Rafael & Friends were the surprise of the Semifinal 2 from " Seletia Nationala 2018 " in Timisoara. Even there were other artists credited as sure qualifiers, Rafael & Friends managed to impress the judges and win a spot in the final. With a rock ballad and a strong message, they impressed not only the judges, but all of us, bringing on stage a group of talented artists who harmonised perfectly. They found the time to answer a few questions, for which we thank them a lot :) Escromania: Hello Rafael & Friends and Congratulations for what you did in the semifinals. You had a super moment that tou

Jukebox feat Bella Santiago, RAFAEL & Friends şi MIHAI won the seccond semifinal in Romania. The biggest surprise came from Rafel & Friends who surpassed  one of the hot favourites to qualify, Serena. TVR managed yet another decent semifinal, I am still waiting for the wow factor...maybe they will keep it for the final. Ricardo Caria opened the show with his rendition of "Amar pelos dois", and during the jury deliberation, there wew three more acts to perfrom as guests: Cargo ( a famous romanian rock band ), Neda Ukraden ( a famous serbian singer)  şi Lavinia Răducanu ( a romanian opera, jazz sing

Austrian Eurovision stars gathered for the Life Ball 25 kick-off event in Salzburg. The theme for this year is a tribute to "The sound of music". "Life Ball was founded by Gery Keszler and Torgom Petrosian in 1993 and takes place at Vienna’s City Hall every year. Life Ball has become one of the world’s most important AIDS charity events. The seven-digit proceeds of this benefit event go to global aid projects, in collaboration with international partner organizations. An unsurpassed number of international celebrities from the worlds of fashion, entertainment, and politics works tirelessly every

Last night took place the first Semifinal in the romanian selection.  The show opened with Luminita Anghel singing the Moldavian entry from 2009 "Hora din Moldova", because, of course, Focsani is in the historical province of Moldova :D in case you were wondering, and Romnaia never had a song about Moldova :P Luminita was, as always, a big PRO. Congratz to Luminita! TVR managed a decent show, but because of the limited space on the stage, everything looked pretty crowded.  We didn't understand why the scoreboard couldn't stay on screen the whole time, being updated as the jury delivered the points....there was

TVR announced that the Semifinal from 11 February 2018 will take place is the Landmark Salt Mine of Turda. This is one of the most beautiful salt mines in the World and trust me...it is stunning. Here are a few photos:                                                                   here is the presentation video from TVR: http

TVR just announced the 5 cities to host the semifinals for Slectia Nationala 2018. These are: Focsani - 21.01.2018 Timisoara- 28.01.2018 Craiova -4.02.2018 Turda -11.02.2018 Sighisoara -18.02.2018 The line-up of the perfroming artists is at follows.... Focsani - 21.01.2018 1 „A LOVE WORTH FALLING FOR” M&V: Lina Sanden, Gustav Nilsson, Johan Smith Lina 2 „DEVOTED” M&V: Michael James Down, Primoz Poglajen, Jonas Gladnikoff Johnny Bădulescu 3 „FROM UNDERNEATH” M&V: John Ballard, Magnus Hyden Hellen 4 „MESOM ROMALES” M&

TVR announced the jury for SELECTIA NATIONALA 2018. Marian Ionescu, Ilinca Băcilă, Nicu Patoi, Liliana Ştefan and Viorel Gavrilă are this year's jury members. Ilinca, as you all know, was part of the duet that brought Romania the 7th place at Eurovision 2017 in Kyiv, with the song " Yodel It!, along Alex Florea, who is competing again this year! Viorel Gavrilă is a prolific romanian composer, with more that 270 songs composed for the romanian musical scene. He was previously in the national jury in 2015, when Voltaj won the national selection. Marian Ionescu is the founder of the famous roma

Yesterday began the live auditions for the 72 songs competing in " Selectia Nationala 2018".Among the hopefuls this year are: Feli, JUkebox, MIHAI ( ESC 2006), Alex Florea (ESC 2017), Eduard Santha or Xandra, and among the compoiser we have artists from Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Moldova. The auditions are recorded live in the TVR studios, and probably will be broadcasted at some point later this year. The jury has to decide the 60 songs participating in the semifinals. Good Luck everyone! Here are a few of the songs that are participating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHkmW9QDs2U&ab

Scena de anul viitor din Lisabona a fost proiectatata de Florian Wieder, care a fost responsabil pentru mai multe scene de-a lungul timpului, cea mai recenta fiind cea din Kiev. Scena are patru puncte de inspiratie: Navigarea, Marea, Ambarcatiunile si Hartile. Totul de invarte in jurul oceanului dupa cum se poate vedea, tot conceptul sustinand identitatea si istoria Portugaliei. si mai jos puteti urmari un mic video de prezentare a scenei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRR4KZYkyqk source: eurovision.tv / youtube.com  

Today TVR opened the submissions for Eurovision 2018. Between 15 November and 15 December 2018, all composers are free to submit a song or more which can be sent in physical format at the TVR headquarters or by email at eurovision.romania@tvr.ro. The schedule for the selection process will be as it follows: Between 18-20 December, all the submitted songs and performing artists will be invited in the TVR studios for a live presentantion of their song in front of a jury. The jury will select 60 of them and will announce the result on 22 nd of December. These songs will be divided into 5 semifinals, e