🇷🇴 Romania: Filming Underway For National Selection Semi-Finalists Performances

Filming is underway at the TVR studios in Bucharest of the semi-finalist’s performances for Selecţia Naţională 2022.

Filming of live performances of the songs competing in the Romanian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 is underway. Since Thursday the forty-six participants in Selecţia Naţională have been recording live performances at the TVR studios in Bucharest.

The performances will be uploaded online on February 5, after which point on February 9 and 10, the public will be able to vote for their favourite. A jury will select 15 songs to progress to the second part of the final, while the public will select 5 songs.

The songs competing in the Romanian selection are:

• Alex Parker & Erik Frank & Bastien – “Best of me”
• Aldo Blaga – “Embers”
• Alexa – “Hoodies and cold nights”
• Alina Amon – “Without you”
• Ana Lazăr – “Youngster”
• Andra Oproiu – “Younique”
• Andrea Stocchino – “Avere paura” (To be afraid)
• Andrei Petruş – “Take me”
• ARIS – “Do Svidaniya” (Goodbye)
• Ayona Iordănescu – “Let me come to you”
• Barbara – “Hypnotized”
• Bogdan Dumitraş – “Sign”
• Carmen Trandafir – “Măşti” (Masks)
• Cezar Ouatu – “For everyone”
• Ciro De Luca – “Imperdonabile” (Unforgivable)
• Claudia, Minodora, Diana – “România mea” (My Romania)
• Dan Helciug – “241”
• Dora Gaitanovici – “Ana”
• E-an-na – “Malere”
• Eliza G – “The other half of me”
• Eugenia Nicolae – “Doina”
• Fabian Ferrara – “That way”
• Forţele de muncă – “Hai afară, frate!” (Come out brother!)
• Gabriel Basco – “One night”
• Giulia-Georgia Beiliciu – “Find your way”
• Ivelin Trakiyski – “Neverending”
• Jessie – “Regret”
• Kyrie Mendél – “Hurricane”
• Letiţia Moisescu – “Mirunica”
• Leyah – “I’ll be fine”
• Mălina – “Prisoner”
• Miryam – “Top of the rainbow”
• MOISE – “Guilty”
• Oana Tabultoc – “Utopia”
• Olivia Miheţ – “Fragile”
• Othello – “You’re worthy”
• Outflow – “Running in circles”
• Petra – “Ireligios” (Irreligious)
• Popa Roberta-Maria – “Indigo”
• Romeo Zaharia – “Until the fight is over”
• Silvia Costache – “Save me”
• Sophia – “Beautiful lies”
• Stelian – “Remember”
• VANU – “Never give up”
• Vizi Imre – “Sparrow”
• WRS – “Llámame” (Call me)

On February 12 a televised semi-final is then held, with the first live performances from the twenty shortlisted songs. In this show, a jury will select ten songs to go through to the final. They will announce their points after each performance.

On March 5 the final of Selecţia Naţională will be held, the winner representing Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy. The winner will be determined by a combination of public vote and jury voting.

Image Source: EBU / Thomas Hanses | Source: TVR

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