Tonight: second semi final in Romania

Tonight, the second semi final of the Romanian national selection for the 2009 Eurovision Son Contest will be held. Another twelve acts will present their songs ant the top six will qualify for the national final on Saturday.

The show

The show starts at 19:15 CET (20:15 local time). The twelve acts will present their songs and then televoting (50%) and the expert jury (50%) will decide who are the six qualifiers for the national final this Saturday.

Webcast

A webcastwill be provided here.

Participants (composer/lyricist in brackets):

1. Besa – Nothing gonna change
   (Sebastian Badiu)
2. Red Blonde – Nu am cu cine
   (Marius Moga, Anthony Valentino Negoiţ�/Marius Moga)
3. Adrian Molnar – Go on
   (Norbert Kovacs/Florin Dumitrescu, Norbert Kovacs, Ion Faghiura)
4. Catalin – Stop
   (Eduard CîrcotÄ�/Cristian Hriscu – Badea)
5. SoundCheck – You are my love
   (C�t�lin Huţanu)
6. Etnic – The love is the life
   (Dan Laz�r)
7. Irina Popa – I feel your presnce
   (Adrian Ordean/Harko Boti)
8. Alexa – One last night
   (Cornel Ilie)
9. Alin Nica – Don't leave
   (George Hora)
10. IMBA – Round & round
    (Costi Ioniţ�/Oana Radu)
11. Costi Ionita – Can you forgive
    (Costi/Ruxandra Iliescu)
12. Elena Gheorghe – The Balkan Girls
    (Laurenţiu Duţ�, Ovidiu Bistriceanu, Daris Mangal/Laurenţiu Duţ�, Alexandru Pelin)

In 2008, Romania was represented by Nico & Vlad who finished seventh in the first semi final and 20th in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest with their entry Pe-o margine de lume.