Tornerò was the Romania

Romania

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n entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006

The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on 18 May and 20 May 2006 . The hosting national broadcaster of the contest was Ellinikí Radiofonía Tileórasi . The Finnish band Lordi won the contest with the song "Hard Rock...

, performed in English and Italian

Italian language

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 by Mihai Trăistariu

Mihai Traistariu

Mihai Trăistariu is a Romanian singer and musician. He represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens, Greece, with the song "Tornero". Since that competition the song has been broadcast in over 30 countries in Europe.- Biography :...

 and composed by Mihai Traistariu

Mihai Traistariu

Mihai Trăistariu is a Romanian singer and musician. He represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 held in Athens, Greece, with the song "Tornero". Since that competition the song has been broadcast in over 30 countries in Europe.- Biography :...

 and Eduard Cîrcotă. Tornero was ranked first in the Romanian national selection on 26 February 2006, receiving 22 points in total.
The song is an up-tempo number, with Trăistariu addressing a former lover. He tells him that he is "keeping your smile on my mind every day" and that he knows he will return to him. The chorus (performed in Italian) in fact features him singing both that "she" will return to "him" and that "he" will return to "her".

Prior to the Contest, a line was added in which Trăistariu sings in a falsetto

Falsetto

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 voice after the phrase "I just really miss you and I wanna kiss you".

In Eurovision 2006 Tornero had received 172 points, the highest score from Romanian history in Eurovision, placing 4th in a field of 24 .

Following the Contest, " Tornero " became a world hit in Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Croatia, Serbia, Rep. Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Turkey, Netherlands. New versions were recorded by Mihai himself, as well as the popular Greek pop artists Tamta

Tamta Goduadze

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 and Anna Vissi

Anna Vissi

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Charts performance

Tornero	Peak
Swedish Singles Charts	21
Finnish Singles Charts	8

English translation of chorus lyrics

In an interview posted on the www.oikotimes.com website, Mihai provided an English translation of the chorus lyrics.

Tornerò, tornerò (I’ll come on back)

La mia vita ti darò (And I’ll give you my life)

Tornerai, tornerai (You’ll come on back)

Mia per sempre tu sarai (And you’ll be mine forever)

External links

• Lyrics of Tornerò, Official ESC 2006 site
• The Official Wesite of Mihai Traistariu