Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Romania will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, having internally selected Roxen as their representative. She had previously been scheduled to compete in the 2020 contest with "Alcohol You" before the event's cancellation due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China and its spread to other countries.

Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country Romania
National selection
Selection processArtist: Internal selection
Song: TBA
Selection date(s)Artist: 31 March 2020
Song: TBA
Selected entrantRoxen
Selected song"TBA"
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2020 • 2021

Background
Main article: Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2021 contest, Romania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since its first entry in 1994. Its highest placing in the contest, to this point, has been third place, which the nation achieved on two occasions: in 2005 with the song "Let Me Try" performed by Luminița Anghel and Sistem, and in 2010 with "Playing with Fire" by Paula Seling and Ovi. In 2019, Romania failed to qualify to the final, placing 13th in the second semi-final with Ester Peony's "On a Sunday". This marked the second consecutive time that the nation failed to qualify to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, after 2018.[1] In 2020, Romanian Television (TVR) had collaborated with Global Records to select the Romanian entry, yielding in Roxen being chosen internally to perform "Alcohol You"; the latter was selected through the national final format Selecția Națională 2020.[2][3][4] However, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced Eurovision's cancellation in March 2020 due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China and its spread to other countries, further deciding on making 2020 entries invalid for the following year.[5][6]

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

Upon discussions with Global Records, on 31 March 2020, TVR's Liana Stanciu (Romania's 2020 head of delegation) announced its will to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, as well as that Roxen would be kept as Romania's representative for the event.[7][8]

At Eurovision

EBU is discussing carryovers from the 2020 contest, such as the host city, with various parties.[7]

References
  1. "Romania – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "TVR și Global Records, parteneri pentru Eurovision Song Contest 2020" [TVR and Global Records, partners for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest] (in Romanian). Romanian Television. 31 January 2020. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. "Roxen will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020". European Broadcasting Union. 11 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  4. "Eurovision 2020: "Alcohol You", piesa cu care Roxen va reprezenta Romania" [Eurovision 2020: "Alcohol You", the song Roxen will represent Romanian with]. Ziare (in Romanian). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  5. "Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is cancelled". European Broadcasting Union. 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. "Intention to honour Eurovision 2020 songs and artists". European Broadcasting Union. 20 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. "TVR a decis: Roxen va reprezenta Romania la Eurovision Song Contest 2021" [TVR has decided: Roxen will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021] (in Romanian). Romanian Television. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  8. Luukela, Sami (31 March 2020). "Roxen to represent Romania at Eurovision 2021". ESCXtra. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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