Ukrainian singer Jamala, who won the 2016 edition of Eurovision, is specially invited to the final of the national selection of the Eurovision Romania contest which will take place on Saturday and will be broadcast live on TVR.
According to the Eurovision Romania Facebook page, the artist, a refugee from the hell unleashed in her homeland, will perform the song „1944”, which took Eurovision to Kyiv.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will take place in Turin, Italy, with the semifinals on May 10 and 12 and the final on May 14. Romania will enter the competition on May 12, in the second part of the semifinal.
Under the slogan „The sound of beauty”, Eurovision Song Contest 2022 will bring on stage in Turin, the representatives of the 41 countries competing: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Switzerland, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Northern Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Romanian Television is the organizer of the National Team and has been participating in the European competition since 1993.
Romania’s best performances in this competition were twice the third place (Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem – Kyiv, 2005; Paula Seling and Ovi – Oslo, 2010) and once the fourth place (Mihai Trăistariu – Athens, 2006).