The lucky ones, chosen by a jury of 11 specialists, are:
Tina - Pleacă - Written by Cornel Ilie
Zero - Sunny Days - Written by Radu Bolfea, Marcel Botezan, Sebastian Barac
Elena Gheorghe - The Balkan Girls - Composed by Laurenţiu Duţă, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Daris Mangal, lyrics by Laurenţiu Duţă and Alexandru Pelin
Tabassco - Purple - Composed by Norbert Kovacs, lyrics by Ion Faghiura and Norbert Kovacs
Adrian Molnar - Go On - Composed by Norbert Kovacs, lyrics by Florin Dumitrescu, Norbert Kovacs and Ion Faghiura
Juan Xavier - Perdoname - written by Ionuţ Botea
Nico & Moni-K - Disco Maniacs - composed by Laurenţiu Matei, lyrics by Monica Mândrescu
Red Blonde - Nu Am Cu Cine - Composed by Marius Moga & Anthony Valentino Negoiţă, lyrics by Marius Moga
Cătălin - Stop - Composed by Eduard Cîrcotă, lyrics by Cristian Hriscu - Badea
Costi - Can You Forgive - Composed bu Costi Ioniţă, lyrics by Ruxandra Iliescu
Irina Popa - I Feel Your Presence - Composed by Adrian Ordean, lyrics by Harko Boti
Alin Nica - Don't Leave - Written by George Hora
Popas Band - Strigă - Written by Marius Popa
Etnic - The Love Is The Life - Written by Daniel Lăzărică
Besa Kokedhima - Nothing Gonna Change - Written by Sebastian Badiu
Alexa - A Girl Like Me - Composed by Radu Bolfea, Marcel Botezan, Sebastian Barac, lyrics by Alexa
Floriana Pachia - Take The Chance - Written by Floriana Pachia
Adina Drăgoescu - Everyday - Composed by Marius Pop, lyrics by Adina Drăgoescu
Cristina Şchiopu - You Are My Love - Written by Cătălin Huţanu
Blaxy Girls - Dear Mama - Composed by Costi Ioniţă, lyrics by Ruxandra Iliescu
Dalma - Love Was Never Her Friend - Written by Marius Moga
IMBA - Round & Round - Composed by Costi Ioniţă, lyrics by Oana Radu
Romeo Zaharia - Someone Like You - Composed by Romeo Zaharia, lyrics by Mihaela Barbu
Alexa - One Last Night - Written by Cornel Ilie
A total of 177 entries were heard, 32 were disqualified before the jury heard them. For three days, between the 11th and the 13th of January, TVR will film the video clips for each qualified competitor. The 24 semi-finalists will first take the stage on the 27th and 29th of January, followed by a final on the 31st of January. The 12 finalists and the Romanian participant for the Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen by a jury and TV-viewers..
Romania achieved the 20th place in the last edition of the world's favorite song contest with Nico & Vlad's Pe-o Margine De Lume.
