Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Romanian entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Romanian broadcaster Romanian Television (TVR). Mandinga represented Romania with the song "Zaleilah", which qualified 3rd from the first semi-final and went on to place 12th in the final, scoring 71 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country Romania
National selection
Selection processSelecția Națională 2012
Selection date(s)10 March 2012
Selected entrantMandinga
Selected song"Zaleilah"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 120 points)
Final result12th, 71 points
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Participation

In early January 2012, Romania's participation remained unconfirmed. The online portal of Romanian newspaper Cotidianul assumed that Romania was not going to enter the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest due the lack of foundation, but TVR officials did not confirm this claim.[3] On 21 January 2012, the broadcaster confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, pressuring the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to lower the entry fee and stating that "participation was only possible if 40% of all the costs that may occur could be funded through sponsorship".[4][5] It was later announced that TVR had attempted to selected the artist for the 2012 contest internally by approaching the worldwide-topping singer Inna, however she declined due to commitments to her I Am the Club Rocker Tour for promoting her album under the same name.[6][7]

Selecția Națională 2012
Logo of Selecția Națională 2012

Selecția Națională 2012 was the national final organised by TVR in order to select Romania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The winner of the national final was determined through the 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. The competition was televised on TVR1, TVRi and online via the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[8]

Competing entries

TVR opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries between 6 February 2012 and 23 February 2012, with a wishlist of 84 artists also being published to encourage composers to write songs for them.[9] An expert committee reviewed the received submissions on 28 February 2012. The broadcaster received 109 submissions after the submission deadline passed, of which 97 were eligible for consideration. Fifteen entries were selected for the national final. For the 2012 contest, the committee reserved the right to change the initial performer of each selected entry. Should this be the case, composers would have to submit the final version of their songs with the new performers. The competing entries were announced on 29 February 2012.[10][11]

ArtistSong (English translation) Composer(s)
Ana Mardare "If You Find Simple Words to Say" Tudy Zaharescu, Ana Madare
"This Must Be Love" Tudy Zaharescu, Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Jonas Gladnikoff, Ana Madare
Bianca Purcărea "Don't Say Sorry" Bart Herman, Bianca Purcărea, Marc Paelinck
Cătălin Josan "Call My Name" Keo, Ralflo, Bogdan Mureşan, James Alexander
Electric Fence "Șun-ta" (I hear) Antonio Eduard Antemir, Lucian Daniel Indre, Elena Vasile, David Ciente, Aurel Sandu
Ioana Bianca Anuța "Girls Don't Cry" Ioana Bianca Anuța, Gerard James Borg
Lucian Oros "The Best a Man Can Get" Mats Tärnfors, Gerard James Borg, Lucian Oros
Mandinga "Zaleilah" Elena Ionescu, Costi Ioniţă, Omar Secada
Miss Mary "Rollin" Nicolae George Onea, Bogdan Florin Vlăsceanu, Loredana Sechelariu, Paul Gabriel Turcu, Maria Alexandra Florea
Ovidiu Anton "I Walk Alone" Ovidiu Anton
Raluca Ocneanu "Time Is On My Side" Mihai Alexandru, Japhet Niven
RPK "Singura care" (Only that) Laurenţiu Nicolae Zmau, Karoly Boer, Mihai Togănel Radu, Robert Mihail Ionescu, Cristian Augustin Ungur
T&L "Twilight" Bianca Purcarea, Karl Broderick, Žiga Pirnat, Andraz Gliha
Tasha "Say My Name" Sebastian Vlad Muştiuc, Andrei Stanca, Claudiu Costin Cristescu
Viky Red "If You Ever Feel" Victor Bouroşu, Silviu Păduraru, Marian Crăciun, Alexandru Constantin, Victor Astani Răzvan, Alina Toma

Final

The national final took place on 10 March 2012 at the TVR studios in Bucharest, hosted by Iulia Pârlea and Constantin Trofin.[13] Fifteen songs competed and the winner, "Zaleilah" performed by Mandinga, was determined by the 50/50 combination of the votes from a jury panel and public televoting. Each member of the jury voted by assigning scores from 1–8, 10 and 12 points to their preferred songs. The summation of the jury points had produced an overall ranking that was converted to 1–8, 10 and 12 points. The public had the opportunity to submit their vote during a voting window and the top ten songs as ranked by the televote received 1–8, 10 and 12 points. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured performances by 2012 French Eurovision entrant Anggun and 2012 Irish Eurovision entrants Jedward.

Final – 10 March 2012
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
1 Cătălin Josan "Call My Name" 8 10 18 3
2 Ana Mardare "If You Find Simple Words to Say" 6 0 6 8
3 Viky Red "If You Ever Feel" 0 4 4 10
4 RPK "Singura care" 0 0 0 15
5 Lucian Oros "The Best a Man Can Get" 0 5 5 9
6 Raluca Ocneanu "Time Is On My Side" 4 0 4 11
7 Electric Fence "Șun-ta" 12 7 19 2
8 Ovidiu Anton "I Walk Alone" 7 2 9 5
9 Miss Mary "Rollin" 2 0 2 14
10 Mandinga "Zaleilah" 10 12 22 1
11 T&L "Twilight" 0 6 6 6
12 Ioana Bianca Anuța "Girls Don't Cry" 1 8 9 4
13 Tasha "Say My Name" 5 1 6 7
14 Bianca Purcărea "Don't Say Sorry" 0 3 3 12
15 Ana Mardare "This Must Be Love" 3 0 3 13

At Eurovision

During the Semi-Final Allocation draw which was held on 25 January 2012, it was announced Romania were scheduled to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 22 May.[14] On 20 March 2012 the Running Order draw was held, which determined the order of which the participants performed. Romania performed 6th overall in the first semi-final[15] and at the close of the voting, qualified to the final. "Mandinga" achieved 3rd place with 120 points. In the final on May 26, Romania performed 14th. Romania ended up on 12th position scoring at the end of voting, with 71 points. Macedonia had also scored 71 points and came 13th in the grand final, because of Romania's high televoting percent.

Split results
  • In the Semi-final 1 Romania came 3rd with 120 points: the public awarded Romania 2nd place with 132 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 87 points.[16]
  • In the Final Romania came 12th with 71 points: the public awarded Romania 7th place with 117 points and the jury awarded 20th place with 53 points.[16]

Points awarded to Romania[17]
Points awarded to Romania (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Romania[17]

See also

References
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  12. "Ellie White doesn't want to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest". February 7, 2012. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  13. Busa, Alexandru (1 February 2012). "News - Romania: National final on March 10th". Archived from the original on 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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  17. Eurovision Song Contest 2012
  18. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Semi-Final (1) Archived 2012-06-05 at the Wayback Machine, Eurovision
  19. Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final Archived January 22, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Eurovision
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