TVR, the Romanian national broadcaster, has revealed the running order of Selecția Națională 2026, its national selection for Eurovision 2026.
The running order of Selecția Națională 2026, the Romanian selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed by the Romanian broadcaster TVR.
The running order is as follows:
- Emy Alupei – “Tili Bom“
- Robert Lukian – “Fire to the Lies“
- Vanu – “Therapy Enemy“
- Edward Maya x LavBbe x Costi – “Everybody Needs Somebody“
- Yguana – “Happy Birthday“
- HVNDS – “Dor” (Yearning)
- Antonio Pican – “Humans“
- WRS – “All the Way“
- Olivia Addams – “Croco“
- Monica Odagiu – “Fereastră pentru un orb” (Window for a blind person)
- Alexandra Căpitănescu – “Choke Me“
- Alejandro Zandes & Emil Rengle – “Bailando Solo” (Dancing Aaone)
Hosted by Giulia Nahmany and Daniel Nuţă, the show will take place on March 4, starting at 19:00 CET. The winner of the selection, who will become the Romanian representative for Vienna, will be decided by a jury vote only, with the number of views on the official Youtube playlist used to break a potential tie.
Romania will make its comeback in the contest after a last appearance in 2023, when Theodor Andrei and the song “D.G.T. (Off And On) finished 15th out of 16 in the second semi-final, scoring 0 points. Romania is one of the three countries coming back this year, alongside its neighbours Moldova and Bulgaria.
Source: TVR
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.