Romania

10 yrs old Madalina Lefter from Iasi and 11 yrs old Andrada Popa from Bucharest will represent Romania at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Limassol , Cyprus on November the 22nd.
The girls have just won the Romanian jESC NF minutes ago with the song "Salvati Planeta" (Save the Planet).
They came first in the jury votes (President of the Jury was Luminita Anghel - ESC Romania 2005) and second in the televote.
Georgia Dascalu was the winner of the public with 834 votes and came second in the jury votes.

Romania was the 8th country to cast its votes last night at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
This is how the Romanians voted :

Croatia - Kraljevi Ulice & 75 Cents - Romanca - 1 point
Azerbaidjan - Elnur & Samir - Day After Day - 2 points
Ukraine - Ani Lorak - Shady Lady - 3 points
Armenia - Sirusho - Qele Qele - 4 points
Norway - Maria - Hold On Be Strong - 5 points
Israel - Boaz - The Fire In Your Eyes - 6 points
Serbia - Jelena Tomaševic - Oro - 7 points
Turkey - Mor ve Ötesi - Deli - 08 points
Russia - Dima Bilan - Believe - 10 points

Talent, professionalism, sincerity, sensibility, courage, responsibility ... Paula Seling.
There are people that believe that, up above the world, there is a single Paradise for all of us.

Talent, profesionalism, sinceritate, sensibilitate, curaj, responsabilitate ... Paula Seling.
Exista oameni care cred ca, acolo sus, e un singur Paradis pentru noi toti, dar si oameni care se joaca de-a Dumnezeu, oameni care lovesc tocmai in cei care au curajul de a ne arăta ca putem atinge si alte orizonturi daca ne dorim. Ei nu vad ...

Paula Seling a avut amabilitatea de a raspunde intrebarilor fanilor Eurovision de pe escvibes.com. Ii multumim pentru timpul acordat si o asiguram ca drumul pe care merge nu este unul inchis, nu este singura si mai mult ... si noua ne pasa.

Ce artisti sau stiluri muzicale te-au influentat de-a lungul timpului in cariera?

The Romanian broadcaster TVR has just announced the list of artists and songs for the 2008 Junior Eurovision national final which will take place in Bucharest on June 1st. There will be 12 songs in a televised NF in June and the winner will be decided by televoting and jury votes (50/50).

The list is as follows :

1. Caldararu Diana - Micul Mozart (Little Mozart)
2. Paun Alina Manuela - Voi Canta pe Broadway (I will sing on Broadway)
3. The band "Scoala 45" (Florea Maria Alexandra, Jugurica Dan) -Scoala 45 ( School 45)

Bilingual romance for Romania - The Romanian representatives Nico & Vlad rehearsed their romantic duet for the first time today. They started their performance at distant positions on stage and moved towards each other during the song, hugging tenderly in the end. The two singers left a vocally brilliant impression of their bilingual song in Italian and Romanian language. [Eurovision.tv - Belgrade 2008]

First semi final rehearsals day two in Serbia

Andrei Tudor, the composer of the 2008 Romanian Eurovision entry, has launched his website in English so you can now get to know more about the composer & artist Andrei Tudor as well as his band.

Mihai Traistariu, reprezentantul Romaniei la concursul Eurovision din 2006, este cunoscut ca un artist care mentine in permanenta o relatie de prietenie cu fanii sai din toata Europa.
Din 2006 pana in prezent, urmare succesului sau cu "Tornero", Mihai a incheiat contracte de promovare cu case de discuri din 15 tari europene si urmeaza sa lanseze un nou album intitulat "Love is ...". Artistul a povestit escvibes.com despre experienta sa in concursul Eurovision si despre proiectele viitoare.

Fanii Eurovision sunt convinsi ca vor avea ocazia sa te revada pe scena Eurovision Song Contest in viitorul apropiat. Ne intrebam insa cand anume se va intampla ... vei reveni in Selectia Nationala anul viitor ?

Am vrut sa revin si in selectia din 2008 ... insa n-am avut un cantec potrivit. Deja am intrat in febra si ma pregatesc pentru 2009. Din pacate, am primit si pentru 2008 peste 30 de cantece de la diversi compozitori straini ... si romani. Nicio melodie nu mi s-a parut ca depaseste Tornero ... si atunci ... am decis sa nu ma bag in concurs doar de dragul de a fi prezent acolo. E prea riscant. Trebuie sa fiu perfect cand merg a doua oara la Eurovision.

Cum ar trebui sa fie piesa care sa te convinga din start ca este perfecta pentru castigarea Eurovision Song Contest ?

Mihai Traistariu, the Romanian representative at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, is well known as an artist that always maintains a friendly relationship with his fans from all over Europe. Up to now and since 2006, following on from his success with "Tornero", Mihai has got record deals for 15 European countries and he is about to release a new album entitled "Love is ...".
The artist took the time to answer escvibes.com about his Eurovision experience and his future projects.

Eurovision fans are convinced that they will have the opportunity to see you again on the Eurovision Song Contest's stage in the near future. We are only asking ourselves when will that actually happen .... will you comeback in Selectia Nationala next year ?

I wanted to comeback in the 2008 Selection as well but I didn't have an appropriate song. I entered in the heat already and I'm preparing myself for 2009. Unfortunately for 2008 I received over 30 songs from various foreign composers ... and romanian, but none of the songs seem to me that was better than Tornero ... and then ... I decided not to enter the contest just for the sake of being present there. It's too risky. I have to be perfect when I go to Eurovision for the second time.

What should a song be like to convince you from the start that it's perfect for winning the Eurovision Song Contest ?

Andrei Tudor, compozitorul piesei "Pe-o margine de lume" care va reprezenta Romania la Concursul Eurovision 2008, a avut amabilitatea de a raspunde intrebarilor fanilor ESC pe escvibes.com.

Cand ai inceput sa compui si cand ti-ai dat seama ca acesta este drumul pe care vrei sa-l urmezi in cariera ?

Eu stiu ca ma ocup cu muzica ... Ori compun, ori cant, ori orchestrez ori lucrez in studio. Niciodata nu am stiut sa delimitez bine lucrurile astea. Am perioade cand compun mai mult, alte perioade cand am mai multe concerte ca pianist sau sef de orchestra.

Care a fost prima piesa care ti-a adus satisfactii ca si compozitor ?

Toate piesele pe care le-am compus sunt o parte din mine si cred ca fiecare inseamna ceva pentru mine.
Am cateva preferinte: Mihai Traistariu - "Cat de frumoasa esti", Marcel Pavel - "De Dragul Tau", Nico & Vlad - "Pe-o Margine De Lume".

Ce influente muzicale si-au pus amprenta, de-a lungul timpului, pe stilul tau de a compune (stiluri muzicale, compozitori, artisti) ?

Muzica clasica si de jazz si-au pus mult amprenta in muzica mea, eu fiind absolvent de Conservator la pian clasic.
Printre compozitorii preferati sunt: Bach , Rachmaninov, John Willimas, David Foster, Sting, Phill Collins, Dave Grusin.

Ai mai colaborat cu Nico sau cu Vlad Mirita (sau cu amandoi) inaintea Selectiei Nationale Eurovision 2008 ?