After a two semi-finalist withdrawals, two wild-card additions and a swap of allocation split, things are set to begin in Romania tonight.
The artists competing tonight in semi-final one are:
- Bella Santiago – Army of love
- Trooper – Destiny
- Ommieh x Anakrisez – Rock This Way
- Teodora Dinu – Skyscraper
- The Four – Song of My Heart
- Berniceya – The Call: Dynasty of Love
- Steam – The Way It Goes
- Vaida – Underground
- Claudiu Mirea – We Are The Ones
- Nicola – Weight of The World
- Dya & Lucian Colareza – Without You (sin ti)
- Laura Bretan – Dear Father
The artists competing next week in semi-final two are:
- Letitia Moisescu & Sensibil Balkan – Daina
- Xonia – Discrete
- Johnny Badulescu – Give up now
- Echoes – High heels on
- 2 Gents – Ielele (Fairies)
- Xandra – Independent
- TWM – Make me your man
- Ester Peony – On a Sunday
- Olivier Kaye – Right now
- Georgy – Tears
- Aldo Blaga – Your journey
- Linda Teodosiu – Renegades
Six acts will qualify for the Grand Final from each of the two-semi finals. In each of the two semi-finals, a national jury will select up to five songs to qualify for the final and public voting will pick one more. TVR also reserves the right to select one wildcard act.
Don’t miss the First Semi-Final of Romania’s Selecția Națională at 20.00 CET on our Multi-Window live feed.
Selecția Națională 2019 - Semi-Final 1
Bella Santiago – Army of love
566
The four – The song of my heart
373
Teodora Dinu – Skyscraper
362
Trooper – Destin
258
Nicola – Weight of the world
239
Steam – The way it goes
238
Ommieh x Anakrisez – Rock this way
230
Vaida – Underground
228
Dya & Lucian Colareza – Without you (Sin ti)
198
Berniceya – The Call: Dynasty of Love
158
Claudiu Mirea – We are the ones
148
Number of voters: 53
Source: TVR