Tonight Romania kicked off their biggest edition of Selecția Națională ever, with 11 of the 60 acts singing live in Focsani for the first three places in the final. Who made the cut? Let’s have a look!

Eduard Santha – Mesom Romales – 35 points

Echoes – Mirrors 38 points

Alexia & Matei – Walking On Water 53 points

To the surprise of many, Alex Florea bowed out of the competition tonight despite being one of the fan favourites to reach the final!

The remainder of the scoreboard looked like this – carefully put together by Bogdan!:

Congratulations! You’ve made it to the final on February 25th in Bucharest! And for all you Eurovision Ireland readers, don’t forget to join us same time next week when we’ll be in beautiful Timisoara for the 2nd semi final!

Did your favourites make it tonight? Let us know!

Author: James Scanlan

Source: TVR

Image Source: Eurovision Ireland