Two days ago at a press conference held in Bucharest at Hotel Rin,the Romanian representatives for Eurovision 2011, HOTEL FM has talked with journalists and fans about their promo tour events, plans about the band’s future and also about their reworked version of the song Change for Düsseldorf. For the first time at a press conference,… Read more
Today the Moldavian jury held a live audition for the 57 contestants that advanced from the preliminary selection phase. The jury has selected 25 finalists for the Moldavian national selection for Eurovision 2011, which will be held on the 26th of February. Among the finalists are Natalia Barbu (2007)and Zdob si Zdub (2005). A special jury consisting of 9 members (singers, composers, TV… Read more
From a total of 93 songs submitted to the Moldovan slection, a jury consisting of composers, musicians and TV producers, had chose to move forward to a second stage, whereby 60 songs will be heard live (acapella) by the jury. The Moldovan broadcaster TRM have implemented some changes in the selection process from previous years, and this year they are going to find… Read more
After coming second in the Romanian national final Anthony Icuagu and Ianna have decided to try to see if they have more luck in Moldova. Their entry, that is composed by Andy Platon and Anthony Icuagu himself, is exclusively available for EuroVisionary’s readers. As Anthony Icuagu said in an interview with Radarmedia EuroVisionary had a little thing… Read more
In an exciting 5 hour TV show held on New Year’s Eve hosted by Paula Seling and Ovi, Romania decided that Hotel Fm will be competing in Dusseldorf. Special guests of the evening included Johnny Logan, Chiara (Malta), and Niamh Kavanagh (Ireland) who, with Paula Seling and Ovi, made a special night. For the first… Read more
On New Year’s Eve night, Romanians will vote on who will represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Dusseldorf. It is the first time TVR (Romanian National Broadcaster) have held the selection for the Eurovision Song Contest on New Year’s Eve. The special guest is Mr. Johnny Logan nicknamed as "Mr.Eurovision". A… Read more
Romanian composers have written 77 songs for the 2011 Romanian National Selection where they will choose the song that will represent Romania at the 2011 edition in Dusseldorf (Germany) of the largest music contest in Europe – Eurovision. On Friday 5th November at 20:00, the Romanian National Broadcaster (TVR) announced that this was the last… Read more
The second semi final of Moldova Eurovision National final called "A song for Europe" has just ended. 15 songs competed in order to reach the final on Saturday. Seven of them went through along with the other seven songs that were selected last night in the first semifinal. Tonight’s participants: 1. Boris Covali – No… Read more
On Saturday March 6, TVR 1 will present the National Selection Eurovision 2010, a live show that will chose the song that will represent Romania at Eurovision this year in Oslo. It will be a live transmission from "Globus Circus" in Bucharest during which 16 composers will try to win not only the honour of… Read more
Yesterday in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, the first semi final of Moldovan Eurovision selection called "O Melodie Pentru Europa" (A song for Europe) was held. Sevn songs qualified for the final on March 6th. Fifteen songs competed for the votes of the Moldovan public and a jury, who each had a 50% influence on… Read more
EuroVisionary has exclusively recieved mp3s of some of the participating songs in the 2010 national selection in Romania. We can now offer our readers the chance to listen to what might represent Romania in Oslo in May. Among the songs is one which will be sung by Luminita Anghel, who participated for the country in 2005.… Read more
On January 25, the Romanian broadcaster TVR held the pre-selection of Selecţia Naţională, the National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The broadcaster received 111 entries for the selection which is being co-produced by the newspaper Adevarul (truth) this year. The eleven-man jury included Calin Geambasu (composer), Dana Dorian (music critic), Andrei Kerestely (song writer), Sanda Cepraga (directed… Read more
In the last few days, we have heard a lot of rumours about the National Selection for Eurovision in Romania. During this time the EuroVisionary team kept in touch with the organizers of this year Selection, who have sent us the latest news. This year, the format of the National Selection of Romania has undergone… Read more
If he were to analyse 2009, Mihai Traistariu would find that the past year was a successful and profitable one. In January 2009, he represented Romania and won the 1st place from the European public at one of the most important international competitions of dance music, Eurodance On April 11, 2009, Mihai opened the concert… Read more
After saying "better late than never", here it is, after almost two years since the last album was released, it is time for Mihai Traistariu to finally release the 10th album of his career, Love. The new album, called Love, contains 18 new songs and already has two videos; Dimmi Si o No (Tell Me… Read more
Romanian Television (TVR) has announced the start of Eurovision 2010 National Selection. The whole project is coordinated by Ms. Mariana Almasan – Socaciu, who is committed to selecting for Oslo the best song performed by the best voice. On November 5th, she organised a meeting with different people from outside TVR, who have been involved… Read more
Romania has confirmed its 2010 Eurovision participation after a special meeting was held at TVR (Romanian National Broadcaster) on 5th November. One of the songs up for selection has also been announced. This year, Romania has a new project manager for the Eurovision Song Contest. She is Mrs Mariana Almasan-Socaciu and she will replace Dan… Read more
The International Festival, The Golden Stag from Romania is being held in Brasov city, and is said to be the second biggest contest after the Eurovision Song Contest. The festival will be held from 2nd to 7th of September and will feature many Eurovision voices. The Golden Stag Festival is an International Festival which brings… Read more
Giovanni Francesco, the organiser of the Romanian Music Awards 2009, contacted Alexander Rybak before the Eurovision final to talk about his invitation to sing at the awards, to be held in Craiova city. If negotiations go as planned, this year’s Romanian music gala will have Alexander Rybak, the winner of Eurovision 2009, as a special… Read more
On Friday night at 23:00 (Moscow time), Elena Gheorghe, the Romanian representative at Eurovision 2009, will participate in a special TV show organised by Channel One Television. The show will be transmitted live from Ostankino TV Center Studios. The programme will take two hours, and all the participants who will take part in the big… Read more
In the second week of April, Romanians were surprised to see in print several photos of Elena, their representative in ESC 2009, dressed as a bride. She appeared on the cover of the “Ideal Marriage” magazine, wearing a white wedding dress and having an attitude reminiscent of the one in the videoclip of her ESC… Read more
Elena Gheorghe is the Romanian representative in this years Eurovision Song Contest. She will compete in the first semifinal which will take place on 12 May in Moscow. EuroVisionary has managed to talk with Elena about how the Balkan Girls are having fun and how they are preparing for the Moscow show. How are The… Read more
Immediately after she won the big Final in Romania, Elena Gheorghe and her team were prepared for intense rehearsals for the Moscow choreography and for The Balkan Girls video. Together with the TVR and CAT Music Production, they filmed the video for her song, The Balkan Girls. The video is the new version for the… Read more
This evening, Moldova decided to send Nelly Ciobanu to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, which will take place in May in Moscow, Russia. Nelly Ciobanu won the Moldova National Final competition held in The Opera and Ballet arena in Chisinau in a 4 hour show on the Moldova 1 Channel. In a show with 20… Read more
Romania has decided that Elena Gheorghe will represent Romania at Eurovision 2009 in Moscow after she managed to conquer both the public and the jury. Elena was second in the televoters preferences, but she was able to overcome the girls from Blaxy Girls with the points that she received from the specilist jury. Elena Gheorghe… Read more
On Thursday evening, in a TV show which lasted for two hours, Romania selected the last six songs for their national final. The show was hosted by Radio DJs Orlando, Escu and Popescu in studio 3, and Alina Sorescu and Andi Vilar in the green room. The last 6 finalists are : Costi – Can… Read more