Liubi, Liubi, I Love You

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"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You"
TVR
Songwriter(s)
  • Bogdan Tașcău
  • Vlad Crețu
  • Kamara Ghedi
Producer(s)Bogdan Tașcău
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 entry
Country
Artist(s)
  • Andrei Ștefănescu
  • Ciro de Luca
  • Kamara Ghedi
  • Bogdan Tașcău
  • Valeriu Răileanu
  • Vlad Crețu
As
Todomondo
Languages
  • English
  • Romanian
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • French
  • Russian
Composer(s)
Bogdan Tașcău
Lyricist(s)
  • Bogdan Tașcău
  • Kamara Ghedi
  • Valeriu Răileanu
  • Andrei Ștefănescu
  • Ciro de Luca
  • Vlad Crețu
Finals performance
Final result
13th
Final points
84
Entry chronology
◄ "Tornerò" (2006)
"Pe-o margine de lume" (2008) ►

"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (English: "Love, Love, I Love You") is a song recorded by Romanian group

Romanian Television (TVR) in Romania. The track is multilingual and is performed in six languages: English, Romanian, Spanish, Italian, French and Russian. Tașcău produced the song and co-wrote it with Crețu and Ghedi. Its lyrics deal with the theme of love and European clichés
.

"Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" represented

Romanian Top 100
.

Background and release

Todomondo, initially named Locomondo, was a Romanian group consisting of Andrei Ștefănescu, Ciro de Luca, Kamara Ghedi, Bogdan Tașcău, Valeriu Răileanu and Vlad Crețu.

Hindi... But unfortunately, we couldn't put it in the three-minute limit allowed by Eurovision."[2]

The lyrics of "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" deal with the theme of love and discuss

Romanian Top 100.[6]

At Eurovision

Six men wearing multicolored clothes are seen performing onstage.
Todomondo performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

The

Selecția Națională was held in order to select the Romanian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, consisting of two semi-finals on 27 January and 3 February, respectively, and the final on 10 February 2007. Todomondo qualified in first place from the first semi-final after the votes of an expert jury panel and the televoting were combined, resulting in 24 points.[7][8] Subsequently, "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" was chosen to represent in Romania in the contest by the same voting system, gathering 22 points in the final.[9][10][11]

The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 took place at the

Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), were required to qualify from the semi-final to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progressed to the final.[12] Automatically qualified for the final due to Romania's top ten placement the previous year, Todomondo performed 20th on the occasion, preceded by the United Kingdom and followed by Bulgaria.[12] Romania eventually came in 13th position with 84 points, consisting of 12 awarded by both Moldova and Spain, 10 by Andorra and eight by Hungary.[13]

Track listing
  1. "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" – 3:02

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of the CD single.[3]

  • Vlad Crețu – lead vocals, songwriter
  • Kamara Ghedi – lead vocals, songwriter
  • Bogdan Tașcău – lead vocals, songwriter, producer
  • Zoltan Lorencz – photography
  • Ciro de Luca – lead vocals
  • Valeriu Răileanu – lead vocals
  • Andrei Ștefănescu – lead vocals

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Romania[3] 2007 CD single TVR

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Rumänien: Todomondo" [Romania: Todomondo] (in German). Eurovision.de. ARD. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Andrianov, Sergey. "Romanian entrants Todomondo on tour in Minsk (Belarus) – Interview". ESCKAZ. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^
    Romanian Television (TVR). 2007. r5663257.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link
    )
  4. ^ "Trupa Locomondo a cistigat finala nationala Eurovision" [Locomondo have won the national selection for Eurovision]. Ziarul de Iași (in Romanian). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  5. ^ Kalimeris, Aris (27 March 2007). "Romania: "liubi liubi I love you will succeed"". ESC Today. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Romanian Top 100" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Romanian Semi-Finals 2007". National Finals. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  8. ^ Selecția Națională 2007 – Semi-final 1. Bucharest, Romania. 27 January 2007.
  9. ^ "Romanian National Final 2007". National Finals. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  10. ^ Selecția Națională 2007 – Final. Bucharest, Romania. 10 February 2007.
  11. ^ "Vezi românii care au participat, de-a lungul vremii, la Eurovision" [See all Romanian Eurovision entrants]. Libertatea (in Romanian). 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Helsinki, Finland. 10–12 May 2007.
  13. ^ "Eurovision 2007 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovision World. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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