Mihai Traistariu, who took Romania to fourth place at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, has gone on record about his attempts to return in 2009. In an interview with Eurovisionary, he explains that this time, he is going to put together a show for the Eurovision Song Contest. He also explains that a return to jury voting is a bad thing for the contest and for Romania and that he felt Dima Bilan's song was not strong enough to win the competition.

Mihai Traistariu became a household name with Eurovision Song Contest fans after his 2006 entry, Tornero, reached fourth place in 2006. The song has become one of the most popular entries with fans around the continent. Mihai has made no secret of his desire to come back and capture the first prize for Romania, and now he has gone on record saying that he wants 2009 to be his year!

In an interview with Eurovisionary, he explains that despite the problems with disqualifications in the Romanian selection process in the last couple of years, he sees no reason why he can't enter and win for a second time. He would also like to represent Romania in a 'Worldvision Song Contest' after the Asiavision competition launches next year.

Mihai talks about the changes to the Eurovision Song Contest voting, saying that Romanian national broadcaster, TVR believes that it will lead to voting pacts and voting swaps which will not benefit their entry.

Finally, talking about the 2008 result, Mihai says that he though Dima Bilan (who finished two places above Mihai on the 2006 scoreboard) would win because Russia has so many neighbours, but that the song only deserved to come third or fourth. He also thinks that the addition of a world champion ice skater and violinist helped capture the additional votes needed to take the competition to Russia.

You can read the full interview here.