About Ilinca feat. Alex Florea

Maria Ilinca Băcilă (born 17 August 1998), also known as simply Ilinca, is a Romanian singer and yodeler. She also participated in the season 4 of Vocea Romaniei, for the second season of Românii au talent and for the third season of X Factor with Trupa Quattro. She is well-known in Romania for her unique yodel.

Alex Florea was born in 1991 in Constanta. He was studying journalism, before giving it up and then he took part in the season five of Vocea Romaneim where he reached the semi-finals. Along with Ilinca, they will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, under the flag of their country.

About the song Yodel It!

The song is written by Mihai Alexandru and Alexandra Niculae. The first wrote the song with Ilinca in his mind as a member of Timebelle, the Swiss representatives. After the song’s first recording, something felt incomplete, so Alex’s contribution was requested. It combines yodeling with rap, hip-hop and pop elements, with Ilinca yodeling during the chorus. After the audition stage and one semi-final, the song received the highest amount of points in the final, so it was declared as the winning one.