The official rules for this year’s Romanian Selecţia Naţională have just been announced today by the national broadcaster TVR.  Their official website will soon publish their Artists’ Wish list and songwriters are encouraged to participate in this competition by writing an entry for one of the artists mentioned on the list.  February 28th and 29th will then be the days were the pre-selection of entries will take place, while the finalist will be announced online on the 5th of March.

TVR has announced that prospective participant should submit their entry between today and February 23rd which will then initiate the process of verification that the rules have been obeyed and this will then lead the songs to proceed to a short-listing process by a jury of mass-media professionals.  If rules are found not to have been obeyed, the entries will be automatically disqualified.  If the jury considers the artist as not appropriate for the song, they will recommend another artist from the list for the final.  A participation fee of 150 RON (€34.50) is being perceived. The wish list for the Romanian broadcaster has now been published:

1. Aurelian Temişan
2. Akcent
3. Alex Velea
4. Alexa
5. Alexandra Stan
6. Alexandra Ungureanu
7. Alin Vaduva
8. Alina Eremia
9. Annamarie Dancs
10. Anda Adam
11. Andra
12. Andreea Bănică
13. Antonia
14. Blaxy Girls
15. Bogdan Bradu
16. Cătălin Josan
17. Claudia Pavel
18. Connect-R
19. Costi Ioniţă
20. Cristian Sanda
21. Cristina Vasiu
22. Dalma
23. Dan Bălan
24. Delia
25. Desperado
26. Direcţia 5
27. DJ Project
28. Dya
29. Edward Maya
30. Elena Gheorghe
31. Ellie White
32. Fly Project
33. Giulia
34. Holograf
35. Horia Brenciu
36. Hotel FM
37. Inna
38. Ionuţ Ungureanu
39. Irina Popa
40. Jasmine
41. Kamelia
42. Keo
43. Laurenţiu Cazan
44. Laurenţiu Duţă
45. Leo Iorga
46. Liviu Teodorescu
47. Lora (Wassabi)
48. Loredana Groza
49. Lucia Dumitrescu
50. Luminiţa Anghel
51. Mandinga
52. Marcel Pavel
53. Maria Radu
54. Mihai Trăistariu
55. Miki
56. Monica Anghel
57. Mona and Liviu Hodor
58. Morandi
59. Natalia Barbu
60. Nico
61. Nicola
62. Noni
63. Ovi
64. Pasager
65. Pasha
66. Paula Seling
67. Pepe
68. Proconsul
69. Răzvan Krivach
70. RedBlonde
71. Silvia Ştefănescu
72. Simona Nae
73. Smiley
74. Ştefan Bănică jr.
75. Tabasco
76. Taxi
77. Tavi Colen
78. The Marker
79. Tica Alexe
80. Tony Tomas
81. Tara
82. Voltaj
83. Vunk
84. Zero

This will be the fourteenth representative for Romania following Hotel FM who represented the country last year with the song “Change”, placing 17th in the final.  The new Romanian ambassador for Baku will be chosen during a national final on the 10th with the help of public televoting and national jury.

Source: TVR