Romania

Photo: Zoltan Rakottyai

Countries

Romania

Full name

Romania

Capital

Bucharest

Participations

First participation

1994 (Dan Bittman)

Victories

None

Hosts

Never hosted

Broadcasters

TVR

Romania joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. Romania originally entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 but failed to qualify for the final. The country is famous for the legendary Dracula and its capital city is Bucharest.

Whilst Romania is yet to score their first victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, the country has finished in the top 5 on 3 occasions. In 2005 and 2010, Romania finished third in the Grand Final which remains the best placing for the country to date.

In 2017, Romania scored its first top 10 place in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2010 with Yodel It by Ilinca ft. Alex Florea. In 2006, they hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Bucharest.

Rotterdam 2021

Roxen

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Participation history

Event	Contestant	Song	Place
Dublin 1994	Dan Bittman	Dincolo De Nori	14 points 21st
Birmingham 1998	Malina Olinescu	Eu Cred	6 points 22nd
Stockholm 2000	Taxi	The Moon	25 points 17th
Tallinn 2002	Monica Anghel & Marcel Pavel	Tell Me Why	71 points 9th
Riga 2003	Nicola	Dont Break My Heart	73 points 10th
Istanbul 2004	Sanda Ladosi	I Admit
Grand Final			18 points 18th
Kyiv 2005	Luminita Anghel & Sistem	Let Me Try
Semi-Final			235 points 1st
Grand Final			158 points 3rd
Athens 2006	Mihai Traistariu	Tornero
Grand Final			172 points 4th
Helsinki 2007	Todomondo	Liubi, Liubi, I Love You
Grand Final			84 points 13th
Belgrade 2008	Nico & Vlad	Pe-o Margine De Lume
First Semi-Final			94 points 7th
Grand Final			45 points 20th
Moscow 2009	Elena	The Balkan Girls
First Semi-Final			67 points 9th
Grand Final			40 points 19th
Oslo 2010	Paula Seling & Ovi	Playing With Fire
Second Semi-Final			104 points 4th
Grand Final			162 points 3rd
Düsseldorf 2011	Hotel FM	Change
Second Semi-Final			111 points 4th
Grand Final			77 points 17th
Baku 2012	Mandinga	Zaleilah
First Semi-Final			120 points 3rd
Grand Final			71 points 12th
Malmö 2013	Cezar	It's My Life
Second Semi-Final			83 points 5th
Grand Final			65 points 13th
Copenhagen 2014	Paula Seling & OVI	Miracle
Second Semi-Final			125 points 2nd
Grand Final			72 points 12th
Vienna 2015	Voltaj	De La Capat/ All Over Again
First Semi-Final			89 points 5th
Grand Final			35 points 15th
Kyiv 2017	Ilinca ft. Alex Florea	Yodel It!
Second Semi-Final			174 points 6th
Grand Final			282 points 7th
Lisbon 2018	The Humans	Goodbye
Second Semi-Final			107 points 11th
Tel Aviv 2019	Ester Peony	On a Sunday
Second Semi-Final			71 points 13th
Rotterdam 2020	ROXEN	Alcohol You	—