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{{Infobox song contest country
| Name = Romania
| Contest = ESC
| Broadcaster = {{lang|ro|[[TVR (TV network)|Televiziunea Română]]|i=unset}} (TVR)
| Apps = 23 (19 finals)
| First = {{Escyr|1994}}
| Highest = 3rd: {{Escyr|2005}}, {{Escyr|2010}}
| Website = [http://eurovision.tvr.ro/ TVR's official website]
| Current = 2023
| Last = {{Escyr|2023}}
}}
Romania has been represented at the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] 23 times since its debut in {{escyr|1994}}, and has placed in the top ten six times. Its best results were achieved with "[[Let Me Try]]" by [[Luminița Anghel]] and Sistem in {{escyr|2005}}, and "[[Playing with Fire (Paula Seling and Ovi song)|Playing with Fire]]" by [[Paula Seling]] and [[Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu|Ovi]] in {{escyr|2010}}, who both finished in third place. The Romanian participating broadcaster in the contest is {{lang|ro|[[TVR (TV network)|Televiziunea Română]]|i=unset}} (TVR), which select its entrant with {{lang|ro|Selecția Națională}},{{efn|name=contest}} a song contest organised every year since 1993,{{efn|name=2020i|Only the song was chosen through {{lang|ro|Selecția Națională}} in 2020, with the artist having been internally selected.<ref name="roxen" />}} except for {{escyr|2021}}.
In {{escyr|1993}}, the year before its first appearance, Romania attempted to debut in the contest, but came last in the [[Kvalifikacija za Millstreet|qualifying round]]. After successfully joining the following year, poor placements followed until 2002, resulting in several relegations. This changed with the introduction of semi-finals to the contest in 2004, after which Romania reached the final 14 times, failing to qualify from the semi-finals in {{escyr|2018}}, {{escyr|2019}}, {{escyr|2021}}, and {{escyr|2023}}, the latter finishing with no points.
==Contest history==
[[File:Paula Seling & Ovi ESC 2010.jpg|thumb|left|[[Paula Seling]] and [[Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu|Ovi]] (''pictured'') placed third with their [[Eurovision Song Contest 2010|2010]] entry "[[Playing with Fire (Paula Seling and Ovi song)|Playing with Fire]]".<ref name="history" />|alt=A man and a woman sitting at a table and smiling at the camera.]]
{{lang|ro|[[TVR (TV network)|Televiziunea Română]]|i=unset}} (TVR) is a full member of the [[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible to participate in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] since then. It has participated in the contest representing Romania since its {{escyr|1994||39th edition}} in 1994. Before becoming a member of the EBU, TVR had broadcast the contest several times during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2012 |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-84583-065-6 |series=Volume One: The 1950s and 1960s |___location=Prestatyn |pages=369–381}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2014 |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-84583-093-9 |series=Volume Two: The 1970s |___location=Prestatyn |pages=352–365}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2016 |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-84583-118-9 |series=Volume Three: The 1980s |___location=Prestatyn |pages=86–103}}</ref><ref name="Roxburgh">{{Cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs For Europe - The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |publisher=[[Telos Publishing]] |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-84583-163-9 |series=Volume Four: The 1990s |___location=UK |pages=65–76}}</ref>
TVR unsuccessfully attempted to debut in the {{escyr|1993||1993 contest}}, selecting "Nu pleca" by [[Dida Drăgan]] for the qualifying round {{lang|sl|[[Kvalifikacija za Millstreet]]}} ({{langx|en|Preselection for Millstreet|i=yes}}); Drăgan came in last place.<ref name="dragan">{{Cite news |last=Mincan, Mihai |date=18 May 2013 |title=Prima participare a României la Eurovision: "capcana culturală" Dida Drăgan |language=ro |trans-title=Romania's first participation at Eurovision: the "cultural trap" Dida Drăgan |work=[[Adevărul]] |url=http://adevarul.ro/entertainment/muzica/prima-participare-romaniei-eurovision-capcana-culturala-dida-dragan-1_51978f6c053c7dd83fac038a/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702232050/http://adevarul.ro/entertainment/muzica/prima-participare-romaniei-eurovision-capcana-culturala-dida-dragan-1_51978f6c053c7dd83fac038a/index.html |archive-date=2 July 2014}}</ref> A non-qualification was also achieved in {{escyr|1996}} when there was a [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996#Qualifying round|qualifying round]] for all countries excluding hosts Norway.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rumänien: Monica Anghel und Marcel Pavel |language=de |trans-title=Romania: Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel |publisher=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Rumaenien-Monica-Anghel-und-Marcel-Pavel,monicaanghel101.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210165129/https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Rumaenien-Monica-Anghel-und-Marcel-Pavel,monicaanghel101.html |archive-date=10 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Facts and Figures |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/facts-and-figures |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314233707/https://eurovision.tv/about/facts-and-figures |archive-date=14 March 2021}}</ref> The Eurovision site does not count either year in Romania's list of appearances.<ref name="history">{{Cite news |title=Romania – Eurovision Song Contest |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU) |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/romania |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513230046/https://eurovision.tv/country/romania |archive-date=13 May 2017}}</ref> The country's first official participation occurred in {{escyr|1994}} with "[[Dincolo de nori]]" by [[Dan Bittman]] placing 21st in the contest's final. The following years saw similar low placements and non-participations in {{escyr|1995}}, {{escyr|1997}}, {{escyr|1999}}, and {{escyr|2001}}.<ref name="history" />
Romania's first top ten result was achieved in {{escyr|2002}}, when "[[Tell Me Why (Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel song)|Tell Me Why]]" by [[Monica Anghel]] and [[Marcel Pavel]] finished ninth. The country placed within the top 20 every year from {{escyr|2004}} to {{escyr|2015}}, claiming third place in {{escyr|2005}} with "[[Let Me Try (Luminița Anghel and Sistem song)|Let Me Try]]" by [[Luminița Anghel]] and Sistem. {{As of|2023|post=,}} this remains Romania's best result in the contest, alongside "[[Playing with Fire (Paula Seling and Ovi song)|Playing with Fire]]" by [[Paula Seling]] and [[Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu|Ovi]] in {{escyr|2010}}, which also finished third. Since 2010, the country's only other top ten placement was in {{escyr|2017}}, when "[[Yodel It!]]" by [[Ilinca Băcilă|Ilinca]] and [[Alex Florea]] reached seventh place.<ref name="history" /> {{escyr|2019}} was TVR's first year to significantly invest in a performance; the costs for the use of graphics and special effects during the show for "[[On a Sunday]]" by [[Ester Peony]] amounted to 100,000 euros.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 May 2019 |title=Romania: Significant Investments Made in Special Staging Effects |publisher=Eurovoix |url=https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/03/romania-significant-investments-made-in-special-staging-effects/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504192959/https://eurovoix.com/2019/05/03/romania-significant-investments-made-in-special-staging-effects/ |archive-date=4 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="press2">{{Cite news |date=3 May 2019 |title=Bugetul pentru show-urile României la Eurovision este de 100.000 de euro |language=ro |trans-title=The budget for Romania's shows at Eurovision amounts to 100,000 euro |publisher=Romania24 |url=https://romania24.ro/bugetul-pentru-show-urile-romaniei-la-eurovision-este-de-100-000-de-euro-29152.html |url-status=live |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504194703/https://romania24.ro/bugetul-pentru-show-urile-romaniei-la-eurovision-este-de-100-000-de-euro-29152.html |archive-date=4 May 2019}}</ref> Romania had previously introduced the first-ever use of overlays at Eurovision in {{escyr|2014}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 May 2015 |title=60 years of Eurovision in 8 tech-aways |publisher=[[GlobalData|Progressive Digital Media Technology News]] |id={{ProQuest|1682870447}}}} {{subscription required}}</ref>
Romania has participated in the contest 23 times, having qualified for the final 14 times since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, failing to qualify in {{escyr|2018}}, {{escyr|2019}}, {{escyr|2021}}, and {{escyr|2023}}.<ref name="history" /> In 2016, the EBU suspended TVR from all its member services due to the repeated non-payment of debts and the threat of insolvency. This in turn disqualified [[Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016|their 2016 entry]], "[[Moment of Silence (song)|Moment of Silence]]" by [[Ovidiu Anton]], from participating in the contest.<ref name="TVR_disqualified">{{Cite web |date=22 April 2016 |title=TVR (Romania) no longer entitled to take part in Eurovision 2016 |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=tvr_romania_no_longer_entitled_to_take_part_in_eurovision_2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422103747/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=tvr_romania_no_longer_entitled_to_take_part_in_eurovision_2016 |archive-date=22 April 2016 |access-date=22 April 2016 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 April 2016 |title=Romania, descalificata de la Eurovision din cauza datoriilor TVR. Ce alte urmari ar putea avea decizia EBU |language=ro |trans-title=Romania, disqualified from Eurovision because of TVR's debts. See what consequences EBU's decision could have |publisher=[[Pro TV]] |url=https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/romania-a-fost-descalificata-de-la-eurovision-2016-din-cauza-doatoriei-fata-de-ebu.html |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516030358/http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/actualitate/romania-a-fost-descalificata-de-la-eurovision-2016-din-cauza-doatoriei-fata-de-ebu.html |archive-date=16 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Albinsson |first=Mathilde |date=22 April 2016 |title=Efter uteslutningen av Rumänien i Eurovision – nu rasar fansen |trans-title=After the Romanian disqualification – the fans are raging |url=http://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/om-esc/efter-uteslutningen-av-rumanien-i-eurovision-song-contest-2016-nu-rasar-fansen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424065009/https://www.svt.se/melodifestivalen/om-esc/efter-uteslutningen-av-rumanien-i-eurovision-song-contest-2016-nu-rasar-fansen |archive-date=24 April 2016 |access-date=17 May 2016 |publisher=[[Sveriges Television]] |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Arvunescu, Victor |date=15 May 2016 |title=Ovidiu Anton, despre rezultatul Eurovision 2016: "Dacă nu eşti controversat, nu exişti în showbiz" |language=ro |trans-title=Ovidiu Anton, about Eurovision 2016: "If you don't have controversy, you don't exist" |work=[[Adevărul]] |url=https://adevarul.ro/entertainment/muzica/ovidiu-anton-despre-rezultatul-eurovision-2016-daca-nu-controversat-nu-existi-showbiz-1_57389ecc5ab6550cb8f6b386/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903033142/http://adevarul.ro/entertainment/muzica/ovidiu-anton-despre-rezultatul-eurovision-2016-daca-nu-controversat-nu-existi-showbiz-1_57389ecc5ab6550cb8f6b386/index.html |archive-date=3 September 2017}}</ref> Although TVR had selected "[[Alcohol You]]" by [[Roxen (singer)|Roxen]] to be performed in {{escyr|2020}},<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luukela, Sami |date=1 March 2020 |title=Roxen to sing "Alcohol You" in Rotterdam! |publisher=ESCXtra |url=https://escxtra.com/2020/03/01/roxen-to-sing-alcohol-you-in-rotterdam/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301215800/https://escxtra.com/2020/03/01/roxen-to-sing-alcohol-you-in-rotterdam/ |archive-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> the contest was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="cancellation">{{Cite news |date=18 March 2020 |title=Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is cancelled |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-in-rotterdam-is-cancelled |url-status=live |access-date=18 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073040/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2020-in-rotterdam-is-cancelled |archive-date=8 April 2020}}</ref> Roxen was internally selected for 2021 nonetheless, performing "[[Amnesia (Roxen song)|Amnesia]]".<ref name="roxen 2021">{{Cite news |date=31 March 2020 |title=TVR a decis: Roxen va reprezenta Romania la Eurovision Song Contest 2021 |language=ro |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2020/tvr-a-decis-roxen-va-reprezenta-romania-la-eurovision-song-contest-2021_26787.html |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415141921/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2020/tvr-a-decis-roxen-va-reprezenta-romania-la-eurovision-song-contest-2021_26787.html |archive-date=15 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith, David |date=4 March 2021 |title=Romania: Roxen releases "Amnesia" music video…confirms it's her entry for Eurovision 2021 |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]] |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/03/04/romania-roxen-releases-amnesia-music-video-confirms-its-her-entry-for-eurovision-2021/262864/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304163818/https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/03/04/romania-roxen-releases-amnesia-music-video-confirms-its-her-entry-for-eurovision-2021/262864/ |archive-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> After failing to qualify for the final in four out of its latest five participations, Romania opted not to take part in the {{escyr|2024|3=2024 contest}}.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=CA al SRTv nu a aprobat participarea la Eurovision 2024 |trans-title=The Board of Directors of SRTV did not approve the participation in Eurovision 2024 |url=http://www.tvr.ro/ca-al-srtv-nu-a-aprobat-participarea-la-eurovision-2024_44394.html |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=tvr.ro |publisher=TVR |language=ro}}</ref> The country did not return to the {{escyr|2025}} contest either.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eurovision 2025: 38 broadcasters participating in Basel |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-2025-38-broadcasters |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=12 December 2024 |language=en |date=12 December 2024}}</ref>
==Selection process and accolades==
Since 1993, TVR organises {{lang|ro|Selecția Națională}},{{efn|name=contest|Pronounced {{IPA|ro|seˈlektsi.a natsi.oˈnalə|}}, meaning "The National Selection". The contest is sometimes referred to by local media and TVR as {{lang|ro|Eurovision România}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ștefan, Carmen |date=4 March 2016 |title=Ei sunt cei șase finaliști la Eurovision România 2016 – Totul despre semifinală |language=ro |trans-title=They are the six finalists for the Romanian national selection – All about the semi-final |work=[[Click!]] |url=https://www.click.ro/vedete/romanesti/semifinala-eurovision-romania-2016-ce-se-intampla-pas-cu-pas |url-status=live |access-date=13 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410064455/http://www.click.ro/vedete/romanesti/semifinala-eurovision-romania-2016-ce-se-intampla-pas-cu-pas |archive-date=10 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 March 2020 |title=Finala Eurovision România 2020 – prima parte |language=ro |trans-title=Eurovision România 2020 Final – the first part |publisher=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOQ6HRoAapg |url-status=live |access-date=2 March 2020 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/sOQ6HRoAapg |archive-date=13 December 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}} a song contest which has been taking place every year except for 2021, to select its entry for Eurovision. The winner of the first edition was chosen by 1100 households in the country.<ref name="dragan" /> Since then, several voting procedures have been used, often combining [[televoting]] with the votes of a jury panel.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lupu, Gabriela |date=9 March 2015 |title=Eurovision 2015. Prima selecție națională fără scandal |language=ro |trans-title=Eurovision 2015. The first national selection without scandal |work=[[România Liberă]] |url=http://www.romanialibera.ro/cultura/cultura-urbana/eurovision-2015--prima-selectie-nationala-fara-scandal-370398 |url-status=live |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225175520/http://www.romanialibera.ro/cultura/cultura-urbana/eurovision-2015--prima-selectie-nationala-fara-scandal-370398 |archive-date=25 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="s2018">{{Cite web |date=15 November 2017 |title=Eurovision 2018: Regulament privind Selecția Națională |trans-title=Eurovision 2018: Rules regarding the National Selection |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2018/regulament-si-anexe/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115232935/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2018/regulament-si-anexe/ |archive-date=15 November 2017 |access-date=16 November 2017 |publisher=[[Romanian Television|TVR]] |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Marica, Irina |title=Eurovision Romania national selection: 24 songs in the semifinals |publisher=Romania-Insider |url=https://www.romania-insider.com/eurovision-romania-2019-semifinalists/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222173047/https://www.romania-insider.com/eurovision-romania-2019-semifinalists/ |archive-date=22 December 2018}}</ref> The selection of the winner either occurred during one show,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eurovision 2015 Regulation |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/regulament_eurovision_2015_EN.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212185130/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/regulament_eurovision_2015_EN.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2015 |access-date=30 January 2015 |publisher=[[Romanian Television|TVR]]}}</ref> or through a varying amount of semi-finals.<ref name="s2018" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Honciuc, Bogdan |date=12 February 2017 |title=Selectia Nationala 2017: Jury picks 15 semi-finalists for Romania |url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2017/02/12/selectia-nationala-2017-15-semifinalists/173557/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218153127/http://wiwibloggs.com/2017/02/12/selectia-nationala-2017-15-semifinalists/173557/ |archive-date=18 February 2017 |access-date=2 March 2017 |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]]}}</ref> For the first time, a part of Romania's entry was determined internally in 2020. Roxen was selected by TVR out of exclusive partner [[Global Records]]'s roster, and was appointed five songs for a jury and the public to choose from.<ref name="internal">{{Cite news |date=31 January 2020 |title=Romania to combine internal selection and public vote for 2020 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/new-selection-process-for-romania-eurovision-2020 |url-status=live |access-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301230231/https://eurovision.tv/story/new-selection-process-for-romania-eurovision-2020 |archive-date=1 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="internal2">{{Cite news |date=31 January 2020 |title=TVR și Global Records, parteneri pentru Eurovision Song Contest 2020 |language=ro |trans-title=TVR and Global Records, partners for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://www.tvr.ro/tvr-i-global-records-parteneri-pentru-eurovision-song-contest-2020_26414.html#view |url-status=live |access-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201083945/http://www.tvr.ro/tvr-i-global-records-parteneri-pentru-eurovision-song-contest-2020_26414.html#view |archive-date=1 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gallagher, Robyn |date=1 February 2020 |title=Romania: TVR confirms partnership with Global Records for internal selection of 2020 artist |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]] |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/02/01/romania-tvr-confirms-partnership-with-global-records-for-internal-selection-of-2020-artist/248846/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201083928/https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/02/01/romania-tvr-confirms-partnership-with-global-records-for-internal-selection-of-2020-artist/248846/ |archive-date=1 February 2020}}</ref><ref name="roxen">{{Cite news |date=11 February 2020 |title=Roxen will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/video/roxen-will-represent-romania-at-the-eurovision-song-contest-2020 |url-status=live |access-date=11 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213161519/https://eurovision.tv/video/roxen-will-represent-romania-at-the-eurovision-song-contest-2020 |archive-date=13 February 2020}}</ref> The broadcaster and the label also collaborated the following year for the internal selection of Roxen and her entry.<ref name="TVRint">{{Cite news |date=1 February 2020 |title=Eurovision România 2021 #ealtceva |language=Romanian |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://www.tvr.ro/eurovision-romania-2021--ealtceva_30773.html#view |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201083330/http://www.tvr.ro/eurovision-romania-2021--ealtceva_30773.html#view |archive-date=1 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith, David |date=1 February 2021 |title=Romania: Roxen's Eurovision 2021 song will be selected by an internal jury |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]] |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/01/romania-roxens-eurovision-2021-song-will-be-selected-by-an-internal-jury/261198/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201134531/https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/01/romania-roxens-eurovision-2021-song-will-be-selected-by-an-internal-jury/261198/ |archive-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>
In {{escyr|2008}}, "[[Pe-o margine de lume]]" by [[Nico (Romanian singer)|Nico]] and [[Vlad Miriță|Vlad]] won Romania's first and only [[Marcel Bezençon Awards|Marcel Bezençon Award]], in the Composer Award category,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Floras, Stella |date=27 May 2008 |title=The 2008 Bezençon Awards winners |publisher=ESC Today |url=http://esctoday.com/12019/the_2008_bezenon_awards_winners/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017043742/http://esctoday.com/12019/the_2008_bezenon_awards_winners/ |archive-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> and [[Sanda Ladoși|Sanda]] received the infamous [[Barbara Dex Award]] in {{escyr|2004}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2018 |title=Barbara Dex Award – Die Gewinner seit 1997 |language=de |trans-title=Barbara Dex Award – The winners since 1997 |publisher=[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] |url=https://www.eurovision.de/news/Barbara-Dex-Award-Die-Gewinner-seit-1997,barbaradexaward101.html |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524192046/https://www.eurovision.de/news/Barbara-Dex-Award-Die-Gewinner-seit-1997,barbaradexaward101.html |archive-date=24 May 2019}}</ref> A number of Romania's Eurovision entries have experienced commercial success over the years. While "Let Me Try" reached number nine on the [[Romanian Top 100]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ediția 34, săptămâna 29.08 – 04.09, 2005 |language=ro |publisher=Romanian Top 100 |url=http://www.rt100.ro |url-status=dead |access-date=11 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050901135056/http://www.rt100.ro/ |archive-date=1 September 2005}}</ref> {{escyr|2006}}'s "[[Tornerò (Mihai Trăistariu song)|Tornerò]]" by [[Mihai Trăistariu]] peaked within the top ten in Finland and Greece.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mihai: Tornero |language=fi |publisher=[[Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland]] |url=https://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/Mihai/Tornero |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504230918/https://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/mihai/tornero |archive-date=4 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Top 50 Singles – 27/8 – 2/9/2006 |publisher=[[IFPI Greece]] |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=8 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901181832/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart03.htm |archive-date=1 September 2006}}</ref> "[[The Balkan Girls]]" by [[Elena Gheorghe|Elena]] topped [[List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s|the Romanian chart]] in {{escyr|2009}}, and similar success was attained by "[[Zaleilah]]" by [[Mandinga (band)|Mandinga]] in {{escyr|2012}}, obtaining number two in the country's [[Airplay 100 (Romania)|Airplay 100]] ranking and a Gold certification for digital downloads exceeding 10,000 copies in Romania.<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 May 2012 |title=Airplay 100 – 13 mai 2012 |language=ro |work=[[Media Forest]] |publisher=[[Kiss FM (Romania)|Kiss FM]] |url=https://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/airplay100 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142101/https://www.kissfm.ro/emisiuni/54/airplay100 |archive-date=12 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ghiță, Oana |date=13 July 2012 |title=Mandinga a primit Discul de Aur pentru 10.000 de descărcări digitale ale hitului "Zaleilah" |language=ro |trans-title=Manding were awarded a Gold certification for the digital downloads of their hit "Zaleilah" amounting to 10,000 copies |publisher=[[Mediafax]] |url=http://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/mandinga-a-primit-discul-de-aur-pentru-10-000-de-descarcari-digitale-ale-hitului-zaleilah-9859452 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708020034/http://www.mediafax.ro/life-inedit/mandinga-a-primit-discul-de-aur-pentru-10-000-de-descarcari-digitale-ale-hitului-zaleilah-9859452 |archive-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> "[[Llámame (wrs song)|Llámame]]" by [[Andrei Ursu|Wrs]] also peaked atop the charts in Romania in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2022 |title=Top 10 din 100 cele mai difuzate piese pentru saptamana 34 |trans-title=Top 10 out of the 100 most-broadcast songs for the week 34 |url=https://upfr.ro/top-10-week-34/ |access-date=2 September 2022 |publisher=[[Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România]] |language=Romanian}}</ref>
== Participation overview ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Table key
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 1
| First place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| Second place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| Third place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | ◁
| Last place
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#A4EAA9;" | '''X'''
| Entry selected but did not compete<!--
|-
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#DDF;" | '''†'''
| Upcoming event-->
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+ Participation history<ref>{{Cite web |title=Romania |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/romania |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926225409/https://eurovision.tv/country/romania |archive-date=26 September 2023 |access-date=28 December 2023 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Artist
! scope="col" | Song
! scope="col" | Language
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Final
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Semi
! scope="col" data-sort-type="number" | Points
|- style="background:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; | {{Escyr|1993}}
| {{Sortname|Dida|Drăgan}}
| "{{lang|ro|[[Nu pleca]]|i=unset}}"
| Romanian
| colspan="2" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}{{efn|A [[Kvalifikacija za Millstreet|qualifying round]] was held for new countries looking to make their debut at the 1993 contest. Romania failed to progress from this round; entries which failed to progress have subsequently been discounted by the EBU and do not feature as part of the countries' list of appearances.}} '''X'''
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 7 ◁
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 38
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1994}}
| {{Sortname|Dan|Bittman}}
| "{{lang|ro|[[Dincolo de nori]]|i=unset}}"
| Romanian
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| colspan="2" {{N/A|No semi-finals}}
|- style="background:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; | {{Escyr|1996}}
| {{Sortname|Monica|Anghel}} and Sincron
| "{{lang|ro|[[Rugă pentru pacea lumii]]|i=unset}}"
| Romanian
| colspan="2" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}{{efn|In order to reduce the number of participating countries at the 1996 event a [[Eurovision Song Contest 1996#Qualifying round|qualifying round]] was held among all countries except the hosts. Romania failed to progress from this round; entries which failed to progress have subsequently been discounted by the EBU and do not feature as part of the countries' list of appearances.}} '''X'''
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 29 ◁
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FE8080;" | 11
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1998}}
| {{Sortname|Mălina|Olinescu}}
| "{{lang|ro|[[Eu cred]]|i=unset}}"
| Romanian
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| rowspan="4" colspan="2" {{N/A| No semi-finals}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2000}}
| [[Taxi (Romanian band)|Taxi]]
| "{{Sortname|The|Moon|link=The Moon (song)}}"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2002}}
| Monica Anghel and [[Marcel Pavel]]
| "[[Tell Me Why (Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel song)|Tell Me Why]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 71
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2003}}
| [[Nicoleta Alexandru|Nicola]]
| "[[Don't Break My Heart (Nicola song)|Don't Break My Heart]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| style="text-align:center;" | 73
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2004}}
| [[Sanda Ladoși|Sanda]]
| "[[I Admit (Sanda song)|I Admit]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A|Top 11 in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2003#Contest overview|2003 contest]]}}{{efn|name=note2|According to the [[Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest|then-Eurovision rules]], the top ten non-[[Big Four (Eurovision)|Big Four]] countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if two Big Four countries were placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots would be advanced to next year's final, along with all countries ranked in the top ten.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rules of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=http://www.eurovision.tv/searchfiles_english/574.htm |access-date=5 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210010517/http://www.eurovision.tv/searchfiles_english/574.htm |archive-date=10 February 2006}}</ref>}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; | {{Escyr|2005}}
| {{Sortname|Luminița|Anghel}} and Sistem
| "[[Let Me Try]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 158
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 1
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#FFD700;" | 235
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2006}}
| {{Sortname|Mihai|Trăistariu}}
| "{{lang|it|[[Tornerò (Mihai Trăistariu song)|Tornerò]]|i=unset}}"
| English, Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 172
| colspan="2" {{N/A|Top 11 in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2005#Final|2005 final]]}}{{efn|name=note2}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2007}}
| [[Todomondo]]
| "[[Liubi, Liubi, I Love You|<span lang="ru-latn">Liubi, Liubi</span>, I Love You]]"
| English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 84
| colspan="2" data-sort-value="99999" {{N/A|Top 10 in [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006#Final|2006 final]]}}{{efn|name=note2}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2008}}
| [[Nico (Romanian singer)|Nico]] and [[Vlad Miriță|Vlad]]
| "{{lang|ro|[[Pe-o margine de lume]]|i=unset}}"
| Romanian, Italian
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 94
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2009}}
| [[Elena Gheorghe|Elena]]
| "{{Sortname|The|Balkan Girls}}"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| style="text-align:center;" | 40
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 67
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; | {{Escyr|2010}}
| {{Sortname|Paula|Seling}} and [[Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu|Ovi]]
| "[[Playing with Fire (Paula Seling and Ovi song)|Playing with Fire]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 162
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 104
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2011}}
| [[Hotel FM]]
| "[[Change (Hotel FM song)|Change]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| style="text-align:center;" | 77
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| style="text-align:center;" | 111
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2012}}
| [[Mandinga (band)|Mandinga]]
| "[[Zaleilah]]"
| Spanish, English
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 71
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 3
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#C96;" | 120
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2013}}
| [[Florin Cezar Ouatu|Cezar]]
| "[[It's My Life (Cezar song)|It's My Life]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 65
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 83
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2014}}
| Paula Seling and Ovi
| "[[Miracle (Paula Seling and Ovi song)|Miracle]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 72
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 2
| style="text-align:center; background-color:#CCC;" | 125
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2015}}
| [[Voltaj]]
| "{{lang|ro|[[De la capăt]]|i=unset}}"
| Romanian, English
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| style="text-align:center;" | 89
|- style="background:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; | {{Escyr|2016}}
| {{Sortname|Ovidiu|Anton}}
| "[[Moment of Silence (song)|Moment of Silence]]"
| English
| colspan="4" {{N/A| Disqualified '''X'''}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2017}}
| [[Ilinca Băcilă|Ilinca]] {{feat.}} [[Alex Florea]]
| "[[Yodel It!]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| style="text-align:center;" | 282
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| style="text-align:center;" | 174
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2018}}
| {{Sortname|The|Humans|link=The Humans (Romanian band)}}
| "[[Goodbye (The Humans song)|Goodbye]]"
| English
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" {{N/A| Failed to qualify}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| style="text-align:center;" | 107
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2019}}
| {{Sortname|Ester|Peony}}
| "[[On a Sunday]]"
| English
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| style="text-align:center;" | 71
|- style="background:#A4EAA9;"
! scope="row" style="text-align:center; | {{Escyr|2020}}
| [[Roxen (singer)|Roxen]]
| "[[Alcohol You]]"
| English
| colspan="4" {{N/A|Contest cancelled}}{{Efn|The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].}} '''X'''
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2021}}
| Roxen
| "[[Amnesia (Roxen song)|Amnesia]]"
| English
| colspan="2" {{N/A| Failed to qualify}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| style="text-align:center;" | 85
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2022}}
| [[Andrei Ursu|Wrs]]
| "{{lang|es|[[Llámame (wrs song)|Llámame]]|i=unset}}"
| English, Spanish
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| style="text-align:center;" | 65
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| style="text-align:center;" | 118
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2023}}
| [[Theodor Andrei]]
| "[[D.G.T. (Off and On)]]"
| Romanian, English
| colspan="2" {{N/A|Failed to qualify}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
|}
==
===Heads of delegation===
Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Heads of Delegation |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers/heads-of-delegation/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526062756/https://eurovision.tv/about/organisers/heads-of-delegation/ |archive-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Head of delegation
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2000}}
|rowspan="7"|Dan Manoliu
|rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref name="jury">{{Cite news |title=TVR prezinta juriul Eurovision Romania 2021 |language=Romanian |trans-title=TVR presents the Eurovision jury |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2021/tvr-prezinta-juriul-eurovision-romania-2021_31129.html |url-status=live |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301195438/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2021/tvr-prezinta-juriul-eurovision-romania-2021_31129.html |archive-date=1 March 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2002}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2003}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=TVR Eurovision 2003 |language=ro |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://www.tvr.ro/euroviziune/riga.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030804122211/http://www.tvr.ro/euroviziune/riga.htm |archive-date=4 August 2003}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2004}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Eurovision 2004 |language=ro |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://www.tvr.ro:80/euroviziune/stiri.php |url-status=dead |access-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818062304/http://www.tvr.ro/euroviziune/stiri.php |archive-date=18 August 2004}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2005}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Firtat, Simona |date=23 March 2005 |title=Ne permitem sa castigam Eurovision-ul? |language=ro |trans-title=Do we afford winning Eurovision? |publisher=BaniiNostri.ro |url=https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1235767-permitem-castigam-eurovision.htm |url-status=live |access-date=17 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616203400/https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1235767-permitem-castigam-eurovision.htm |archive-date=16 June 2019 |via=HotNews.ro}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2006}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Bakker, Sietse |date=10 May 2006 |title=TVR reveals more plans about performance |publisher=EscToday |url=http://esctoday.com/6066/tvr_reveals_more_plans_about_performance/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216095129/http://esctoday.com/6066/tvr_reveals_more_plans_about_performance/ |archive-date=16 February 2020}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2007}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2007 |title=Se retrage Todomondo? |language=ro |trans-title=Are Todomondo withdrawing? |work=[[Libertatea]] |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/se-retrage-todomondo-191035 |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323191255/https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/se-retrage-todomondo-191035 |archive-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2008}}
|Ioan Duma
| align="center" | <ref name="delegation">{{Cite news |date=13 March 2008 |title=Nico si Vlad au ajuns la Belgrad! |language=ro |trans-title=Nico and Vlad have reached Belgrade |work=[[Libertatea]] |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/nico-si-vlad-au-ajuns-la-belgrad-252409 |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315182505/https://www.libertatea.ro/entertainment/nico-si-vlad-au-ajuns-la-belgrad-252409 |archive-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2009}}
|Dan Manoliu
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=17 May 2009 |title=Delegatia Romaniei dezminte ca Elena Gheorghe ar fi mimat la Eurovision |language=ro |trans-title=The Romanian delegation dismiss allegations surrounding Elena Gheorghe's alleged lip-synching |work=Ziare |url=http://www.ziare.com/eurovision/romania/delegatia-romaniei-dezminte-ca-elena-gheorghe-ar-fi-mimat-la-eurovision-754454 |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322023421/http://www.ziare.com/eurovision/romania/delegatia-romaniei-dezminte-ca-elena-gheorghe-ar-fi-mimat-la-eurovision-754454 |archive-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2010}}
|rowspan="2"|Marina Almăşan
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Samoilă, Daniel |date=29 June 2021 |title=TVR dezbate eşecurile României la Eurovision într-o emisiune live. Marina Almăşan e moderator |language=ro |trans-title=TVR reviews Romania's failures at Eurovision in a live show. Marina Almăşan is the moderator |publisher=Pagina de media |url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/tvr-emisiune-eurovision-marina-almasan-moderator-20266841 |url-status=live |access-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629191839/https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/tvr-emisiune-eurovision-marina-almasan-moderator-20266841 |archive-date=29 June 2021}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2011}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=1 March 2011 |title=Hotel FM şi Marina Almăşan, în spectacol la Satu Mare |language=ro |trans-title=Hotel FM and Marina Almăşan, in the show at Satu Mare |publisher=[[Adevărul]] |url=https://adevarul.ro/locale/satu-mare/astAzi-hotel-fm-marina-almasan-spectacol-satu-mare-1_50ad46c27c42d5a663921425/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712090727/https://adevarul.ro/locale/satu-mare/astAzi-hotel-fm-marina-almasan-spectacol-satu-mare-1_50ad46c27c42d5a663921425/index.html |archive-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2012}}
|rowspan="2"|Dan Manoliu
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Busa, Alexandru |date=31 May 2012 |title=Romania most likely to participate in 2013 |publisher=EscToday |url=http://esctoday.com/36530/romania-most-likely-to-participate-in-2013/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526062659/http://esctoday.com/36530/romania-most-likely-to-participate-in-2013/ |archive-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2013}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Honciuc, Bogdan |date=12 March 2013 |title=Will Romania's Cezar Make the Grand Final? |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]] |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2013/03/12/poll-will-romanias-cezar-make-the-grand-final/23107/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925103339/https://wiwibloggs.com/2013/03/12/poll-will-romanias-cezar-make-the-grand-final/23107/ |archive-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2014}}
|rowspan="2"|{{Sortname|Liana|Stanciu}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Honciuc, Bogdan |date=10 April 2014 |title=Romanian Government Backs Paula Seling and Ovi's Miracle |publisher=[[Wiwibloggs]] |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2014/04/10/romania-government-backs-miracle/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526062706/https://wiwibloggs.com/2014/04/10/romania-government-backs-miracle/ |archive-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2015}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2015 |title=Voltaj, first day in Vienna (Romania) |publisher=ESCKaz |url=http://www.esckaz.com/new/blog/voltaj-first-day-vienna-romania-5655 |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526062701/http://www.esckaz.com/new/blog/voltaj-first-day-vienna-romania-5655 |archive-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2016}}
|rowspan="3"|{{Sortname|Iuliana|Marciuc|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=2 February 2016 |title=Romanian 'Selecţia Naţională' this year live from Baia Mare |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/romanian-selectia-nationala-this-year-live-from-baia-mare |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526062657/https://eurovision.tv/story/romanian-selectia-nationala-this-year-live-from-baia-mare |archive-date=26 May 2019}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2017}}
| align="center" | <ref name="smaranda" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2018}}
| align="center" | <ref name="smaranda" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2019}}
| {{Sortname|Smaranda|Vornicu-Shalit|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref name="smaranda">{{Cite news |date=9 January 2019 |title=Romania: TVR appoints Smaranda Vornicu-Shalit as new Head of Delegation |publisher=EscToday |url=http://esctoday.com/170805/romania-tvr-appoints-smaranda-vornicu-shalit-as-new-head-of-delegation/ |url-status=live |access-date=27 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518162944/http://esctoday.com/170805/romania-tvr-appoints-smaranda-vornicu-shalit-as-new-head-of-delegation |archive-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>
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! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2020}}
|rowspan="2"|{{Sortname|Liana|Stanciu|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref name="internal2" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2021}}
| align="center" | <ref name="TVRint" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2022}}
|{{Sortname|Iuliana|Marciuc|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=23 November 2021 |title=Începe Selecția Națională Eurovision. Iuliana Marciuc, manager de proiect: 'Vom alege dintre multe piese, cea mai bună, vocea cea mai bună pentru a reprezenta cu succes România' |language=Romanian |trans-title=Selecția Națională for Eurovision begins. Iuliana Marciuc, head of delegation: 'We will choose from many entries, the best one, the best voice that will successfully represent Romania' |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://stiri.tvr.ro/incepe-selec--ia-na--ionala-eurovision--iuliana-marciuc--manager-de-proiect--vom-alege-dintre-multe-piese--cea-mai-buna--vocea-cea-mai-buna-pentru-a-reprezenta-cu-succes-romania_895216.html#view |url-status=live |access-date=25 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125122443/http://stiri.tvr.ro/incepe-selec--ia-na--ionala-eurovision--iuliana-marciuc--manager-de-proiect--vom-alege-dintre-multe-piese--cea-mai-buna--vocea-cea-mai-buna-pentru-a-reprezenta-cu-succes-romania_895216.html#view |archive-date=25 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2023}}
|{{Sortname|Mihai|Predescu|nolink=yes}}
| align="center"| <ref name="esc23" />
|}
===Stage directors===
The participating broadcaster usually appoints a stage director responsible for directing the live performance of the song at the contest, its camerawork for the television broadcast, and the visuals and props used on stage.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Van Eersel, Dennis |title=Stage directing at the Eurovision Song Contest |publisher=ESCDaily |url=https://www.escdaily.com/stage-directing-eurovision-song-contest/ |url-status=live |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122095456/https://www.escdaily.com/stage-directing-eurovision-song-contest/ |archive-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Stage director
! scope="col" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2009}}
|Bobo Bărbulescu
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Popescu, Adam |date=1 May 2009 |title=Elena Gheorghe merge cu ielele la Eurovision |language=ro |trans-title=Elena Gheorghe takes Ielele with her at Eurovision |work=[[Evenimentul Zilei]] |url=https://evz.ro/elena-gheorghe-merge-cu-ielele-la-eurovision-video-849344.html/2?v=347635 |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122101601/https://evz.ro/elena-gheorghe-merge-cu-ielele-la-eurovision-video-849344.html/2?v=347635 |archive-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2015}}
|Daniel Klinger
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=15 May 2015 |title=Voltaj: Whatever happens we are doing this for children left alone |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/voltaj-whatever-happens-we-are-doing-this-for-children-left-alone |url-status=live |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122101557/https://eurovision.tv/story/voltaj-whatever-happens-we-are-doing-this-for-children-left-alone |archive-date=22 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2018}}
|rowspan="2"|Petre Năstase
|rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Oprea, Lizeta |date=13 March 2018 |title=The Humans, trupa care va reprezenta România la Eurovision 2018, vine la Adevărul Live |trans-title=The Humans, the band that will represent Romania at Eurovision 2018, is invited to Adevărul Live |work=[[Adevărul]] |url=http://adevarul.ro/entertainment/muzica/the-humanstrupa-v-a-reprezenta-romania-eurovision-2018-vine-adevarul-live-la1300-1_5aa79f55df52022f75813482/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=22 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313162128/http://adevarul.ro/entertainment/muzica/the-humanstrupa-v-a-reprezenta-romania-eurovision-2018-vine-adevarul-live-la1300-1_5aa79f55df52022f75813482/index.html |archive-date=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 March 2019 |title=Pregătiri pentru Eurovision |language=ro |trans-title=Work for Eurovision |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |url=http://stiri.tvr.ro/pregatiri-pentru-eurovision--videoclipul-piesei-on-a-sunday--care-va-reprezenta-romania-la-tel-aviv--va-fi-lansat-duminica_842582_video.html#view |url-status=live |access-date=10 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404101924/http://stiri.tvr.ro/pregatiri-pentru-eurovision--videoclipul-piesei-on-a-sunday--care-va-reprezenta-romania-la-tel-aviv--va-fi-lansat-duminica_842582_video.html#view |archive-date=4 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2019}}
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2021}}
|Bogdan Păun and Dan Manoliu
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 2021 |title=Destinaţia Eurovision 2021 – ediţia din 10 mai |language=ro |publisher=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpFywHqPOAM |url-status=live |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211115/fpFywHqPOAM |archive-date=15 November 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"|{{Escyr|2022}}
|Aurel Badea
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite news |title=Wrs 'a rupt', la propriu, în prima repetiție oficială a României la Eurovision 2022 |language=ro |trans-title=Wrs impressed in Romania's first official rehearsal at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 |publisher=[[TVR (TV network)|TVR]] |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2022/wrs----a-rupt-----la-propriu--in-prima-repeti--ie-oficiala-a-romaniei-la-eurovision-2022_36222.html |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607193644/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2022/wrs----a-rupt-----la-propriu--in-prima-repeti--ie-oficiala-a-romaniei-la-eurovision-2022_36222.html |archive-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
|}
===Jury members===
Each participating broadcaster assembles a five-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals for the semi-finals and final of the Eurovision Song Contest, ranking all entries except their own. The juries' votes constitute 50% of the overall result alongside televoting.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 April 2019 |title=Exclusive: These are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/exclusive-eurovision-2019-juries |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503011126/https://eurovision.tv/story/exclusive-eurovision-2019-juries |archive-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | 1st member
! scope="col" | 2nd member
! scope="col" | 3rd member
! scope="col" | 4th member
! scope="col" | 5th member
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2014}}
| {{Sortname|Mădălin|Voicu}}
| {{Sortname|Mirela|Fugaru|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Mihai|Stoica|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Alexandru Călin|Geambasu|nolink=yes}}
| [[Nico (Romanian singer)|Nico]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Full Split Results |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/page/results?event=1873&voter=RO |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606224237/https://eurovision.tv/page/results?event=1873&voter=RO |archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2015}}
| {{Sortname|Viorel|Gavrilă|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Mihai|Pocorschi|nolink=yes}}
| [[Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu|Ovi]]
| {{Sortname|Anca|Lupeș|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Alexandra|Cepraga|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Weaver, Jessica |date=1 May 2015 |title=Eurovision 2015: National jury members revealed |publisher=EscToday |url=http://esctoday.com/102316/eurovision-2015-national-jury-members-revealed/31/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524220013/http://esctoday.com/102316/eurovision-2015-national-jury-members-revealed/31/ |archive-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2017}}
| {{Sortname|Luminița|Anghel}}
| {{Sortname|Mihai|Trăistariu}}
| {{Sortname|Tavi|Colen|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Paula|Seling}}
| [[Florin Cezar Ouatu|Cezar]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Results of the Second Semi-Final of Kyiv 2017 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2017/second-semi-final/results/romania |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524204001/https://eurovision.tv/event/kyiv-2017/second-semi-final/results/romania |archive-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2018}}
| {{Sortname|Nicu|Patoi|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Anca|Lupeș|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Sanda|Cepraga|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Gabriel|Cotabiță}}
| {{Sortname|Mihai|Alexandru|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Results of the Second Semi-Final of Lisbon 2018 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018/second-semi-final/results/romania |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509182726/https://eurovision.tv/event/lisbon-2018/second-semi-final/results/romania |archive-date=9 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2019}}
| {{Sortname|Ozana|Barabancea|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Liana|Stanciu}}
| {{Sortname|Monica|Anghel}}
| {{Sortname|Andrei|Kerestely|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Bogdan|Pavlică|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Results of the Second Semi-Final of Tel Aviv 2019 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/tel-aviv-2019/second-semi-final/results/romania |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524204001/https://eurovision.tv/event/tel-aviv-2019/second-semi-final/results/romania |archive-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2021}}
| {{Sortname|DJ|Andy|nolink=yes}}
| [[Ilinca Băcilă|Ilinca]]
| {{Sortname|Liviu|Teodorescu|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Luminița|Anghel|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Răzvan|Popescu|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |title=Results of the Second Semi-Final of Rotterdam 2021 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021/grand-final/jury |url-status=live |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526163358/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021/grand-final/jury |archive-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2022}}{{efn|The results of the Romanian jury were not taken into consideration for the contest's second semi-final and final since the EBU detected alleged "irregular voting patterns" in them. As a result, Romania was given a "substitute aggregated result" based on countries with similar voting patterns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 May 2022 |title=EBU statement regarding voting patterns during 2022 shows |url=https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-voting-during-2022-shows |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518025958/https://eurovision.tv/mediacentre/release/ebu-statement-voting-during-2022-shows |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cobb |first=Ryan |date=15 May 2022 |title=EBU reveals six national juries were removed from Eurovision 2022 |url=https://escxtra.com/2022/05/15/ebu-six-national-juries-removed-eurovision-2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515000115/https://escxtra.com/2022/05/15/ebu-six-national-juries-removed-eurovision-2022/ |archive-date=15 May 2022 |access-date=15 May 2022 |publisher=ESCXtra |language=en-GB}}</ref>}}
| {{Sortname|Sanda|Ladoși}}
| {{Sortname|Luminiţa|Anghel|nolink=yes}}
| Ovi
| {{Sortname|Liviu|Elekeş|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Mihai|Pocorschi|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |last=Irimiea, Alexandra |date=16 May 2022 |title=Scandalul Eurovision. Ce votase de fapt juriul din România? Niciun vot pentru Ucraina |language=ro |trans-title=Eurovision scandal. What had the Romanian jury actually voted for? No vote for Ukraine |publisher=Pagina de Media |url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/eurovision-note-tari-membri-juriu-20708137 |url-status=live |access-date=16 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516181123/https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/eurovision-note-tari-membri-juriu-20708137 |archive-date=16 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2023}}
| {{Sortname|Bogdan|Strătulă|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Răzvan|Petre|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Alexandra|Cepraga|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Christina|Săvulescu|nolink=yes}}
| {{Sortname|Monica|Anghel|nolink=yes}}
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Final of Liverpool 2023 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/liverpool-2023/grand-final/jury |access-date=18 May 2023 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]]}}</ref>
|}
===Commentators and spokespersons===
For the show's broadcast on TVR,<ref name="history" /> various commentators and dual commentators have been hired throughout the years, with [[Leonard Miron]] notably having done the job on seven occasions.<ref name="miron" /> At the contest, after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting broadcaster to invite their respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote.<ref name="spokesperson" />
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders unsortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Commentator(s)
! scope="col" | Spokesperson
! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Refs.|References}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1991}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A|Unknown}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Televiziune – sâmbătă 4 mai 1991 |magazine=Panoramic Radio-TV |language=ro |page=6}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1992}}
| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Televiziune – sâmbătă 9 mai 1992 |magazine=Panoramic Radio-TV |language=ro |page=6}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1994}}
| [[Gabriela Cristea]]
| Cristina Țopescu
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vacaru, Clara |date=2 October 2015 |title=Abia o recunoşti! Cum arăta Gabi Cristea în urmă cu 20 de ani, la debutul în televiziune |language=Romanian |trans-title=You can barely recognize her! How did Gabi Cristea look 20 years ago when she made her television debut |work=[[Libertatea]] |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/abia-o-recunosti-cum-arata-gabi-cristea-in-urma-cu-20-de-ani-la-debutul-in-televiziune-e-singura-poza-6453 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319163056/http://www.libertatea.ro/monden/abia-o-recunosti-cum-arata-gabi-cristea-in-urma-cu-20-de-ani-la-debutul-in-televiziune-e-singura-poza-6453 |archive-date=19 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1994 |date=30 April 1994 |place=[[Dublin]], Ireland}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1995}}
| {{N/A|Unknown}}
|rowspan="3" {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Televiziune – sâmbătă 13 mai 1995 |magazine=Panoramic Radio-TV |language=ro |page=20}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1996}}
| rowspan="2" | Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Televiziune – sâmbătă 18 mai 1996 |magazine=Panoramic Radio-TV |language=ro |page=20}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1997}}
| <ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Televiziune – sâmbătă 3 mai 1997 |magazine=Panoramic Radio-TV |language=ro |page=20}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1998}}
| [[Leonard Miron]]
| Anca Țurcașiu
|<ref name="miron">{{Cite news |date=26 February 2013 |title=Leonard Miron iubeşte de 10 ani acelaşi bărbat |language=Romanian |trans-title=Leonard Miron has loved the same man for 10 years |work=[[Libertatea]] |url=https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/vedete-de-la-noi/leonard-miron-iubeste-de-10-ani-acelasi-barbat-852511 |url-status=live |access-date=15 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415230932/https://www.libertatea.ro/monden/vedete-de-la-noi/leonard-miron-iubeste-de-10-ani-acelasi-barbat-852511 |archive-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 1998 |date=9 May 1998 |place=[[Birmingham]], United Kingdom}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|1999}}
| Doina Caramzulescu and Costin Grigore
| {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Sâmbătă 29 mai 1999 |magazine=Panoramic TV |language=ro |pages=8–9}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2000}}
|rowspan="2"| Leonard Miron
| [[Andreea Marin Bănică|Andreea Marin]]<!-- wasn't married to Ștefan Bănică back then -->
|<ref name="miron" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2000 |date=13 May 2000 |place=[[Stockholm]], Sweden}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2001}}
| {{N/A|Did not participate}}
|<ref name="miron" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2002}}
|rowspan="6" {{N/A|Unknown}}
|rowspan="2"| Leonard Miron
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2002 |date=25 May 2002 |place=[[Tallinn]], Estonia}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2003}}
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2003 |date=24 May 2003 |place=[[Riga]], Latvia}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2004}}
| Andreea Marin
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2004 |date=15 May 2004 |place=[[Istanbul]], Turkey}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2005}}
| Berti Barbera
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |date=21 May 2005 |place=[[Kyiv]], Ukraine}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2006}}
|rowspan="2"| Andreea Marin Bănică
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |date=20 May 2006 |place=[[Athens]], Greece}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2007}}
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2007 |date=12 May 2007 |place=[[Helsinki]], Finland}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2008}}
| Leonard Miron
|rowspan="2"| [[Alina Sorescu]]
|<ref name="miron" /><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2008 |date=24 May 2008 |place=[[Belgrade]], Serbia}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2009}}
| {{N/A|Unknown}}
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2009 |date=14 May 2009 |place=[[Moscow]], Russia}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2010}}
| Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
|rowspan="2"|Malvina Cservenschi
|<ref name="miron" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Brumariu, Maria-Clara |date=12 June 2010 |title=Gianina Corondan nu pleacă de la TVR şi vrea să revină în muzică |language=Romanian |trans-title=Gianina Corondan does not leave TVR and wants to make a comeback in music |work=Click! |url=https://www.click.ro/comunitate/romanesti/gianina-corondan-nu-pleaca-de-la-tvr-si-vrea-sa-revina-muzica |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415230933/https://www.click.ro/comunitate/romanesti/gianina-corondan-nu-pleaca-de-la-tvr-si-vrea-sa-revina-muzica |archive-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2010 |date=27 May 2010 |place=[[Oslo]], Norway}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2011}}
| [[Liana Stanciu]] and Bogdan Pavlică
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Simionescu, Anca |date=13 May 2011 |title=România și Moldova, umăr la umăr în finala Eurovision 2011 |language=Romanian |trans-title=Romania and Moldova, side to side at the final of Eurovision 2011 |work=[[Evenimentul Zilei]] |url=http://evz.ro/romania-si-moldova-umar-la-umar-in-finala-eurovision-2011-foto-930114.html |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415230933/http://evz.ro/romania-si-moldova-umar-la-umar-in-finala-eurovision-2011-foto-930114.html |archive-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2011 |date=14 May 2011 |place=[[Düsseldorf]], Germany}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2012}}
| Leonard Miron and Gianina Corondan
| [[Paula Seling]]
|<ref name="miron" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=27 May 2012 |title=Eurovision 2012: Suedia este marele câştigător |language=Romanian |trans-title=Eurovision 2012: Sweden is the big winner |publisher=Oglinda de Vest |url=https://oglindadevest.ro/castigatori-eurovision-2012-suedia-este-marele-castigator/ |url-status=dead |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230337/https://oglindadevest.ro/castigatori-eurovision-2012-suedia-este-marele-castigator/ |archive-date=18 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2012 |date=26 May 2012 |place=[[Baku]], Azerbaijan}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2013}}
|Liana Stanciu
|rowspan="5"|Sonia Argint-Ionescu
||<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 May 2013 |title=Mesajul lui Cezar Oatu inainte de finala Eurovision 2013 |language=Romanian |trans-title=Cezar Oatu's message ahead of Eurovision 2013 |work=[[Gândul]] |url=http://www.gandul.info/magazin/eurovision-2013-mesajul-lui-cezar-ouatu-inainte-de-finala-eurovision-2013-10886448 |url-status=live |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415230933/http://www.gandul.info/magazin/eurovision-2013-mesajul-lui-cezar-ouatu-inainte-de-finala-eurovision-2013-10886448 |archive-date=15 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2013 |date=18 May 2013 |place=[[Malmö]], Sweden}}</ref><ref name="argint-ionescu">{{Cite news |date=2 May 2018 |title=Romania: Sonia Argint-Ionescu Returns For Her Fifth Eurovision |publisher=Eurovoix |url=https://eurovoix.com/2018/05/02/romania-sonia-argint-ionescureturns-for-her-fifth-eurovision/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423203145/https://eurovoix.com/2018/05/02/romania-sonia-argint-ionescureturns-for-her-fifth-eurovision/ |archive-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2014}}
|rowspan="2"| Bogdan Stănescu
|<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2014 |date=10 May 2014 |place=[[Copenhagen]], Denmark}}</ref><ref name="argint-ionescu" /><ref name="tvr22" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2015}}
|<ref name="spokesperson">{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2015 |date=23 May 2015 |place=[[Vienna]], Austria}}</ref><ref name="argint-ionescu" /><ref name="tvr22" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2017}}
| Liana Stanciu and Radu Andrei Tudor
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 May 2017 |title=Cât de sus va "yodeli" România în Finala Eurovision 2017? |language=Romanian |trans-title=How high will Romania "yodel" in the final of Eurovision 2017? |publisher=Eurovision România |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2017/noutati/selectia-internationala/cat-de-sus-va-yodeli-romania-in-finala-eurovision-2017/ |access-date=16 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519034338/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2017/noutati/selectia-internationala/cat-de-sus-va-yodeli-romania-in-finala-eurovision-2017/ |archive-date=19 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2017 |date=13 May 2017 |place=[[Kyiv]], Ukraine}}</ref><ref name="argint-ionescu" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2018}}
| Liliana Ștefan and Radu Andrei Tudor
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=10 May 2018 |title=The Humans, în această seară pe scena Eurovision |language=Romanian |trans-title=The Humans, tonight on the Eurovision stage |publisher=[[TVR]] |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2018/the-humans-in-aceasta-seara-pe-scena-eurovision/ |url-status=live |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510181612/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2018/the-humans-in-aceasta-seara-pe-scena-eurovision/ |archive-date=10 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Program TV |url=http://www.tvr.ro/program.html?day=2018-05-12&select_timezone=schimba%20fusul%20orar&timeZoneSelectionValue=2&activeChannel=3&channel_1=tvr1&channel_2=tvrhd&channel_3=tvri |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505132815/http://www.tvr.ro/program.html?day=2018-05-12&select_timezone=schimba%20fusul%20orar&timeZoneSelectionValue=2&activeChannel=3&channel_1=tvr1&channel_2=tvrhd&channel_3=tvri |archive-date=5 May 2018 |access-date=2 May 2018 |publisher=[[Romanian Television|TVR]] |language=Romanian}}</ref><ref name="argint-ionescu" />
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2019}}
|Liana Stanciu and Bogdan Stănescu
|[[Ilinca Băcilă|Ilinca]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2019 |title=Ester Peony concurează pe scena celui mai urmărit concurs muzical al planetei |trans-title=Ester Peony competes on the stage of the most viewed music contest on the planet |url=http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2019/ester-peony-concureaza-in-aceasta-seara-pe-scena-celui-mai-urmarit-concurs-muzical-al-planetei_24580.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516145511/http://eurovision.tvr.ro/2019/ester-peony-concureaza-in-aceasta-seara-pe-scena-celui-mai-urmarit-concurs-muzical-al-planetei_24580.html |archive-date=16 May 2019 |access-date=16 May 2019 |publisher=[[Televiziunea Română|TVR]] |language=Romanian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Christou, Constantinos |date=4 May 2019 |title=Romania: Ilinca announced as spokesperson! |publisher=ESCXtra |url=https://escxtra.com/2019/05/04/romania-ilinca-announced-as-spokesperson/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504181101/https://escxtra.com/2019/05/04/romania-ilinca-announced-as-spokesperson/ |archive-date=4 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2021}}
| Bogdan Stănescu
| [[Cătălina Ponor]]
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 2021 |title=Cine sunt membrii juriului României la Eurovision |language=Romanian |trans-title=Who are the members of the Romanian jury at Eurovision |publisher=[[Virgin Radio Romania]] |url=https://virginradio.ro/cine-sunt-membrii-juriului-romaniei-la-eurovision/ |url-status=live |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214312/https://virginradio.ro/cine-sunt-membrii-juriului-romaniei-la-eurovision/ |archive-date=2 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Granger, Anthony |date=10 May 2021 |title=Romania: Catalina Ponor Spokesperson For Eurovision 2021 |publisher=Eurovoix |url=https://eurovoix.com/2021/05/10/catalina-ponor-eurovision-2021/ |url-status=live |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513033302/https://eurovoix.com/2021/05/10/catalina-ponor-eurovision-2021/ |archive-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2022}}
| rowspan="2"| Bogdan Stănescu and Kyrie Mendél
| {{N/A|None}}{{efn|Eda Marcus was supposed to announce Romania's results during the final, however she was replaced by the EBU with the contest's executive supervisor [[Martin Österdahl]] due to alleged technical difficulties. Contradictory to the EBU, TVR claimed that no technical difficulties had occurred during the jury voting segment of the final.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Anthony |date=15 May 2022 |title=Romania: TVR Responds to Removal of Romanian Jury From Eurovision 2022 Voting |url=https://eurovoix.com/2022/05/15/romania-removal-jury-eurovision-2022-voting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517161420/https://eurovoix.com/2022/05/15/romania-removal-jury-eurovision-2022-voting/ |archive-date=17 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 2022 |title=Eurovision 2022: Ukraine wins, while the UK's Sam Ryder comes second |language=en-GB |publisher=[[BBC]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61452678 |url-status=live |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515055405/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61452678 |archive-date=15 May 2022}}</ref>}}
| <ref name="tvr22">{{Cite web |date=14 May 2022 |title=Finala Eurovision – în această seară, de la ora 22.00, pe TVR1 și TVR Internațional |trans-title=Eurovision final – this evening, at 22.00, on TVR1 and TVR International |url=http://stiri.tvr.ro/finala-eurovision---in-aceasta-seara--de-la-ora-22-00--pe-tvr1---i-tvr-interna--ional--reprezentantul-romaniei--wrs--cu-melodia-llamame--va-intra-al-doilea-in-concurs_905060.html#view |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518222812/http://stiri.tvr.ro/finala-eurovision---in-aceasta-seara--de-la-ora-22-00--pe-tvr1---i-tvr-interna--ional--reprezentantul-romaniei--wrs--cu-melodia-llamame--va-intra-al-doilea-in-concurs_905060.html#view |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022 |publisher=[[Romanian Television]] |language=ro}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | {{Escyr|2023}}
| Eda Marcus
| <ref name="esc23">{{Cite web |title=Program TV |url=http://www.tvr.ro/program.html?day=2023-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512151943/http://www.tvr.ro/program.html?day=2023-05-09 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=11 May 2023 |publisher=[[TVR (TV network)|TVR]] |language=ro}}</ref>
|}
===Conductors===
In contests where an orchestra was provided, a [[Conducting|conductor]] was required to lead the musicians during each country's performance. Broadcasters were able to provide their own conductors, or could call upon the services of the conductor appointed by the host broadcaster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rules of the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest, 1998 |url=http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc1998.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131041040/http://www.myledbury.co.uk/eurovision/pdf/esc1998.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2019 |access-date=15 March 2021 |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] (EBU)}}</ref> For 1993's {{lang|sl|Kvalifikacija za Millstreet}} pre-selection round, George Natsis conducted the Romanian entry.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Kvalifikacija za Millstreet |date=3 April 1993 |place=[[Ljubljana]], Slovenia}}</ref> In 1994 and 1998, Irish host conductor [[Noel Kelehan]] and Romanian conductor Adrian Romcescu{{snd}}also the composer of "Eu cred"{{snd}}were hired, respectively.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2020 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-163-9 |volume=Four: The 1990s |___location=Prestatyn |page=175}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Roxburgh |first=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2020 |publisher=Telos Publishing |isbn=978-1-84583-163-9 |volume=Four: The 1990s |___location=Prestatyn |page=336}}</ref>
== Photo gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Todomondo Eurovision 2007.jpg|alt=Six men dressed in variously colored clothes performing on a stage.|[[Todomondo]] in Helsinki ({{Escyr|2007}})
File:Flickr - proteusbcn - Semifinal 1 EUROVISION 2008 (129).jpg|alt=A man dressing a black suit and jeans and a woman sporting a black dress performing on a stage.|[[Nico (Romanian singer)|Nico]] and [[Vlad Miriță|Vlad]] in Belgrade ({{Escyr|2008}})
File:Elena Gheorghe in Moscow (2009).jpg|alt=A blond-haired woman sitting at a table wrapped in an oversized Romanian flag.|[[Elena Gheorghe|Elena]] in Moscow ({{Escyr|2009}})
File:Paula Seling 02.JPG|alt=A man and a woman dressed in black performing on a stage.|[[Paula Seling]] and [[Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu|Ovi]] in Oslo ({{Escyr|2010}})
File:Mandinga First Rehearsal.jpg|alt=A woman performing on a stage in front of white hearts alongside five men.|[[Mandinga (band)|Mandinga]] in Baku ({{Escyr|2012}})
File:ESC2013 - Romania 07.jpg|alt=A man dressed in a black dressed performing on a stage in front of a red background and behind X-shaped pyrotechnics.|[[Florin Cezar Ouatu|Cezar]] in Malmö ({{Escyr|2013}})
File:ESC2014 - Romania 15.jpg|alt=A man and a woman performing on a stage in front of a blue background; a circular piano is seen on the man's left.|Paula Seling and Ovi in Copenhagen ({{Escyr|2014}})
File:20150515 ESC 2015 Voltaj 8117.jpg|alt=Five men performing on a stage, with four of them playing instruments.|[[Voltaj]] in Vienna ({{Escyr|2015}})
File:Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Semi Final 2 Rehearsals. Photo 210.jpg|alt=A man dressed in black and a woman sporting a red dress performing on a stage in front of colorful cartoons.|[[Ilinca Băcilă|Ilinca]] and [[Alex Florea]] in Kyiv ({{Escyr|2017}})
File:ESC2018 - Romania 01.jpg|alt=Two women—dressed in purple and white dresses, respectively—performing on a stage alongside a guitarist; black mannequins are seen in the background.|[[The Humans (Romanian band)|The Humans]] in Lisbon ({{Escyr|2018}})
File:ESC 2021 Rotterdam 1st Semi Jury Show Romania3.jpg|[[Roxen (singer)|Roxen]] in Rotterdam ({{Escyr|2021}})
File:Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 2 - Romania - WRS (01).jpg|[[Wrs (singer)|WRS]] in Turin ({{Escyr|2022}})
File:Eurovision 2023 - Jury Semi-final 2 - Romania - Theodor Andrei (02).jpg|[[Theodor Andrei]] in Liverpool ({{Escyr|2023}})
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[Romania in the Eurovision Young Dancers]]
*[[Romania in the Eurovision Young Musicians]]
*[[Romania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest]]
*[[List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets]]
==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
{{Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest}}
{{Eurovision Song Contest}}
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