Romania: 10 finalists for "Selecţia Naţională 2017"

Finalists (© TVR)

The Romanian national selection of "Selecţia Naţională 2017" kicked on Sunday with a line-up of 15 potential Eurovision entries. In the end it was jury decision only who will make it to the final next Sunday. Some of them has been Ovi and Paula Seling, who represented twice Romania in Eurovision.

"Selecţia Naţională" - Finalists

• Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - "Yodel It!"
• Mihai - "I Won't Surrender"
• Xandra - "Walk On By"
• Ana-Maria Mirică - "Spune-mi tu (Tell me)"
• Cristina Vasiu - "Set the Skies on Fire"
• Instinct - "Petale (Petals)"
• Eduard Santha - "Wild Child"
• Ramona Nerra - "Save Me"
• Maxim - "Adu-ți aminte (Remember)"
• Tavi Colen & Emma - "We Own the Night"

We already have some returning contestants from other countries. Will Mihai also return this year?! Let's find out next Sunday!

Jury: 

• Luminiţa Anghel
• Ovi Jacobsen
• Adrian Romcescu
• Paula Seling
• Andrei Tudor

"Selecţia Naţională 2017"

• 26.02.2017: Semi-Final
• 05.03.2017: National Final

Ovidiu Anton won the pre-selection 2016 and was chosen to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with "Moment Of Silence".

A few days before the most important Eurovision weeks of the year begun he was disqualified from the EBU, because of financial problems from Romania.. That wasn't fair to him!

The winner of "Selecţia Naţională 2017" will be honored to represent Romania in the second semi-final on 11th May 2017 in Kyiv. Who should represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 in Ukraine?

Read more about Eurovision Romania here:

• Eurovision Romania (Facebook)
• Eurovision Romania (TVR)
• Eurovision Romania (Twitter)
• Eurovision Romania (Youtube)