Tonight the first Romanian semi final took place. Since Giulia Nahmany was disqualified, only eleven entries were presented and the Top 6, chosen by a jury (50 %) and televoting moved forward to the final on 10th February.

You can find the esctoday.com live coverage of the Romanian semi final here.

Here are the results- the following singers and songs reached the final round:

The winner of the national final will be directly qualified for the Eurovision Song Contest final in Helsinki since Mihai Traistariu finished 4th in Athens with Tornerò.