Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | ||||
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Country | Romania | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Selecția Națională 2009 | |||
Selection date(s) | Semi-finals 27 January 2009 29 January 2009 Final 31 January 2009 | |||
Selected entrant | Elena | |||
Selected song | "The Balkan Girls" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) |
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Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 67 points) | |||
Final result | 19th, 40 points | |||
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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The song was promoted by a music video and live performances in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Romania qualified in ninth place from the contest's first semi-final on 12 May and ultimately reached 19th place in the Grand Final on 16 May, achieving 40 points. This remains one of the country's lowest Eurovision placements. Elena was accompanied by four female dancers and a background singer during her performance. Conceived as a reinterpretation of the
Before Eurovision
Selecția Națională 2009
Competing entries
Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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Alexa | "A Girl Like Me" |
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Alexa | "One Last Night" | Cornel Ilie |
Blaxy Girls | "Dear Mama" |
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Cătălin | "Stop" |
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Dalma | "Love Was Never Her Friend" | Marius Moga |
DD[a] | "Everyday" |
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Elena[b] | "The Balkan Girls" |
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Ethnic | "The Love Is the Life" | Dan Lăzărică |
Costi Ioniță | "Can You Forgive" |
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Imba | "Round & Round" |
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Besa Kokëdhima | "Nothing Gonna Change" | Sebastian Badiu |
Adrian Molnar | "Go On" |
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Alin Nica | "Don't Leave" | George Hora |
Nico and Moni-K | "Disco Maniacs" |
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Floriana Pachia | "Take the Chance" | Floriana Pachia |
Irina Popa | "I Feel Your Presence" |
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Popas Band | "Strigă" | Marius Popa |
Red Blonde | "Nu am cu cine" | Marius Moga |
SoundCheck[c] | "You Are My Love" | Cătălin Huţanu |
Tabasco | "Purple" |
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Tina | "Pleacă" | Cornel Ilie |
Juan Xavier | "Perdóname" | Ionuț Botea |
Romeo Zaharia | "Someone Like You" |
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Zero | "Sunny Days" |
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Shows
Selecția Națională 2009 was divided in two semi-finals on 27 and 29 January, and the final on 31 January.[4] The results in each show of the competition—hosted by Radio 21 hosts Orlando, Escu and Popescu—were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. The six best-ranked entries from each semi-final advanced to the final round.[8][9] On the latter occasion, Swedish trio Biondo was employed as the interval act.[10] All participants had been promoted by music videos that were broadcast by TVR.[11] The jury that analysed the songs in the final was composed of Dana Dorian, Liana Elekes, Cristian Faur, Andrei Kerestely, Ștefan Neaftanaila, Marcel Pavel, Aura Urziceanu, George Zafiu and Cristian Zgabercea.[12]
Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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01 | Zero | "Sunny Days" | Advanced |
02 | Nico and Moni-K | "Disco Maniacs" | Eliminated |
03 | DD[a] | "Everyday" | Eliminated |
04 | Romeo Zaharia | "Someone Like You" | Eliminated |
05 | Floriana Pachia | "Take the Chance" | Eliminated |
06 | Alexa | "A Girl Like Me" | Eliminated |
07 | Popas Band | "Strigă" | Advanced |
08 | Juan Xavier | "Perdóname" | Eliminated |
09 | Tabasco | "Purple" | Advanced |
10 | Tina | "Pleacă" | Advanced |
11 | Dalma | "Love Was Never Her Friend" | Advanced |
12 | Blaxy Girls | "Dear Mama" | Advanced |
Draw | Artist | Song | Result |
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01 | Besa Kokëdhima | "Nothing Gonna Change" | Eliminated |
02 | Red Blonde | "Nu am cu cine" | Advanced |
03 | Adrian Molnar | "Go On" | Eliminated |
04 | Cătălin | "Stop" | Advanced |
05 | SoundCheck[c] | "You Are My Love" | Eliminated |
06 | Ethnic | "The Love Is the Life" | Eliminated |
07 | Irina Popa | "I Feel Your Presence" | Eliminated |
08 | Alexa | "One Last Night" | Eliminated |
09 | Alin Nica | "Don't Leave" | Advanced |
10 | Imba | "Round & Round" | Advanced |
11 | Costi Ioniță | "Can You Forgive" | Advanced |
12 | Elena[b] | "The Balkan Girls" | Advanced |
Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
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Votes | Points | ||||||
01 | Popas Band | "Strigă" | 4 | 612 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
02 | Costi Ioniță | "Can You Forgive" | 3 | 528 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
03 | Blaxy Girls | "Dear Mama" | 6 | 4,861 | 12 | 18 | 2 |
04 | Red Blonde | "Nu am cu cine" | 2 | 878 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
05 | Zero | "Sunny Days" | 7 | 1,322 | 5 | 12 | 4 |
06 | Elena[b] | "The Balkan Girls" | 12 | 3,503 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
07 | Tabasco | "Purple" | 8 | 1,239 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
08 | Cătălin | "Stop" | 10 | 2,360 | 8 | 18 | 2 |
09 | Dalma | "Love Was Never Her Friend" | 5 | 1,834 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
10 | Alin Nica | "Don't Leave" | 0 | 1,178 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
11 | Tina | "Pleacă" | 1 | 2,328 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
12 | Imba | "Round & Round" | 0 | 463 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Promotion
To promote "The Balkan Girls", an accompanying music video was directed by Dragoș Buliga close to disused railway bridges in
At Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009, at the
The concept of Elena's show—directed by Bobo Bărbulescu—was a "modern reinterpretation" of the
Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Romania in the contest's first semi-final and Grand Final, as well as by the country on both stages. In the semi-final, Romania finished in ninth position, being awarded a total of 67 points, including ten from Portugal and eight from Israel.[30][36] In the Grand Final, the nation reached 19th place with 40 points, including 12 from Moldova and seven from Spain, one of Romania's lowest scores in the contest.[31][37][1] Additionally, the European Broadcasting Union released the split final results, further revealing that Elena had placed 14th in the televote and 21st with the juries.[38] Romania awarded its 12 points to Turkey in the semi-final and to Moldova in the final.[36][37] For the announcement of the points, Romanian television presenter Alina Sorescu was the country's spokesperson announcing its voting results.[26]
Points awarded to Romania
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Points awarded by Romania
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Detailed voting results
Draw | Country | Results | Points | ||
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Jury | Televoting | Combined | |||
01 | Lithuania | ||||
02 | Israel | 2 | 2 | ||
03 | France | 2 | 2 | ||
04 | Sweden | ||||
05 | Croatia | ||||
06 | Portugal | ||||
07 | Iceland | 12 | 5 | 17 | 10 |
08 | Greece | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
09 | Armenia | 7 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
10 | Russia | ||||
11 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||
13 | Moldova | 10 | 12 | 22 | 12 |
14 | Malta | 8 | 8 | 3 | |
15 | Estonia | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
16 | Denmark | 5 | 5 | 2 | |
17 | Germany | 1 | 1 | ||
18 | Turkey | 10 | 10 | 6 | |
19 | Albania | ||||
20 | Norway | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
21 | Ukraine | ||||
22 | Romania | ||||
23 | United Kingdom | 3 | 3 | ||
24 | Finland | ||||
25 | Spain |
Notes
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