(Photograph courtesy of www.realitatea.net)

“Thank You For The Music” last night as the first Romanian Semi Final in “Selecţia naţională 2013” took place.  Paula Seling , Ovi,  Andreea Bănică and Marius Rizea channeled Abba as they hosted the night’s festivities and they are going to do it all again tonight in the live second semi final in Budapest.

(YouTube Videos Courtesy of TVRcanaluloficial)

Above is the video playlist of tonight’s 16 semi finalists who will be competing for the 6 remaining places in the Romanian National Final. The qualifiers will be decided by a 50/50 Jury and Public vote.

Tonight’s contestants are as follows

1. Ovidiu Anton Run away with me
2. Letiția Moisescu We are one
3. Mosquito Feel the same
4. Alin Văduva Storyline
   
5. Renee Santana What is love
6. Diana Matei Ma Ma He
   
7. 9 Gardens All for naught
8. The Zuralia Orchestra Sukar Transylvania
9. ABCD Final de război
   
10. Elena Cîrstea Muttart Spinning
11. Narcis Iustin Ianău Seven
12. Claudiu Mirea I feel so high
13. Andrei Leonte Paralyzed
14. Cristian Prăjescu The best thing in life is to love
15. Jul Wake me up
16. Phaser Pour toi et pour moi

WHEN AND WHERE CAN I LOOK AT THE SHOW?

The show starts at 20.00 (CET) and will be BROADCAST ON on TVR 1 and TVRI via satellite. 

Internationally you can look at the show live on the below link

http://eurovision.tvr.ro/

The qualifiers tonight will join the following 6 acts who have already made it through to the final

• Casa Presei – Un refren
• FreeStay – Criminal Mind
• Luminița Anghel – Unique
• Cezar – It’s My Life
• Electric Fence – Emilia
• Tudor Turcu – Hello

Source Eurovision Ireland and TVR