Romania: The 3rd Semi final results of Selecția Națională 2018.
The third semi final round of Selecția Națională 2018 took place this evening in Craiova on the stage of the National Theater “Marin Sorescu“. Craiova is the 6th largest city in Romania and the largest commercial city west of Bucharest.
Host of the night were Diana Dumitrescu and Cezar Ouatu.
Another set of 12 contestants competed tonight, out of a total of 60 artists:
- Eliza Chifu – So Good Without You
- Carolina Gorun – Reach Out For The Stars
- Mares Pana – Daydreamer
- Ayona – The Story Goes On
- Aurel Dinca – Fire In The Sky
- VYROS – La La La
- Zavera – Come Back To Me
- Elena Hasna – Revival
- Diana Brătan – Paint It Rainbow
- Tavi Clonda – King
- Erminio Sinni & Titziana Camelin – All The Love Away
- XANDRA – Try
The jury was consisted, as in the previous semi finals of Liliana Ștefan ( Lyricist of the ESC 1998 Romanian entry), Viorel Gavrilă (composer), Ilinca Băcilă (Romanian ESC 2017 representative alongside with Alex Florea), Nicu Patoi (guitarist) and Marian Ionescu (guitarist and member and founder of the group Direcția 5).
In the green room was Alina Şerban, a star of TVR Craiova, who watched all the artists’ reactions and feelings.
The guests of the evening were Florin Ristei and the band FreeStay, who presented several songs and their latest single, “If I’m a Wolf“. The band made a unique performance with one of the biggest songs in the history of Eurovision, “Fairytale“, a song that gave Alexander Ribak the victory for Norway in 2009.
Dan Helciug, was also invited to the third semifinal and made a tribute to the legendary Queen band. As a special guest, the young opera singer Mihaela Alexa sung for the audience and the spectators of the third night of Selecția Națională 2018.
The 3 songs that received the most votes from the jury and qualified for the national final on February the 25th are :
Therefore after the third semi final the qualifiers so far to the grand final of Selecția Națională are:
- Alexia & Matei – Walking on water
- Echoes – Mirror
- Eduard Santha – Mesom romales
- Jukebox feat Bella Santiago – Auzi cum bate
- MIHAI – Heaven
- RAFAEL & ANDY – We are one
- XANDRA – Try
- Erminio Sinni & Titziana Camelin – All The Love Away
- VYROS – La La La
You can watch the whole semi final HERE.
The fourth semifinal will take place on February 11 in Turda.
