Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Romania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Selecția Națională 1993 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 16 January 1993 | |||
| Selected entrant | Dida Drăgan | |||
| Selected song | "Nu pleca" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Dida Drăgan | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | Failed to qualify from pre-selection (7th, 38 points) | |||
| Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Romanian Television (TVR), was held on 16 January 1993, and "Nu pleca" (English: "Don't go"), written and performed by the Romanian singer Dida Drăgan and composed by Adrian Ordean, was selected to be the Romanian entry. For a place in the finals of the contest, Romania had to compete in a pre-qualifying round, Kvalifikacija za Millstreet, that took place in Ljubljana
, Slovenia. The song ranked last, and so failed to qualify for the finals in Ireland. Predominantly negative reactions from Romanian media followed as a result of Drăgan's poor performance.
Before Eurovision
Romanian Television (TVR) organized the Selecția Națională 1993 on 16 January 1993, a national final to select Romania's entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. A winner out of the 11 competing entries—"Nu pleca" by Dida Drăgan—was announced by Institutul Român de Sondare a Opiniei Publice (IRSOP), who added up the votes of 1100 households in Romania. Although the rest of the result was not publicly revealed, local media speculated that Laurenţiu Cazan and Laura Stoica reached second and third place respectively. The competing entries were:[1]
| Draw | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
1
|
Mioara Feraru | "Seară de seară" |
2
|
Laurenţiu Cazan | "Hai, spune" |
3
|
Nicoleta Alexandru | "Balerina" |
4
|
Corina Dogaru | "Plec" |
5
|
Mădălina Manole | "Să nu mă minţi" |
6
|
Monica Anghel | "Dintr-un vis" |
7
|
Laura Stoica | "Dă-mi din nou curajul de-a trăi" |
8
|
Dida Drăgan | "Nu pleca"[a] |
9
|
Carmen Trandafir | "Micul meu univers" |
10
|
Elena Cârstea | "Vreau să pierd" |
11
|
Elena Cârstea | "Te-aș numi iubire" |
At Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
With the
Slovakia and five by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia.[1] The Eurovision site does not count the year in Romania's list of appearances.[5]
Voting
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Reactions and reception
Drăgan's poor result attracted overwhelming criticism from the Romanian media. An editor of România Liberă criticized her vocals. Contrary to the negative reviews of 1993, an editor of EuroVisionary, looking retrospectively at Drăgan's performance, stated: "Undoubtedly, the most passionate and dramatic performance of the evening. Dida moved her hands as if life depended on them, and her voice was giving life to the lyrics". However, they slightly criticized her show as being over-the-top.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Mincan, Mihai (18 May 2013). "Prima participare a României la Eurovision: "capcana culturală" Dida Drăgan" [Romania's first participation at Eurovision: the "cultural trap" Dida Drăgan]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Dida Dragan implineste varsta de 72 de ani" [Dida Dragan celebrates her 72nd anniversary]. Cancan (in Romanian). 14 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ Mi-e dor de ochii tăi (Liner notes). Dida Drăgan. Romania: Electrecord (AP759680). 2002.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Note: The song was renamed to "Unde ești" for the album's release. - ^ ISBN 978-1-84583-163-9.
- ^ "Romania – Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.