{"id":470924,"date":"2026-02-12T21:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470924\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:03:09","slug":"here-are-the-finalists-for-selectia-nationala-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470924\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are the finalists for Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romanian broadcaster TVR has revealed the finalists for Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026<\/a>. Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 will select the Romanian artist and song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.<\/p>\n

\"Romania<\/p>\n

Related storyRomania returns to Eurovision 2026 in Vienna<\/p>\n

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A total of 101 songs were submitted, and the broadcaster chose 67 acts to advance to the audition phase. The auditions took place from 9 to 11 February 2026. From these performances, TVR\u2019s jury selected ten finalists for the final on 4 March.<\/p>\n

In addition, five acts have been selected for a wildcard round, where the entry with the most views on YouTube by Sunday will secure the 11th place in the final.<\/p>\n

Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026LineupWildcard entries<\/p>\n

The entry with the most views on YouTube by Sunday will secure the 11th place in the final:<\/p>\n

Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 <\/a><\/p>\n

Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026<\/a> takes place on Wednesday 4 March 2026 in TVR Studio 3, Bucharest.<\/p>\n

The Final of Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026<\/a> is planned for Wednesday 4 March 2026 at TVR Studio 3 in Bucharest. The winner is selected by a 100% jury vote and will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.<\/p>\n

Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026All about Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

TVR President-Director General Dan-Cristian Turturic\u0103 said the broadcaster used the break from Eurovision to identify what must change in the selection process:<\/p>\n

\u2013 We proposed Romania\u2019s return to the Eurovision Song Contest because, during the two years of absence, we had the time to better understand what did not work in the relationship between TVR, the music industry, and creators. We learned what we must change on our side to have a more competitive selection process, and a show that matches the scale of the contest so we can consistently improve the quality of our presence in the final stage, says Turturic\u0103.<\/p>\n

Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest <\/a>Romania 2005: Luminita Anghel & Sistem – “Let Me Try”<\/p>\n

Romania had its debut in 1994<\/a>, and has participated 23 times since. They have never won the contest, but came in 3rd in 2005<\/a> (Luminita Anghel & Sistem – “Let Me Try<\/a>“) and 2010<\/a> (Paula Seling & Ovi – “Playing With Fire<\/a>“). Their worst result was in 2023<\/a> where they finished with zero points in their semi-final.<\/p>\n

Romania 2005: Luminita Anghel & Sistem – “Let Me Try”<\/p>\n

Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004, Romania has qualified for the Grand Final 14 out of 18 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Romanian broadcaster TVR has revealed the finalists for Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026. Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 will select the Romanian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,79022,79021,167492,5104,191651,348,191652,79026],"class_list":{"0":"post-470924","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-esc","12":"tag-eurovision","13":"tag-national-selections","14":"tag-romania","15":"tag-selectia-nationala","16":"tag-tv","17":"tag-tvr","18":"tag-vienna-2026"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}