Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country  Romania
National selection
Selection process Selecția Națională 2013
50% Televoting/SMS
50% Judging panel
Selection date(s) Semi-final 1:
23 February 2013
Semi-final 2:
24 February 2013
Final:
9 March 2013
Selected entrant Cezar
Selected song "It's My Life"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (5th, 83 points)
Final result 13th, 65 points
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2012 • 2013 • 2014►

Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Romanian entry was selected through Selecția Națională 2013, a televised selection process organised by the Romanian broadcaster Romanian Television (TVR). Cezar represented Romania with the song "It's My Life", which qualified from the second semi-final of the competition and finished in 13th place in the final, scoring 65 points.[1][2]

Selecția Națională 2013

On 13 January 2013, TVR released details regarding the national selection. A submission period between 14 January and 3 February was made available for all interested singers and songwriters to apply.[3][4] At the close of the submission period, artists were required to attend one of five auditions held in cities across the country: Iaşi (6 February), Cluj-Napoca (8 February), Timișoara (10 February), Craiova (12 February) and Bucharest (14 February).

148 songs were submitted at the close of the deadline with entries being received from the United Kingdom, Turkey, Israel, Sweden and France in addition to Romania.[5] A professional jury was to select the best 24-28 songs and announce them on 18 February.[3][4] Instead, on 14 February, 32 semifinalists were named by TVR.[6] Dan Manoliu, manager of the Romanian selection, cited the high quality of the entries received as the reason for increasing the number of competing entries from the maximum that was originally announced.[7]

The semifinalists were subsequently drawn into two semifinals held on 23 and 24 February with the qualifying entries proceeding to the final on 9 March.[3][4][8] The three shows were hosted by Eurovision Song Contest 2010 participants Paula Seling and Ovi with singer Andreea Bănică and actor/comedian Marius Rizea joining them to present the program in the role of the members of ABBA.[5]

The jury panel for the semifinals and final consisted of composers George Natsis, Eduard Cârcotă, Andrei Tudor, Mihai Ogăşanu, Crina Mardare and musical director Sanda Cepraga.[9][10] Music critic Dana Dorian was a member of the jury in both of the semifinals, while radio presenter Ştefan Naftanailă was a member of the jury in the final.[11]

Semifinal 1

The first semifinal took place on 23 February 2013. Of the sixteen entries competing, six proceeded to the final: "Un Refren" performed by Casa Presei, "Criminal Mind" performed by FreeStay, "Unique" performed by Luminița Anghel, "It's My Life" performed by Cezar, "Emilia" performed by Electric Fence and "Hello" performed by Tudor Turcu.[12] The result was decided through the 50/50 combination of a jury vote and a public televote.

Draw Artist Song Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Viewers Jury Total Place
Televote Points Votes Points
01 Tudor Turcu "Hello" Călin Pop (m/l), Norbert Kovacs (m/l) 2,105 7 17 2 9 6
02 Casa Presei "Un Refren" Gabriel Basarebescu (m), Robert Turcescu (l) 6,886 12 10 1 13 3
03 Electric Fence "Emilia" David Ciente (m/l), Elena Luminița Vasile (m/l),
Antonio Eduard Antemir (m), Lucian Indre (m)		 1,862 5 43 6 11 4
04 Diana Hetea "I believe in love" Jonas Gladnikoff (m/l), Johnny Sanchez (m/l), Sara Ljunggren (m/l),
Michael James Down (m), Anders Kollerfors (m)		 578 0 20 3 3 12
05 Station 4 "Your heart is telling me so" Mihai Alexandru (m/l), Marian Stancu (l), Constantin Axinte Amza (l) 1,274 3 9 0 3 11
06 Edict "Buddy Buddy" Valeriu Cataraga (m), Anatol Neagu (l) 274 0 9 0 0 16
07 FreeStay "Criminal Mind" Matei Alexandru Mihai (m/l), Florin Ristei (m/l) 1,542 4 44 7 11 5
08 Maximilian Muntean "Broken Heart" Petru Călinescu (m/l) 778 1 3 0 1 14
09 Brigitta & Mihai feat. TIPS "One heart" Tudor Nițu (m), David Ciente (m), Brigitta Szebenyi (l) 734 0 34 5 5 9
10 Natalia Barbu "Confession" Ana Sîrbu (m/l), Radu Sîrbu (m) 850 2 4 0 2 13
11 Spin & Cezar Dometi "Silver lining" Cătălin Tuță Popescu (m), Răzvan Cârligeanu (l) 689 0 31 4 4 10
12 Liviu Mititelu "La donna di nero" Liviu Mititelu (m/l) 2,028 6 0 0 6 8
13 Cezar Florin Ouatu "It's my life" Cristian Faur (m/l) 2,401 8 52 10 18 2
14 Tammy "Firebird" Zoltan Pop (m/l) 613 0 0 0 0 15
15 Luminița Anghel "Unique" Rafael Herrero (m/l), Jose Juan Santana Rodriguez (l) 3,038 10 80 12 22 1
16 Anthony "Dream girl" Marcus Frenell (m), Frederik Randquist (m), Hanif Sabzevari (m/l),
Jimi Thiesen (m), Michael James Down (m)		 703 0 44 8 8 7

Jury

Detailed Jury Votes - Semifinal 1
Draw Song George
Natsis		 Alexandra
Cepraga		 Eduard
Cârcotă		 Crina
Mardare		 Andrei
Tudor		 Dana
Dorian		 Mihai
Ogăşanu		 Total Points
01"Hello"4037003172
02"Un Refren"0340030101
03"Emilia"10863862436
04"I believe in love"0208406203
05"Your heart is telling me so"302121090
06"Buddy Buddy"231002190
07"Criminal mind"7782758447
08"Broken heart"000030030
09"One heart"64012 507345
10"Confession"000004040
11"Silver lining"12551710314
12"La donna di nero"000000000
13"It's my life"51010410855210
14"Firebird"000000000
15"Unique"12 12 12 1012 1012 80 12
16"Dream girl"8176612 4448

Semifinal 2

The second semifinal took place on 24 February 2013. Of the sixteen entries competing, six proceeded to the final: "Seven" performed by Narcis Iustin Ianău, "Spinning" performed by Elena Cârstea Muttart, "Run away with me" performed by Ovidiu Anton, "The Best Thing In Life Is To Love" performed by Cristian Prăjescu, "What Is Love" performed by Al Mike featuring Renee Santana and "Paralysed" performed by Andrei Leonte.[13] The result was decided through the 50/50 combination of a jury vote and a public televote.

Draw Artist Song Lyrics (l) / Music (m) Viewers Jury Total Place
Televote Points Votes Points
01 Ovidiu Anton "Run away with me" Ovidiu Anton (m/l) 1414 4 42 5 9 6
02 Leticia "We are one" Radu Alexandrescu (m/l), Sandu Ștefan (m/l) 792 0 0 0 0 16
03 Mosquito "Feel the same" Gabriel Băruța (m), Edi Enache (l) 654 0 26 3 3 12
04 Alin Văduva "Storyline" Kevin Borg (m/l), Simon Gribe (m/l), Alin Văduva (m/l),
Aidan O'Conner (m/l)		 447 0 10 2 2 14
05 Al Mike feat. Renee Santana "What is love" Mihai Alexandru (m/l), Alexandra Niculae (l) 1030 3 68 10 13 3
06 Diana Matei "Ma Ma He" Diana Matei (m/l), Gabriel Alexandru (m/l) 963 2 0 0 2 13
07 9 Gardens "All for naught" Cary Shields (m/l), Dan Secheli (m), Florin Ștefan (m),
Radu Iaszberenyi (m)		 468 0 43 6 6 10
08 The Zuralia Orchestra "Sukar Transylvania" Aurel Mirea (m/l) 2455 8 6 0 8 7
09 ABCD "Final de război" Cristina Haios (m/l), Gabriel Maga (m) 771 0 45 7 7 9
10 Elena Cârstea Muttart "Spinning" Elena Cârstea Muttart (m/l), Cristian Faur (m) 2112 6 71 12 18 1
11 Narcis Iustin Ianău "Seven" Narcis Iustin Ianău (m/l), Dan Horațiu Dumitraș (m) 3108 12 1 0 12 4
12 Claudiu Mirea "I feel so high" Daniel Alexandrescu (m/l), Claudiu Mirea (m/l) 821 0 26 4 4 11
13 Andrei Leonte "Paralyzed" Mike Eriksson (m/l), Johnny Sanchez (m),
Michael James Down (m), Jonas Thander (l)		 1585 5 49 8 13 2
14 Cristian Prăjescu "The best thing in life is to love" Sergiu Rudichi (m/l) 2678 10 8 0 10 5
15 Jul "Wake me up" Victor Bouroșu (m), Cristian Paul Iacob (l) 910 1 3 0 1 15
16 Phaser "Pour toi et pour moi" Florin Pop-Magda (m), Tinu Vidaicu (m), Lucian Oprișan (m),
Arnold Birta (m), Carina Dumitru (m/l), Radu Racz (m), Corian Păun (m)		 2418 7 8 1 8 8

Jury

Detailed Jury Votes - Semifinal 2
Draw Song George
Natsis		 Alexandra
Cepraga		 Eduard
Cârcotă		 Crina
Mardare		 Andrei
Tudor		 Dana
Dorian		 Mihai
Ogăşanu		 Total Points
01"Run away with me"8832678425
02"We are one"000000000
03"Feel the same"1724543263
04"Storyline"3151000102
05"What is love"101012 681012 6810
06"Ma Ma He"000000000
07"All for naught"66108427436
08"Sukar Transylvania"000010560
09"Final de război"7577766457
10"Spinning"12 12 8512 12 1071 12
11"Seven"000000110
12"I feel so high"23410232264
13"Paralyzed"54612 1084498
14"The best thing in life is to love"400031080
15"Wake me up"000300030
16"Pour toi et pour moi"021005081

Final

The final took place on 9 March 2013. Six songs from each semifinal, all together 12 songs, competed with the 50/50 combination of a jury vote and a public televote determining the winner. Cezar was the winner with the song "It's My Life".[2]

Draw Artist Song Viewers Jury Total Place
Televote Points Votes Points
01 Casa Presei "Un Refren" 8,552 10 19 2 12 4
02 Narcis Iustin Ianău "Seven" 1,879 5 2 0 5 8
03 FreeStay "Criminal Mind" 1,168 0 39 5 5 9
04 Elena Cârstea Muttart "Spinning" 1,754 4 47 7 11 5
05 Luminița Anghel "Unique" 7,469 8 65 10 18 3
06 Ovidiu Anton "Run away with me" 536 0 20 3 3 11
07 Florin Cezar Ouatu "It's My Life" 9,774 12 47 8 20 1
08 Cristian Prăjescu "The best thing in life is to love" 1,672 3 10 0 3 10
09 Electric Fence "Emilia" 3,619 7 67 12 19 2
10 Al Mike feat. Renee Santana "What is love" 1,608 2 46 6 8 7
11 Tudor Turcu "Hello" 3,260 6 27 4 10 6
12 Andrei Leonte "Paralyzed" 1,276 1 17 1 2 12

Jury

Detailed Jury Votes - Final
Draw Song George
Natsis		 Alexandra
Cepraga		 Andrei
Tudor		 Crina
Mardare		 Eduard
Cârcotă		 Ştefan
Naftanăilă		 Mihai
Ogăşanu		 Total Points
01"Un Refren"4342060192
02"Seven"000001120
03"Criminal Mind"8563683395
04"Spinning"7775777477
05"Unique"1212107120126510
06"Run away with me"2434205203
07"It's my life"381211058478
08"The best thing in life is to love"6000130100
09"Emilia"1010812512106712
10"What is love"56568106466
11"Hello"12210444274
12"Paralyzed"0118322171

Controversy

The winning song inspired the creation of a protest group on Facebook that sought to boycott the results of the national selection and call into question jury member Ştefan Naftanailă's votes, who gave zero points to Luminița Anghel.[14][15] Dan Manoliu, manager of the selection, was also surprised with Ştefan Naftanailă's votes, however, he stated that the results meet the criteria for the competition.[11]

At Eurovision

Cezar at the second semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö.

Romania was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[16] In the second semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Romania would close the semi-final and perform 17th, following Switzerland.[17]

Romania qualified from the second semi-final, placing 5th and scoring 83 points.[18][19] At the second semi-final winners' press conference, Romania was allocated to perform in the second half of the final.[20] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Romania would perform 14th, following the Netherlands and preceding United Kingdom.[21] Romania placed 13th in the final, scoring 65 points.[1]

Points awarded to Romania

Points Awarded to Romania (Semi-Final 2)[19]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points Awarded to Romania (Final)[1]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Romania

Jury points awarded by Romania

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 Storvik-Green, Simon (9 March 2013). "Cezar takes it home for Romania". Eurovision.tv.
  3. 1 2 3 Busa, Alexandru (13 January 2013). "Romania: National final on 9 March". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Storvik-Green, Simon (13 January 2013). "Romanian selection details announced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 Storvik-Green, Simon (6 February 2013). ""ABBA" to host the Romanian final". Eurovision.tv.
  6. ↑ "EUROVISION 2013 - SELECȚIA NAȚIONALĂ PIESE ADMISE îN SEMIFINALE" (PDF). TVR. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2013.
  7. ↑ Storvik-Green, Simon (15 February 2013). "32 songs compete in Romanian national selection". Eurovision.tv.
  8. ↑ Cosmescu, Corina (15 February 2013). "S-a stabilit ordinea de intrare a concurenţilor în semifinalele Eurovision România". Adevărul.
  9. ↑ "EUROVISION 2013: PRIMII ŞASE FINALIŞTI" (in Romanian). TVR. 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013.
  10. ↑ "EUROVISION 2013: LISTA CELOR 12 FINALIŞTI" (in Romanian). TVR. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013.
  11. 1 2 "CEZAR A CÂŞTIGAT FINALA EUROVISION ROMÂNIA 2013!" (in Romanian). TVR. 10 March 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013.
  12. ↑ Storvik-Green, Simon (23 February 2013). "First six acts through in Romania". Eurovision.tv.
  13. ↑ Storvik-Green, Simon (24 February 2013). "Final six acts through in Romania". Eurovision.tv.
  14. ↑ "Boicotarea-Selectiei-Nationale-Eurovision-2013". Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  15. ↑ Bogdan, Alexa (11 March 2013). "SCANDALUL EUROVISION ROMANIA SE MUTA PE INTERNET". muzzix.ro.
  16. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (17 January 2013). "Draw results: Who's in which Semi-Final?". Eurovision.tv.
  17. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (28 March 2013). "Eurovision 2013: Semi-Final running order revealed". Eurovision.tv.
  18. ↑ Leon, Jakov (16 May 2013). "We have ten more finalists!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 "Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semi-Final (2)". Eurovision.tv. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  20. ↑ Brey, Marco (16 May 2013). "Second Semi-Final Winners' Press Conference". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  21. ↑ Storvik-Green, Simon (17 May 2013). "Running order for the Grand Final revealed". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
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