Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country  Romania
National selection
Selection process Eurovision Selecţia Naţională 1996
Selection date(s) March 8, 1996
Selected entrant Monica Anghel & Sincron
Selected song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii"
Finals performance
Final result Failed to qualify (29th)
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Romania selected Monica Anghel & Sincron, with the song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii", to be their representatives at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May in Oslo. "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" was chosen as the Romanian entry on a National Final held by Televiziunea Română (TVR) on 8 March. However, Romania was one of seven countries which failed to qualify for the Eurovision final from a pre-qualifying round, so they were not represented in Oslo. National final was won by Monica Anghel & Sincron, with the song "Rugă pentru pacea lumii", music by Cornel Fugaru, and lyrics by Mirela Voiculescu Fugaru.

National final

The National final was held at the Palatul Copiilor in Bucharest, on March 8, 1996, and was hosted by Angela Similea and Gabriel Cotabiţă. There were 20 songs, 3 sung by Monica Anghel (one alone, one with Gabriel Cotabiţă and one with Sincron), 2 by Gabriel Cotabiţă (one with Monica Anghel and one alone) and 2 by Sfinx Experience (one alone and one with Luminiţa Anghel). The winning song was chosen by regional juries.[1]

Selecţia Naţională - 8 March 1996
DrawArtistSongPlacePoints
1Class"Răspuns"7156
2Monica Anghel"Să rămânem o viaţă împreună"8146
3Adrian Daminescu"E numai un joc"11114
4Trio Galax"Vino jar"2021
5Sfinx Experience"Oameni fără chip"1298
6Monica Anghel & Gabriel Cotabiţă"În lipsa ta"10128
7Loredana Groza & Direcţia 5"Visăm America"1395
8Otilia Romea"Din nou despre dragoste"6159
9Geanina Olaru"Spune-mi să stau"4170
10Crina Mardare"Secundă"3191
11Daniela Gyorfi"Mai stai lângă mine"1750
12Nicoleta Nicola"Undeva departe ești tu"1925
13Elena Cârstea & Adrian Enache"Doi prieteni buni"1480
14Gabriel Cotabiţă"Atunci când nu ești"9136
15Poesis"Cerul cu mâna poţi să-l ajungi"1661
16Luminiţa Anghel & Sfinx Experience"Încotro soartă"5166
17Monica Anghel & Sincron"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"1230
18Mihai Constantinescu & Anastasia Lazariuc"Vise"1566
19Daniel Robu"Mai e timp"1835
20Dida Drăgan"O lacrimă de stea"2195

At Eurovision

In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only pre-qualifying round (from which hosts Norway were exempt) was held on 20 March as 29 countries wished to participate in the final but the European Broadcasting Union had set a limit of 22 (plus Norway). The countries occupying the bottom seven places after the pre-qualifier would be unable to take part in the main contest. After the voting, "Rugă pentru pacea lumii" had received 11 points, placing 29th (last) and because of that Romania did not participate in 1996 Eurovision Song Contest.

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100126101734/http://natfinals.50webs.com/90s_00s/Romania1996.html. Archived from the original on January 26, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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