Theodor Andrei won the national selection for Eurovision 2023 with the song “DGT (Off and on)”. This song received the largest number of public votes – the only deciding criterion – among the 12 songs that entered the national final. The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will be held in Liverpool – the semi-finals and the grand final will be held on May 9 and 11, respectively, on May 13, 2023.

In total, more than 36,500 votes were cast by telephone and online at the national selection on February 11, 2023.

This year, the public vote was the only decisive criterion in the national selection, as a specialized jury was not involved to assign points to the works that made it to the finals.

Theodor Andrei, “DGT (Off and on)” represents Romania at Eurovision 2023

• Teodor Andrey created more than 100 songs. In 2022, he won the Myosotis Award for the best song by the author-performer, for the song “Artist” (music and lyrics by Teodor Andrei) from the album “FRAGIL”. He also holds the Mihaela Runceanu 2022 Grand Trophy and the Alexandria Pop Fest 2022 Grand Trophy, TVR reports.

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Top 5 songs that received the most public votes:

1. Teodor Andrei, “DGT (Off and on)”

2. Andrei D. Folklore Orchestra, “Periniţa mea”

3. Andrii Dutsu, “Statues”

4. Aledaida, “Blah blah blah”

5. Amiya, “Doll”

You can view the list of the 12 finalists, including their videos.

Eurovision 2023 final in Liverpool

The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 National Selection will be broadcast live exclusively on TVR 1, TVR International, on the TVR+ platform and on TVR’s social media accounts on Saturday 11 February 2023 from 21:00.

The International Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, semi-finals and grand final, respectively, will be held on May 9 and 11, respectively on May 13, 2023.

The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in 2023 will be held in Great Britain, which will organize the contest on behalf of Ukraine, due to the war that broke out in that country. The event will take place at the Liverpool Arena and will feature two semi-finals and a grand final which will be broadcast live on TVR.

The Eurovision Song Contest is the most important international music competition organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the largest European association of public broadcasters.

Romanian Television is the organizer of the national selection and has been participating in the European competition since 1993.

The best performances of Romania at Eurovision were: twice third place (Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem – Kyiv, 2005; Paula Seling and Ovi – Oslo, 2010) and once fourth place (Mihai Trăistariu – Athens, 2006).

However, after last year’s scandal, Romania decided to participate in Eurovision 2023

In August, TVR’s Board of Directors approved Romania’s participation in Eurovision 2023 and the start of the steps needed to identify a Swiss law firm to assess the dispute with the EBU. The decision came after a scandal at this year’s Eurovision, when the contest organizer canceled Romania’s vote due to irregularities.

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The head of TVR, Dan Turturica, then said that he would support TVR’s governing bodies to refuse to participate in Eurovision.

However, on August 26, the Administrative Council unanimously approved Romania’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most popular international music competitions, held every year since 1956. The show is one of the longest-running and most popular television programs in the world, broadcast in Europe as well as in Australia, Asia and the United States.

Eurovision 2023 is the 67th music contest.