |
| 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:... & Ovi Ovidiu Cernăuţeanu Ovidiu Cernăuţeanu is a Romanian-Norwegian singer, also known as Ovi Martin, Ovidiu Jacobsen, or just Ovi.-Eurovision Song Contest 2010:... |
"Playing with Fire" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | Dalma Dalma Kovács Dalma is a Romanian pop/jazz singer and occasional television actress in the Divertis - Land of Jokes show on PRO TV channel... |
"I'm Running" | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Alexandra Ungureanu | "Crazy" | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Pasager | "Running Out of Time" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Lora Lora Lora is a common family name in the Spanish language, which was also a medieval given name. It was originally a patronymic meaning flower of the bay... & Sony Flame |
"Come Along" | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | HotelFM | "Come As One" | 10 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| 9 | Zero | "Lay Me Down" | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 10 | Lucia Dumitrescu | "See You in Heaven Michael" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | 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:... & Kamara Ghedi |
"It's Not Too Late" | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | Lulu & The Puppets | "Searching for Perfect Emotion" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Anda Adam & Connect-R | "Surrender" | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| 14 | Tina Geru | "Love Is War" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Alexa | "Baby" | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | Cătălin Josan | "Around Around" | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
Voting
| Song | Juries | Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River.... |
Jury Points | Televoting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craiova Craiova Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief... |
Cluj Cluj Cluj may refer to*Cluj-Napoca, county seat of Cluj County, named Cluj until 1974*Cluj County, Romania*Cluj-Napoca International Airport*U Cluj, a Romanian sports club*U Cluj, a Romanian football club*CFR Cluj, a Romanian football club... |
Iaşi Iasi Iași is the second most populous city and a municipality in Romania. Located in the historical Moldavia region, Iași has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Romanian social, cultural, academic and artistic life... |
Timişoara Timisoara Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the... |
Total | Points | Total | Points | Total | Points | ||
| "Jack Pott" | 0 | 5 | 38 | 27 | 70 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4621 |
| "Save Their Lives" | 11 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 56 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 10620 |
| "Playing with Fire" | 60 | 60 | 37 | 32 | 189 | 12 | 120 | 12 | 24 | 12 | 23412 |
| "I'm Running" | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5072 |
| "Crazy" | 18 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 66 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3823 |
| "Running Out of Time" | 9 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2698 |
| "Come Along" | 1 | 18 | 22 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10503 |
| "Come As One" | 46 | 32 | 36 | 46 | 160 | 10 | 104 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 7515 |
| "Lay Me Down" | 0 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5720 |
| "See You in Heaven" | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3449 |
| "It's Not Too Late" | 30 | 46 | 24 | 48 | 148 | 8 | 63 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8207 |
| "Searching for Perfect Emotion" | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4232 |
| "Surrender" | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7533 |
| "Love Is War" | 11 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3543 |
| "Baby" | 40 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 87 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5168 |
| "Around Around" | 20 | 35 | 36 | 44 | 135 | 7 | 70 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 10515 |
Calls for disqualification
Shortly after "Playing with Fire" won Selecţia Naţională 2010 there were reports that the song, performed by Paula SelingPaula 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:...
and Ovi, aka Ovi Cernăuţeanu, was registered in Norway as being co-written by a Norwegian composer, Simen Eriksrud, which would have broken TVR regulations as participants and songwriters must all be Romanian. This was followed by calls for the song to be disqualified and a new national final held to select another song. Eriksrud, also Ovi's producer, confirmed that Ovi was the only songwriter, with Eriksrud and Ovi only sharing publishing rights as his producer.
Marina Almasan, the Romanian Head of Delegation, confirmed on 11 March that Ovi was the only writer of the song, after consulting with TONO
TONO
TONO is a Norwegian corporation that administers copyrights for music in Norway.It is owned and governed by its members; composers, music publishers and text-writers...
, the Norwegian copyright association, Ovi's record label, and the Romanian Copyright Office.
Promotion
Paula and Ovi are currently taking part in an extensive European promotion tour before Eurovision, promoting their Eurovision song "Playing with Fire", in March and April 2010. The duo's first locations were ChişinăuChisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
, where they appeared on the Muz-TV
Muz-TV
Muz-TV is a Russian music TV channel, broadcasting since 1996. It is largely modelled after western MTV and predates launching of MTV Russia in 1998. Muz TV was founded by Sergey Lisovskiy...
music channel, going on then to Belgium, Portugal and Greece. In between promotion the duo shot scenes in the medieval city of Alba Iulia
Alba Iulia
Alba Iulia is a city in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania with a population of 66,747, located on the Mureş River. Since the High Middle Ages, the city has been the seat of Transylvania's Roman Catholic diocese. Between 1541 and 1690 it was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania...
in Romania and in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria for the music video of "Playing with Fire". The video employs 3D
3-D film
A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...
technology, the first such use of the technology in a Eurovision music video. The video was released in April 2010.
The duo's promotion continued into April, however due to the 2010 eruptions
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull were volcanic events at Eyjafjöll in Iceland which, although relatively small for volcanic eruptions, caused enormous disruption to air travel across western and northern Europe over an initial period of six days in April 2010. Additional localised disruption...
of the Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic volcano Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajökull is one of the smaller ice caps of Iceland, situated to the north of Skógar and to the west of Mýrdalsjökull. The ice cap covers the caldera of a volcano with a summit elevation of . The volcano has erupted relatively frequently since the last glacial period, most recently in...
, Ovi was unable to leave his home in Norway after the closure of Norwegian airspace due to volcanic ash in the aftermath of the eruptions
Aftermath of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on 14 April 2010 affected the economic, political and cultural activities in Europe and across the world....
. As such, Paula toured by herself, giving TV appearances in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
and Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
. With the reopening of Norwegian airspace the duo were reunited in Turkey, where they appeared on the Beyaz Show
Beyaz Show
Beyaz Show is a popular Talk Show program hosted by Turkish television personality Beyazıt Öztürk . It has been on air on Kanal D since December 1996. The program is among the most highest rated television shows in Turkey. The program consists Beyaz interviewing various celebrities and segments of...
talk show as well as a special Eurovision show, Eurovision 2010'a dogru (Towards Eurovision 2010) on TRT Müzik
TRT Müzik
TRT Müzik is a Turkish television channel owned and operated by Turkish Radio and Television Corporation. It broadcasts 24 hours music programmes featuring music magazines and talkshows. TRT Müzik can also be watched on TRT 4....
, appearing alongside the Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
entry Giorgos Alkaios
Giorgos Alkaios
Giorgos Alkaios is a Greek recording artist. His career began in 1989 after appearing on a Greek reality show. Following a brief period of stage acting, Alkaios dedicated himself to music. His first single, "Ti Ti", made him popular in Greece. His distinctive musical style fuses Greek and Oriental...
and Friends. The duo will also perform together at the UK Eurovision Preview Party in London on 2 May.
At Eurovision
Romania competed in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 on 27 May, performing 10th on stage, following the Netherlands and preceding SloveniaSlovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. At the end of the voting Paula and Ovi had received 104 points, finishing 4th in the 19-song line-up and qualified for the final on 29 May.
At the final on 29 May Romania performed 19th on stage, following France and preceding Russia. At the end of the voting Paula and Ovi had received 162 points, finishing 3rd out of the 25 competing countries, matching Romania's best finish ever in the Eurovision Song Contest achieved in 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
The Eurovision Song Contest 2005 was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest, which was held at the Palace of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine. The winner was Greece's My Number One, written by Christos Dantis and Natalia Germanou and performed by Swedish-born Greek singer Elena Paparizou, who scored 230 points,...
.
After the EBU released the split results of the televoting and jury points from across Europe, it was revealed that Romania had finished third in the public televote in the second semi-final, behind Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
and Turkey. However Romania placed only 8th with the national juries, bringing their overall placing down. In the final however Romania only placed 6th in the public televote, but came 3rd with the national juries, bringing up their placing to 3rd overall.
Semi final
Scoreboard:| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point | |
Final
Scoreboard:| 12 points | |
| 10 points | |
| 8 points | |
| 7 points | |
| 6 points | |
| 5 points | |
| 4 points | |
| 3 points | |
| 2 points | |
| 1 point | |