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Posted by: Ryan. 16th December 2015, 11:17 PM
Romania
Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence
Posted by: Ryan. 16th December 2015, 11:17 PM
Not too much has been heard from Romania yet, although it is believed that Selecția Națională will return once again - most likely in late February or March 2016. The only piece of confirmed news we do have is that Mihai Trăistariu has announced his intention to submit a song called "Paradisio", and he has already launched an online social media campaign to promote himself ahead of next year.
Tornero was really good, so I'd like to see Mihai return - although Romania's best entry in recent years was of course the fantastic 'Zaleilah'! 
Posted by: AdamAloud 14th January 2016, 01:21 PM
http://wiwibloggs.com/2016/01/14/mihai-traistariu-eurovision-return-paradisio/115588/
Some pictures from the behind the scenes of the 'Paradisio' music video (which has reportedly set him back 15,000 euros)
Posted by: LexDANCE 15th January 2016, 03:25 PM
Just confirmed from TVR, Songs announced on February 11th with the Semi Final on March 4th, Final two days later.
Posted by: LexDANCE 24th January 2016, 02:31 PM
This seems to be the song that Mihai has submitted. Tornero it is not.
Posted by: AdamAloud 24th January 2016, 03:53 PM
I don't mind that actually, a few tweaks and a good perf will be all it needs.
Posted by: Ryan. 24th January 2016, 03:58 PM
Yeah I like it too, I just think the background music needs turning up a bit and maybe a bit more power after the amazing 2:15 to 2:40 section to give it that proper dance anthem feel.
Posted by: LexDANCE 25th January 2016, 03:58 PM
THE VIDEO!
THIS MAY BE THE MOST SHITMAZING THING EVER MADE
Posted by: LexDANCE 25th January 2016, 04:00 PM
Graphics and music straight out of an arts student's half baked space themed final year project in 2002.
Posted by: AdamAloud 25th January 2016, 05:02 PM
Amazing
Posted by: AdamAloud 29th January 2016, 09:57 AM
Video deleted :')
Posted by: AdamAloud 11th February 2016, 12:49 PM
The 12 semi-finalists of Selectia Nationala:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG_ThDLV3K0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwNJ-2Dn6WY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxguzHrPJrE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPCY9uuEK7g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eU_A1KnC50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6zfr4Rcec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBw20KvY97Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9dZyHLqwe8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrvsRNY7np0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkeUCZAynx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC4Olun-FgM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9byiPfOiWA
Posted by: Ryan. 11th February 2016, 01:20 PM
Is that Hayley Evetts of Pop Idol fame???!!
Posted by: LexDANCE 11th February 2016, 01:28 PM
It is! (what are the odds it got rejected by the BBC?)
Posted by: AdamAloud 11th February 2016, 01:41 PM
Brucknell AGOG
Posted by: Alex! 11th February 2016, 01:58 PM
I can't with Hayley Evetts entering and sending this trash.
Posted by: AdamAloud 11th February 2016, 02:29 PM
It's terminal of the highest order, it's like a rejected jingle for a Homebase advert.
Posted by: Alex! 11th February 2016, 02:47 PM
Posted by: 💯 11th February 2016, 03:11 PM
ovidiu anton and jukebox sound like something Iz would love so they are basically doomed. not that they don't already sound tragic.
mihai's song leaves me deeply underwhelmed. i mean all this hype and selling house for THIS excuse of a chorus?! and no money note?! slap in our faces
never too late sounds like a revamp of that awful 2014 song i had the misfortune of watching perform LIVE in CPH.
'i've got no money, i've got no career'. How VERY appropriate! trash on a whole new level. oh dear. whoever wrote this song must've thought it was innovative and kewl for eurovision...? WHAT. i really cannot even begin to CAN'T EVEN
vanotek and andra's songs sounds the best of them all so far. that production in the instrumental chorus part is really fabulous.
Posted by: Iz~ 11th February 2016, 03:22 PM
You know how to pick them Pavel *.*
Jukebox sounds potentially very iconic. Would be a fun mess although it gets a bit crap in the second part of the song, if the whole song was the first part I'd be very on board. Ovidiu isn't getting anywhere but my, the true POWER in that voice He must be right up there with the best power rock balladeers this contest has had.
Vanotek sounds very good, I'd be happy with that. And Andra actually, that sounds quite playful and fun, very... Adelen actually. Paradisio sounds underwhelming indeed.
Posted by: Iz~ 11th February 2016, 03:25 PM
just got moment of silence on repeat now don't mind me
Posted by: Electric Top 10 18th February 2016, 06:01 AM
Hayley Evetts 
Finally something good from Romania 
Posted by: Eyes 5th March 2016, 11:23 AM
Moment of Silence won the semi Oh gosh. I hope that puts it in with a good chance of being the entry, I haven't properly adored a Romanian entry in years.
Posted by: 💯 5th March 2016, 11:32 AM
Czech Republic tried and failed to succeed going down that route last year so this would be tragic
First Romania DNQ. I say GO FOR IT
Posted by: Eyes 5th March 2016, 11:55 AM
I was put in mind more of Hour Of The Wolf melodically (especially in the verses) than Hope Never Dies. Plus he has a striking voice. It might have a hard time, true, but I would prefer this to Mihai tarnishing his legacy.
Posted by: Ryan. 5th March 2016, 12:10 PM
Well Ovidiu won the jury vote in the semi-final, he hasn't yet faced a televote as the top 4 jury favourites automatically qualified. Televoting has been Ovidiu's downfall in previous years so we'll have to see if it is again this year!
Posted by: Ryan. 6th March 2016, 01:46 PM
ROMANIA
Selecția Națională
6th March 2016
Begins at 6.30pm in the UK, 7.30pm in Central Europe and 8.30pm in Romania
The show is scheduled to last 2 hours 20 minutes
Watch the selection on http://www.eurovision.tv/page/webtv?program=197843 or via the http://www.tvrplus.ro/live-tvr-international
Running Order
Click ♫ to listen to each song!
01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY9nl5sy-AI Florena - Behind The Shadows
02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2Ed5GvgVk8 Doru Todoruț feat. Irina Baianț - The Voice
03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4w1OQRM2w Dream Walkers - Let It Shine
04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC4Olun-FgM Vanotek feat. The Code & Georgian - I'm Coming Home
05 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkeUCZAynx0 Ovidiu Anton - Moment Of Silence
06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arnWPhlr9eo Mihai - Paradisio
Voting
There will be a single round of voting and, unlike the semi-final, the result will be determined by 100% televoting.
Potential Winners?
Ovidiu Anton won the semi-final by being the top jury qualifier and could therefore be considered the favourite to win but as the final is televoting-only, the result is hard to predict. Most fan forums believe it will be between Ovidiu as well as Florena and Mihai so we shall wait and see!
Guest Performances
During the show, there will be a number of guest performances. The two most high profile of which will be 2013 Romanian representative Cezar performing 'Rise Like A Phoenix' and 2016 Moldovan representative Lidia Isac performing 'Falling Stars'.
Further details available at http://esctoday.com/110434/tonight-final-of-selectia-nationala-2016-in-romania/
Posted by: AdamAloud 6th March 2016, 07:52 PM
M I H A I currently second last in the live televoting, Ovidiu winning by twice as many votes to the 2nd place song :')
Posted by: AdamAloud 6th March 2016, 08:52 PM
Ovidiu wins :')
Posted by: Ryan. 6th March 2016, 09:06 PM
It's just baffling really. They had Vanotek and Florena 2nd and 3rd that were both great representatives of the Romanian music scene, shown by the fact they have one of the country's biggest music labels behind them, and they pick this which you'd find in a bad musical theatre production.
That said Romania had nothing amazing to offer, but there were better choices than Ovidiu. He'll get through to the final as it's in the second half of the second semi, but if this was in the first semi it'd be Romania's first DNQ.
Thankfully, bar absolute craziness, next week's national finals should provide two solid entries at the very least so there will be no repeat of this weekend (bar Juri who was a good pick). Hopefully the internal selections over the next week can provide the 3 or so more amazing songs that this year is missing!
Posted by: Ryan. 6th March 2016, 09:06 PM
And you can't just blame the televoters as the juries thought this was the best choice the other night too!
Posted by: 💯 6th March 2016, 09:52 PM
Lmao goodbye final
Posted by: *Tim 6th March 2016, 09:59 PM
oh god :')
Posted by: ScottyEm 6th March 2016, 10:38 PM
This is shaping up to be one hell of a drab Eurovision 2016
Posted by: Eyes 6th March 2016, 11:27 PM
I don't even care what any of you say, it's a total tune, his voice is captivating, they're gonna glam it up, and I'm still going to have them on to qualify.
(also I think this is the one time in 2016 NF season where my favourite actually won so, let me have this)
Posted by: Vülker 7th March 2016, 10:49 AM
TWIST: Portugal didn't withdraw and is competing disguised as Romania.
This is awful in a way the Portuguese "expert jury" would be completely cumming all over it.
Posted by: Eyes 7th March 2016, 03:16 PM
I can't remember Portugal ever sending anything remotely like this? Even accounting for the different language.
Unless you're just equating awfulness with Portuguese in which case, accurate for them (not for this).
Posted by: Vülker 7th March 2016, 04:16 PM
Unless you're just equating awfulness with Portuguese in which case, accurate for them (not for this).
There's plenty of this all over our National Finals. We just never got round to send it.
Posted by: Eyes 7th March 2016, 04:26 PM
Maybe there IS a reason for me to ever bother with a Portuguese selection then 
Posted by: Ryan. 15th March 2016, 07:01 PM
Music video for Iz's pleasure:
Posted by: Iz~ 15th March 2016, 07:18 PM
Yes, hand gesture some more, you beast Ovidiu. Winner right here.
Posted by: sugabloke 15th March 2016, 07:22 PM
I am actually really liking the drama of this at the moment...
...*Hides, using Iz as a human shield*
Posted by: Ryan. 15th March 2016, 08:57 PM
Looks like they've changed their mind and gone with a dubbed version of the live performance:
Posted by: J▲hq 22nd April 2016, 09:18 AM
They've been kicked out!!
The decision was made after a deadline given to the Romanian government to make satisfactory arrangements to repay the debt expired on Wednesday 20 April.
EBU Director General Ingrid Deltenre said: "It is regrettable that we are forced to take this action. We are disappointed that all our attempts to resolve this matter have received no response from the Romanian government. In recent weeks the EBU has taken note of the Ministry of Finance’s suggestion that TVR may be placed into insolvency proceedings which may in turn lead to a profound restructuring of the broadcaster. The EBU is a not-for-profit association which represents 73 Public Service Broadcasters in 56 countries. The continued indebtedness of TVR jeopardizes the financial stability of the EBU itself."
http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=tvr_romania_no_longer_entitled_to_take_part_in_eurovision_2016
The song is no loss (
) but sad that this has to happen all the same, so close to the contest. 
Posted by: AdamAloud 22nd April 2016, 09:36 AM
Oh wow, I didn't think they'd actually kick them out of this year's contest, especially a week away from rehearsals!
#ComeTogether
Posted by: ScottyEm 22nd April 2016, 10:02 AM
They probably gave them extension after extension after extension to pay up. Oh well, it frees up another space for a song that will almost certainly be more deserving (please NOT be Belarus!).
Posted by: gooddelta 22nd April 2016, 10:06 AM
Wow Good news for Nicky Byrne, Lighthouse X and the Polish guy, who I have teetering on the edge of qualification.
Posted by: Vülker 22nd April 2016, 10:32 AM
Good riddance. 43rd on my rankings and easily the worst Romania brought to the game.
Posted by: 💯 22nd April 2016, 11:08 AM
not a huge loss but still sad. although the ocd-ridden me is glad the semifinals are now equal~ imagine is they were drawn in semi 1 oops. i wonder if the running order will be changed now
Posted by: djgrafdemon 22nd April 2016, 11:46 AM
DAAAAMN
just lost all my words I wanted to say
so sad they're disqualified my favs at the moment
Posted by: Iz~ 22nd April 2016, 11:54 AM
Well reading that was like a knife to my heart.
Seriously, I think that's ruined Eurovision for me now.
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 12:03 PM
Very shocking news and I really do feel sorry for Ovidiu who has done lots of pre-parties and of course tried so many times to represent Romania and only finally made it through this year. That said, TVR shouldn't have ignored 4 previous demands for payment and I imagine the EBU would've been lenient if TVR had just got in contact considering they allowed them to ignore the EBU 4 times.
Letting them stay would've been unfair for countries who are using up a big portion of their annual budget to take part. TVR had an emergency meeting just now and say they have no solution, but doing this has at least stopped them ignoring the situation so I guess it was something that had to be done. The timing is awful however I guess the EBU tried to leave it as late as possible, I don't think they are in the wrong for doing this.
This was my least favourite song in the semi so I'm glad their inevitable qualification spot has been opened up. I imagine if Romania do ever return - probably under a different broadcaster - Ovidiu will be internally selected like Dorians were for Armenia in 2013.
Posted by: 💯 22nd April 2016, 12:08 PM
i think this is a sign that Ovidiu would've DNQd in the contest (no idea why people thought he was a deffo-through :/ ) so i guess they can keep their record by default
Posted by: Mullo 22nd April 2016, 12:10 PM
they have said the running order will remain the same
Posted by: pippa 22nd April 2016, 12:26 PM
It is very disappointing for the performer as its not his fault. Has this ever happened in Eurovision before.
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 12:36 PM
I don't think there's been a withdrawal like this for the same reason, but Ivi Adamou's participation was under threat in April 2012 due to unapproved funding within Cyprus but that did get sorted in time of course, albeit with a reduced budget. Armenia withdrew in early March in 2012 due to safety concerns in Azerbaijan. Serbia & Montenegro withdrew in mid-March 2006 following a scandal in their national final where the Montenegrin jurors successfully rigged the victory for a Montenegrin act. Also Lebanon were disqualified in 2005 as they wouldn't confirm that they would show the Israeli act during the contest, but they had already selected their artist and song - and a very very good one it was too, could've been a potential top 5!
The only time I'm aware of a withdrawal this late in the day was in 1988 where Cyprus withdrew themselves, despite already having a running order slot, after breaking the rules and sending a song that had been in their national final in a previous year.
Posted by: Pusheen 22nd April 2016, 12:57 PM
Well this is a bit of a shambles. Why leave it this late? Why did they not disqualify them earlier if they weren't paying up?
Posted by: 💯 22nd April 2016, 12:58 PM
hen you forgot we don't wanna put in
7 years later and it's still as relevant as ever, if not more :')
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 01:04 PM
Here's an article about a few more "lost" Eurovision songs, how did I forget Georgia 2009? http://escnation.com/news/?id=1227
EDIT: Haha indeed I did forget that one!
Apparently this debt has been mounting for nearly ten years now so it does make you wonder why now is the moment they've decided to do something about it. Maybe there's several other broadcasters who are also pushing it a bit so the EBU wanted to make an example of Romania or maybe they've had complaints from other broadcasters for the fact that they are paying for the contest but TVR aren't. The EBU have been trying to get them to pay since January though I think so if TVR hadn't constantly ignored them despite four attempts to try and get them to do something, then this wouldn't have had to happen either.
However I think the real reason is that TVR was about to go bankrupt and be liquidated, which has been rumoured in some media articles, so the EBU realised that they stood to loose all £11 million if that did happen. Therefore they've tried to force their hand to get some money back before that does happen. Apparently TVR have said "There is no money even for gas for the car to go to the countryside to film for the news. It has reached the end" so that would suggest bankruptcy is imminent hence why the EBU suddenly realise they could be on to lose a lot of money.
Posted by: Iz~ 22nd April 2016, 01:05 PM
I didn't mean a Romanian entry to remember like this 
Ovidiu better be internally selected when they next take part, I feel so awful for him - like of all Romanian entries why could this not have happened to Voltaj or some shit like that?
And leaving this open to a likely qualifier from DENMARK or IRELAND makes this all the worse. Can this please be a horrible dream I haven't figured out how to wake up from?
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 01:08 PM
Oh just found http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36111208 on BBC that also suggests the point about TVR's bankruptcy being imminent so I'm assuming that is indeed the reason for the sudden decision from the EBU.
Posted by: Vülker 22nd April 2016, 01:10 PM
LMAO at the sheer nerve of TVR on Facebook:
Posted by: Vülker 22nd April 2016, 01:14 PM
There is a petition around to make Ovidiu a guest performer in the Final.
I think SVT could take a page out of the Anna Book for this.
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 02:02 PM
It'd be nice but I can't see it happening personally as that'll mean the national commentators will tell the viewers the story behind the disqualification and it'll put the EBU in a bad light. I think it'd be the right thing to do but I'm not sure it'll happen.
Posted by: 💯 22nd April 2016, 02:13 PM
fucking SCREAMING
Posted by: Chig66 22nd April 2016, 02:30 PM
I think SVT could take a page out of the Anna Book for this.
I like what you did there.
If Romania/TVR doesn't have the money to compete though, they don't have the money to finance a delegation's trip to Stockholm, hotels, rehearsals etc. This just isn't going to happen.
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 02:33 PM
Apparently Ovidiu and/or his music label has been financing his trips to the pre-parties anyway, so I presume they'd be doing the same in Stockholm. Hopefully the EBU reimburse the money they've spent although I doubt they will.
Posted by: J▲hq 22nd April 2016, 02:36 PM
Lmao I am hoping that Ireland benefit from this as I'm a fan of their entry and it appears very borderline. I would get no joy from your favourite being kicked out and benefiting your least favourite I swear
I think SVT could take a page out of the Anna Book for this.
Omg
(Let's not though, let's save our ears
)
Posted by: Vülker 22nd April 2016, 02:37 PM
Ovidiu could perform as a guest of SVT. Nothing to do with TVR and it's Delegation which doesn't exist henceforth.
I don't EBU has to reimburse anything Ryan, the promo trips have no ties to EBU.
Posted by: gooddelta 22nd April 2016, 02:38 PM
There's no way of knowing now but I'm pretty certain he would have qualified, it stands out so much and he has such a huge stage presence, I'm sure the performance would have been quite a spectacle.
Posted by: Ryan. 22nd April 2016, 02:40 PM
Yeah I suppose, it's just a shame he and his label have spent their own money to promote himself and his song with the view to going to Eurovision and now they've wasted that money. It's just EBU's timing of this is the worst possible timing for Ovidiu but it's TVR's fault and not theirs at the end of the day.
Posted by: Vülker 22nd April 2016, 03:42 PM
It's not exactly a total loss. The song is still available to purchase so if anything they've minimally promoted the song abroad.
Posted by: gooddelta 22nd April 2016, 04:38 PM
And still on the Eurovision album, which quite a lot of people around Europe buy these days.
Gutting for Ovidiu of course but it's given him a huge career boost nonetheless.
Posted by: Vülker 22nd April 2016, 05:12 PM
Especially if he's invited to perform as a guest. That's phenomenal promotion that he would never get if he came last in the Semifinal or 15th in the Final.
Posted by: Ryan. 25th April 2016, 05:26 PM
TV Moldova have offered Ovidiu the chance to sing on stage as part of Lidia's performance, but Ovidiu has declined due to not wanting to affect Lidia's performance but notes the extraordinarily kind gesture.
How nice!
Posted by: Jerick 25th April 2016, 05:39 PM
Someone needs to update the forum description 
Posted by: Iz~ 25th April 2016, 05:41 PM
The forum descriptor updater is still in denial.
(aww that's nice of Moldova, I wonder how they'll be coping with the loss of their other half for presumably at least a year or two)
Posted by: pippa 25th April 2016, 07:42 PM
Very nice of Moldova.
Posted by: pippa 28th April 2016, 01:23 PM
Are Romania allowed to vote?
Posted by: 💯 28th April 2016, 06:14 PM
No, because they are not allowed to broadcast the show.
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