TVR, the Romanian national broadcaster, has unveiled the Selectia Nationala 2026 finalists.

Romania is back at the Eurovision Song Contest after a 2 year hiatus. The country will be selecting its Eurovision 2026 act and entry via a televised national final. Seletia Nationala is scheduled to be held on 4th March 2026. A total of 10 acts will compete for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.

TVR has unveiled the 10 competing acts at Selectia Nationala 2026:

  • Alejandro Zandes & Emil Rengle – “Bailando solo”
  • Alexandra Căpitănescu – “Choke Me”
  • Edward Maya x LavBbe x Costi – “Everybody Needs Somebody”
  • Emy Alupei – “Till Born”
  • HVNDS – “Dor”
  • Monica Odagiu – “Fereastra pentru un orb”
  • Olivia Addams – “Croco”
  • Vanu – “Therapy Enemy”
  • Yguana – “Happy Birthday”

An 11th act will be added to the line up via Wild Card selection to the act which achieves most views on YouTube:

  • Alexa & Aria Moon – “iELE”
  • Antonio Pican – “Humans”
  • Bogdan Medvedi – “Broken Heart”
  • Impact – “Bengalo”
  • WRS – “All the Way”

WRS represented Romania at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin.

Selectia Nationala 2026

The 2026 Romanian national final is scheduled to be held at the TVR Studios on March 4th in Bucharest.  The 2026 Romanian Eurovision act and entry will be determined via a jury deliberation.

The 2026 Romanian national selection stages and key dates:

  • January 14 – February 2, 2026 – registration stage
  • February 2 – 4, 2026 – registration documents verification stage;
  •  February 5 – 6, 2026 – pre-selection stage
  •  February 6 – announcement of the results of the pre-selection stage
  • February 9 – 11, 2026 – semi-final audition stage (“Eurovision 2026 Open Workshop”);
  •  February 12, 2026 – announcement of the results of the semi-final (out of all validly entered songs, 10 songs qualify for the final);
  • February 16 – 18, 2026 – pre-production stage for the National Selection Final for ESC 2026 (meetings of the TVR team with the 10 finalists and their teams);
  • March 2 – 3, 2026 – rehearsal stage for the National Selection Final for ESC 2026;
  •  March 4, 2026 – final stage of the National Selection for ESC2026 (television show) and announcement of the artistic act that will represent Romania at ESC 2026;

Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 23 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.