Alexandra Căpitănescu is the sixteenth and latest artist announced to perform at Eurovision in Concert 2026 on April 11 in the Dutch capital.
Alexandra Căpitănescu, the representative for Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, is the next artist to be announced in the line-up of Eurovision in Concert 2026. Alexandra Căpitănescu will perform their entry “Choke Me”. This is the second Eurovision pre-party that the Romanian representative has been confirmed for, having previously been announced for the London Eurovision Pre-Party.
The Eurovision 2026 artists confirmed for Eurovision in Concert 2026 to date are:
- 🇦🇱 Albania – Alis
- 🇦🇹 Austria – Cosmó
- 🇧🇪 Belgium – Essyla
- 🇭🇷 Croatia – Lelek
- 🇩🇰 Denmark – Søren Torpegaard Lund
- 🇬🇪 Georgia – Bzikebi
- 🇩🇪 Germany – Sarah Engels
- 🇱🇻 Latvia – Atvara
- 🇱🇹 Lion Ceccah (Lithuania)
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg – Eva Marija
- 🇲🇩 Moldova – Satoshi
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro – Tamara Živković
- 🇳🇴 Norway – Jonas Lovv
- 🇷🇴 Romania – Alexandra Căpitănescu
- 🇸🇪 Sweden – Felicia
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine – LELÉKA
Eurovision in Concert 2026 will be held on April 11 in the AFAS Live Arena. After the Netherlands withdrew from the contest in December, the organisers announced that the preparty will still take place. Eurovision in Concert counts as one of the major Eurovision pre-party events. Having first been held in 2009, the event draws thousands of fans to Amsterdam every year.
Eurovision 2013 representative for Finland, Krista Siegfrids, and Cornald Maas, the former Dutch Eurovision commentator, will be the hosts of this year’s event.
Source: Eurovision in Concert (on Instagram)
Romania first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994. The country tried to participate in 1993 but failed to get through the pre-qualifying round. At the 1994 contest, Dan Bittman finished 21st in the final scoring 14 points, Romania didn’t make it through to another final until 1998. Romania’s best results in the contest are two third-place finishes. In 2005, Luminita Anghel & Sistem finished 3rd scoring 158 points, while Paula Seling & Ovi finished 3rd in 2010 with the song “Playing with Fire”. Romania missed the 2016 contest due to TVR being removed from the EBU due to debts to the organisation. Romania has not participated in Eurovision since 2023, coming back only this year.