Finaly Ester revealed her concept for the stage presentation during the first rehearsal in Tel Aviv. Mixed reviews at first, but this is usual for the first rehearsal. You cannot satisfy everyone. Starting gothic and finishing "peony", Ester managed to impress us with the fiery staging.  Everything will come into place in the next rehearsals. here is the official footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDxXOdGSiiQ ...and here are the official images provided by the EBU.                        

  The countries from the fisrt semifinal finished their rehearsals today. The first usualy is the technical one, so no pressure here, but some countries went for the real deal....And it payed off. Australia and Cyprus lead the top 17 rehearsals :) Everything here is translated intro top's :)) It is quite funny :P..Here are a few shots from the rehersals in the last two days. Our favourite is Cyprus, no need to hide this...cause we all have a guilty pleasure :) Otherwise Australia is spectacular on stage, and Serbia is an amazing presence with an amazing voice. All of these will sure qualify based on t

Bine ati venit la Tel Aviv! Avem mai jos o colectie de fotografii din Centrul de Presda, spatiul de lucru al tuturor juranistilor acreditati la eveniment. Andres Putting este unul din fotografii oficiali ai concursului si el ne tine la curent, prin imagini , cu tot ce se intampla la Tel Aviv. Totul este pregatiti aici si toata lumea asteapta primele repetitii ale artistilor din cele doua semifinale.                                        

"MUSIC MAKES THE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER..." Madonna's "Music" song lyrics never sounded better :P THE QUEEN OF POP will be in Tel Aviv for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, and apparently will perform 2 songs. The articles in the papers are pretty different, so untill no official announcement from the EBU, we will not say more about this. Further more, no official Madonna statement was released, so , yep...don't hold your horses until it is "officialy official" :)) Madonna was previously in Israel performing 3 times during her world tours, so she is no stranger to this country. Here is Madonna " Music"

After a long evening full of surprises, maybe the biggest of them all came from the voting, which led to ESTER PEONY winning the whole thing. TVR outdone itself this year and made a huge huge deal out of this show, and bringing two past winners of the Eurovision on the same stage in the same night, it IS something. Good job TVR! “I can’t belive I won. I feel extraordinary. The competition was very strong this year and I am honoured to represent Romania in Tel Aviv.”....said Ester after winning About Ester: Ester Peony ( Ester Alexandra Cretu), is a romanian singer and composer. Her passion for

Great news from TVR! Netta will sing in SELECTIA NATIONALA Final on Sunday. She is a real musical phenomenon. The winner of Eurovision 2018 will be in Bucharest for the FInal of SELECTIA NATIONALA 2019. " I am very honoured by the invitation. Iam looking forward to sing and celebrate in Bucharest with all the incredible people that are waiting for me. It will be a fiery night!" Netta So Netta we have two words for you:  BRING IT!!!!                                

TVR Broadcasted live the moment each contestant chose their running place in the Final on Sunday. So here we go: 1. Linda Teodosiu - Renegades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wA5tj8uh4 2. Olivier Kaye - Right Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwdkU_HUew 3. Laura Bretan - Dear Father https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5V4-sR6SMY 4. Teodora Dinu - Skyscraper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e8lZ0pVwiw 5. Claudiu Mirea - We Are The Ones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaAUeWaEuNo 6. Aldo Blaga - Your Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMw_0x86gwk 7. Ester Peony - On a Sunday https://www.

  Tha Final will take place in Sala Polivalenta in Bucharest , same as last year. The show will start at 20:30 romaninan time. The special guests in the final will be Emmelie de Forest and Inis Neziri. Emmelie de Forest won the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, back in Malmo, Sweden with the song “ Only teardrops”.  She said: “ I am very honoured by the invitation to sing on Selectia Nationala’s stage for the Final. On Sunday, I will sing for the first time in your country so I am looking forward to immerse in the bohemian atmosphere of “ The Little Paris”. https://www.youtube.com/watch

Tune in tonight starting 21:00 ( romanian time ) for the seccond Semifinal from Selectia Nationala, LIVE from the beautiful city of ARAD. The show will be broadcasted on TVR1, TVRHD, TVR International and TVR Moldova. 12 songs will be compeeting tonight: IELELE - 2GENTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xQEV-ZNHKI TEARS - GEORGY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRVvZLT76xM RIGHT NOW - OLIVIER KAYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuwdkU_HUew DISCRETE - XONIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wybpxjECxY8 MAKE ME YOUR MAN - TMW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA0caxVGXec GIVE UP N

Romania va intra in concurs in Semifinala 2 , prima jumatate. Cam asta a fost punctul culminant pentru noi astazi, la ceremonia alocatrii de la Tel Aviv. In aceeasi semifinala cu noi vor fi si Moldova. De asemenea in semifinala noastra vor vota: Germania, Italia si UK. Alocarea pozitiilor din semifinal precum si Predarea Stafetei orasului gazda sunt doua momente foarte importante in desfasurarea sezonului Eurovision. In timpul ceremoniei, primarul din Lisabona, Duare Cordeiro, a inmanat Insigna de gazda a evenimentului catre Ron Huldai, primarul din Tel Aviv. Orasul Israelian este acum official gazda 2019