The 12 acts who made it to tonight’s final performed their songs in hopes of obtaining the votes to secure the victory. Once the votes were released it was official: Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu wins with “Choke Me<\/a>“.<\/p>\n Romania 2026: Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu \u2013 “Choke Me”<\/p>\n Romania 2026: Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu – “Choke Me”<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n “Choke Me<\/a>” was written by Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu, C\u0103lin-Alexandru Gr\u0103jdan, Elvis-Claudiu Silitr\u0103, and \u0218tefan Condrea.<\/p>\n Voting to determine the winner was decided 100% by a jury.<\/p>\n Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu will take the stage for Romania during Semi-final 2<\/a> on 14 May with hopes of returning to the Grand Final.<\/p>\n Related storyHere are the finalists for Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026<\/p>\n <\/a>Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu<\/p>\n Just in her early 20’s, Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu has already started making a name for herself in the Romanian music scene. Most notably, she won Season 11 of Vocea Rom\u00e2niei in 2023 at the age of 19. She was able to have all 4 chairs turned during her audition, and teamed up with coach Tudor Chiril\u0103.<\/p>\n Follow Alexandra<\/p>\n Instagram: @alexandra.capitanescu<\/a> Her debut single ‘C\u0103pitanu’ would become a hit on Youtube, receiving over 100k plays, with five other songs in her discography to do the same as well.<\/p>\n The song ‘Choke Me’ is used as a metaphor to showcase the feeling of being overwhelmed by strong emotions and self-expectations. ‘Choke Me’ demonstrates the aspect of a deeply personal struggle surrounded with the inner fears and pressure, and the sense of feeling like one is suffocating with doubt, self-criticism, and\/or the desire for growth and transformation.<\/p>\n Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 <\/a><\/p>\n Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 was Romania’s national selection process to determine their Eurovision 2026 representative. After all the acts who auditioned made it through, we were left with 12 acts taking part in the Final which was held on Wednesday, 4 March.<\/p>\n Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026All about Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The show took place at TVR Studio 3 in Bucharest and was hosted by 7 people spread throughout numerous parts of the show:<\/p>\n Daniel Nu\u021b\u0103Giulia NahmanyAlexandra Gavril\u0103 (backstage)Iulian Selea (backstage)R\u0103zvan Petre (backstage)Laura Fronoiu (public)Marius Popa (public)<\/p>\n Voting to determine the winner was decided by 100% jury vote. The winner will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna this May.<\/p>\n Romania in Eurovision <\/a>Romania 2010: Paula Seling & Ovi – “Playing With Fire”<\/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>“).<\/p>\n Romania 2010: Paula Seling & Ovi – “Playing With Fire”<\/p>\n Their worst result was in 2023<\/a> where they finished with zero points in their semi-final.<\/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![\"Romania](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/romania-selectia-nationala-2026-finalists_t.jpg\" "\\"Romania")
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