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Romania at Eurovision

Romania first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and has entered 24 contests. It has never won; its best result is 3rd place, in 2005, 2010 and 2026.

24
contests: 0
wins: 3rd
best

first song: 1994
contests: 24
wins: none
best result: 3rd — 2005, 2010, 2026
nul points in a semi-final: 2023
in the final: 15 of 19 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in: English (21), Romanian (6), Italian (3), Spanish (3), Russian (1), and one more
not in the line-up: 1995–1997, 1999, 2001, 2016, 2024, 2025

Every song

All 25 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year	Artist	Song	Result	Points
2026 Vienna	Alexandra Căpitănescu	“Choke Me” English	3rd of 25	296
2023 Liverpool	Theodor Andrei	“D.G.T. (Off and On)” Romanian, English	Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 16)	0
2022 Turin	Wrs	“Llámame” English, Spanish	18th of 25	65
2021 Rotterdam	Roxen	“Amnesia” English	Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 16)	85
2020 Rotterdam	Roxen	“Alcohol You” English	Contest cancelled	—
2019 Tel Aviv	Ester Peony	“On a Sunday” English	Out in semi-final 2 (13th of 18)	71
2018 Lisbon	The Humans	“Goodbye” English	Out in semi-final 2 (11th of 18)	107
2017 Kyiv	Ilinca Alex Florea	“Yodel It!” English	7th of 26	282
2015 Vienna	Voltaj	“De la capăt” Romanian, English	15th of 27	35
2014 Copenhagen	Paula Seling and Ovi	“Miracle” English	12th of 26	72
2013 Malmö	Cezar	“It's My Life” English	13th of 26	65
2012 Baku	Mandinga	“Zaleilah” Spanish, English	12th of 26	71
2011 Düsseldorf	Hotel FM	“Change” English	17th of 25	77
2010 Oslo	Paula Seling and Ovi	“Playing with Fire” English	3rd of 25	162
2009 Moscow	Elena	“The Balkan Girls” English	19th of 25	40
2008 Belgrade	Nico and Vlad	“Pe-o margine de lume” Romanian, Italian	20th of 25	45
2007 Helsinki	Todomondo	“Liubi, Liubi, I Love You (Люби, Люби, I Love You)” English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian	13th of 24	84
2006 Athens	Mihai Trăistariu	“Tornerò” English, Italian	4th of 24	172
2005 Kyiv	Luminița Anghel and Sistem	“Let Me Try” English	3rd of 24	158
2004 Istanbul	Sanda	“I Admit” English	18th of 24	18
2003 Riga	Nicola	“Don't Break My Heart” English	10th of 26	73
2002 Tallinn	Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel	“Tell Me Why” English	9th of 24	71
2000 Stockholm	Taxi	“The Moon” English	17th of 24	25
1998 Birmingham	Mălina Olinescu	“Eu cred” Romanian	22nd of 25	6
1994 Dublin	Dan Bittman	“Dincolo de nori” Romanian	21st of 25	14

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The three acts Romania has sent to more than one contest.

Paula Seling 2010, 2014
Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu 2010, 2014
Roxen 2020 (cancelled), 2021

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Romania, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

2026
- TVR 1 (semi-finals) Bogdan Stănescu and Ilinca Băcilă
- TVR 1 (final) Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
2023
- TVR 1, TVRi Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendel
2022
- TVR 1, TVRi (semi-final 1) Bogdan Stănescu
- TVR 1, TVRi (semi-final 2 and final) Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
2021
- TVR 1, TVRi Bogdan Stănescu
2019
- TVR 1, TVR HD, TVRi Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Stănescu
2018
- TVR 1, TVR HD, TVRi Liliana Ștefan and Radu Andrei Tudor
2017
- TVR 1, TVR HD Liana Stanciu and Radu Andrei Tudor
2015
- TVR 1, TVRi, TVR HD Bogdan Stănescu
2014
- TVR 1, TVRi, TVR HD Bogdan Stănescu
2013
- TVR 1 Liana Stanciu
2012
- TVR 1 Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
2011
- TVR 1, TVR HD, TVR Internaţional Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Pavlică
2010
- TVR1 Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
2009
- TVR 1
2008
- TVR 1, TVRi Leonard Miron
2007
- TVR1
2006
- TVR 1
2005
- TVR 1
2004
- România 1
2003
- România 1
2002
- România 1
2001
- România 1 Leonard Miron
2000
- TVR 1 Andreea Marin
- Radio România Actualități Ștefan Naftanailă
1999
- TVR 1 Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
- Radio România Actualități Ana Maria Zaharescu
1998
- TVR 1 Leonard Miron
1997
- TVR 1 Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
1996
- TVR 1 Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
1995
- TVR 1
1994
- TVR 1 Gabriela Cristea
1993
- TVR 1
1992
- TVR 1
1991
- TVR 1
1985
- Programul 1
1983
- Programul 1
1980
- Programul 1
1977
- Programul 1
1976
- Programul 1
1975
- Programul 1
1974
- Programul 1
1973
- Programul 1
1972
- Programul 1
1971
- Programul 1
1970
- Programul 1
1969
- Programul 1
1968
- TVR
1967
- TVR
1966
- TVR

In our contest stories

Lines about Romania from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

1994 Out with seven, in with seven
The newcomers were Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.
1996 The contest nobody saw
Seven countries were out: Denmark, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Romania, Russia — and Germany.
1998 The public decides
In every country except Hungary, Romania and Turkey, the points were now decided by viewers on the telephone.
2005 The result
Romania, which had won the semi-final, was third in the final, its best ever.
2022 Six juries
In the second semi-final, six national juries — those of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino — had shown irregular voting patterns.
2022 Six juries
Romania, whose own jury would have given its twelve points to Moldova, accused the EBU of changing the rules and threatened to pull out of the contest.
2026 What that did to the contest
Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova all returned, which kept the number from falling further.
2026 The result
Romania, in third, equalled its best result.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Romania was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.