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Romania debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 after failing to qualify from the qualification round in place for former Yugoslav and debuting Balkan countries in 1993.

They have attempted to participate 21 times but failed to qualify from the audio-only qualification round in 1996. When the semi-finals were introduced in 2004, they had a 100% qualification record including winning the semi-final in 2005 and coming 2nd in the semi in 2014. That qualification record came to an end in 2018 when The Humans failed to advance from the second semifinal. and since then only qualified again once, in 2022.

Romania was relegated from participating in 1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001 for failing to achieve a good placing for the contests they weren't relegated from. However, in 2002, Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel's 9th place drastically upturned Romania's results and brought the country out of relegation for the first time.

On 22 April 2016, the EBU pulled Romania from the 2016 contest due to massive unpaid financial debts owed by TVR dating back to 2007 and withdrew its member services from the channel. However, on 6 June 2016, the Romanian government announced that it would step up and pay back all of TVR's debts, helping the country return for 2017.

Since 2024, the country isn't participating in the contest. There were talks between Romania's national broadcaster and the EBU about the countries return, but they led to nowhere.

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Participants[]

Year Artist Song Language Place Points Semi Points
1993 Dida Drăgan Nu pleca Romanian -- -- 7 38
1994 Dan Bittman Dincolo de nori 21 14 No Semi Final
1995 Relegated from participation
1996 Monica Anghel & Sincron Rugă pentru pacea lumii Romanian -- -- 29 11
1997 Relegated from participation
1998 Mălina Olinescu Eu Cred Romanian 22 6 No Semi Final
1999 Relegated from participation
2000 Taxi The Moon English 17 25 No Semi Final
2001 Relegated from participation
2002 Monica Anghel & Marcel Pavel Tell Me Why English 9 71 No Semi Finals
2003 Nicola Don't Break My Heart 10 73
2004 Sanda Ladoși I Admit 18 18 Top 11 in 2003
2005 Luminița Anghel & Sistem Let Me Try 3 158 1 235
2006 Mihai Trăistariu Tornerò English, Italian 4 172 Top 11 in 2005
2007 Todomondo Liubi, Liubi, I Love You English[Note 1] 13 84 Top 10 in 2006
2008 Nico & Vlad Pe-o margine de lume Romanian, Italian 20 45 7 94
2009 Elena The Balkan Girls English 19 40 9 67
2010 Paula Seling & Ovi Playing With Fire 3 162 4 104
2011 Hotel FM Change 17 77 4 111
2012 Mandinga Zaleilah Spanish, English 12 71 3 120
2013 Cezar It's My Life English 13 65 5 83
2014 Paula Seling & Ovi Miracle 12 72 2 125
2015 Voltaj De la capăt Romanian, English 15 35 5 89
2016 Ovidiu Anton Moment of Silence English Withdrawn
2017 Ilinca ft. Alex Florea Yodel It! 7 282 6 174
2018 The Humans Goodbye -- -- 11 107
2019 Ester Peony On a Sunday -- -- 13 71
2020 Roxen Alcohol You Contest cancelled
2021 Amnesia -- -- 12 85
2022 WRS Llámame English, Spanish 18 65 9 118
2023 Theodor Andrei D.G.T. (Off and On) Romanian, English -- -- 15 0
2024–present Does not participate

Notes[]

  1. Contains verses in Italian, Spanish, Russian, French, Romanian
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