Romania: Ilinca & Alex Florea are the next Eurovision representatives!

by Stratos Agadellis 4,166 views

Romanians have made their mind up for 2017 and their national final Selecţia Naţională is now over! Ilinca & Alex Florea has won the selection process! Therefore, Ilinca & Alex Florea is going to represent their country to Kyiv with Yodel it!

After a long audition process from 5 to 11 February and a semi-final on 26 February, in tonight’s final 10 acts were running for the ticket to the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest in May. The tele-voting process had a 100% stake at the final outcome.

The results are here!

The top 3 of the selection were announced in a random order, consisting of the entries Yodel it!, I won’t surrender and Petale. The top 3 finished in the following order:

  1. Ilinca feat. Alex FloreaYodel it!
  2. MIHAII won’t surrender
  3. Instinct – Petale

Full results and voting figures

Yodel it! received almost double the amount of televotes than that of the runner-up song I won’t surrender.

Receiving the highest percentage of the votes were Ilinca feat. Alex Florea who will represent Romania with the song Yodel it!. Listen to the entry below.

Romania with their official entry competes in the first half of the second semi-final evening of 11 May. The country returns to the contest after a one-year break due to disqualification from the EBU.