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Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu
Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2010 and 2014, for Romania. The best result was 3rd place in 2010, with “Playing with Fire”.
- who
- Romanian-Norwegian singer
- born
- 23 August 1974, Botoșani, Romania
- contests
- 2010, 2014
- best result
- 3rd, 2010
- music
- pop
- plays
- piano
- active
- since 1994
- sang for
- Romania
Biography
Ovi is a Romanian-Norwegian singer and songwriter who grew up in Botoșani and moved to Norway in 1995. With Paula Seling, Ovi has sung for Romania twice: “Playing with Fire” finished third in Oslo in 2010, and “Miracle” finished twelfth in Copenhagen in 2014.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2010 Oslo
“Playing with Fire”
3rd of 25 Finished 3rd of 25 in the final, with 162 points.
- With
- Paula Seling
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu
- Running order
- 19th of 25 in the final
- Semi-final
- 4th of 17, 104 points
- Age on the night
- 35
- Won that year
- Germany: Lena, “Satellite”
The story of Eurovision 2010: Lena, a stage invader and a World Cup sold to pay for it
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2014 Copenhagen
“Miracle”
12th of 26 Finished 12th of 26 in the final, with 72 points.
- With
- Paula Seling
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Frida Amundsen, Beyond51, Philip Halloun, Ovi
- Running order
- 6th of 26 in the final
- Semi-final
- 2nd of 15, 125 points
- Age on the night
- 39
- Won that year
- Austria: Conchita Wurst, “Rise Like a Phoenix”
Play: Paula Seling and Ovi — “Miracle” hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 2014: Rise Like a Phoenix, and a hall that booed Russia
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