Elena Gheorghe will represent Romania this year in Moscow with a song titled 'The Balkan Girls.' Romania will be taking part in the 1st semi-final under position #14.
This year's Romanian representative is actually half Romanian and half Macedonian. Aged at only three years old, Elena made her debut on the folk music scene along with her mother singing the song 'Sus în Deal în Poieniţă.' Whilst in fifth grade, Elena joined the Children's National Palace and that was where her music career started to take off. From the year 2000 on, Elena started to win numerous trophies for her wonderful performances on stage. In 2006, Elena opened up her very own dance school which is named 'Passitos.' To date, Elena has been working with many artists, choreographers and directors.
In selecting the Romanian representative for Moscow, a combination of jury and televoting was used. Therefore, Elena Gheorghe was pronounced the winner after beating off tough competition from the Blaxy Girls with their song 'Dear Mama.'
This song seen as a favourite to qualify for the Eurovision final in May, with a slim chance of winning the competition outright.
Former Eurovision entrant who made a return was Nico (ESC 2008, Romania), but failed to qualify for the National Final.
FINAL TABLE OF RESULTS
DRAW
ARTIST
SONG
POINTS
PLACE
1
Popas Band
Striga
5
8th
2
Costi
Can You Forgive?
3
10th
3
Blaxy Girls
Dear Mama
18
2nd
4
Red Blonde
Nu Am Cu Cine
4
9th
5
ZERO
Sunny Days
12
4th
6
Elena Gheorghe
The Balkan Girls
22
1st
7
Tabassco
Purple
12
5th
8
Catalin
Stop
18
3rd
9
Dalma Kovacs
Love Was Never Her Friend
11
6th
10
Alin Nica
Don't Leave
3
11th
11
Tina
Pleacă!
8
7th
12
IMBA
Round & Round
0
12th
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO
The Romanian flag will be represented by Elena Gheorghe this year with the song 'The Balkan Girls.'
DIARMUID'S THOUGHTS
A great Euro pop song which will definitely get the audience on the dance floor. It has a great beat and is balkan flavoured as the title suggests. This song cannot be written out from the competition either.
