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ROMANIA:HERE ARE THE 60 SEMIFINALISTS FOR SELECTIA NATIONALA 2018

TVR has released the semifinalists for Selecţia Naţională Eurovision 2018. Some things never change: MIHAI tries again as a singer, and various Perssons, Downs and Gladnikoffs with quite a few Swedes are at it again. Among the songwriters also Ovidiu Anton that EBU made to stay home in 2016 when he had already packed his bags thanks to TVR's unpaid bills to EBU.
Last year's Alex Florea tries again, this time solo. Then he have again Sergiu Bogota, this time with a self penned song when he tries last year with Stig Rästa's excellent We were young, one of this blogger's favorites.
But the real surprise is (Italian?) Erminio Sinni singing with Titziana Camelin. This blogger wonders if it's the Erminio Sinni who took part in Sanremo 1993 with L'amore vero and left an everlasting mark in my mind. He's long disappeared from my radar, last seen in Latin America so could it be he has ended in Romania or is it just another Sinni? Any excuse is good enough to relisten this wonderful song. He came 5th among Newcomers and the song is co-written by Riccardo Cocciante, who was on stage last night in Festival i Kenges in Albania... 


Check out all the entries after the jump


Lina - A Love Worth Falling For
Erminio Sinni & Titziana Camelin - All The Love Away
Save - All We Need
Jukebox Feat Bella Santiago - Auzi Cum Bate
Alessandro Dănescu - Breaking Up
Feli - Bună De Iubit
Zavera - Come Back To Me
Zoltan - Dacă Dragostea E Oarbă
Mareş Pană - Daydremer
Tiri - Deşert De Sentimente
Johnny Bădulescu - Devoted
Meriem - End The Battle
Sergiu Bolota - Every Little Thing
Dora Gaitanovici - Fără Tine
Aurel Dincă - Fire In The Sky
Freia - Fix Me
Teodora Dinu - Fly
Hellen - From Underneath
The Humans - Goodbye
M I H A I - Heaven
Paula Crişan - I Am Here
Iliana - I Won’t Lie
Tavi Clonda - King
Vyros - La La La
Jessie Baneş - Lightning Strikes
Evermorph - Live Your Life
Romeo Zaharia - Maybe This Time
 Eduard Santha - Mesom Romales
Echoes - Mirror
Cristian Siminonescu - Nirvana
Alex Florea - Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt
Othello - Noi Suntem Pădure
Alice Jeckel - Out Of The Dark
Diana Brătan - Paint It Rainbow
Dan Manciulea - Rază De Soare
Carolina Gorun - Reach Out For The Stars
Waleska - Reborn
Lion’s Roar - Rekindle The Flame
Elena Hasna - Revival
Liviu Anghel - Rise Up
Miruna Diaconescu - Run For You
Serena - Safari
Alexandru Ungureanu - Sail With Me
Eliza Chifu - So Good Without You
Manuel Chivari - Somebody To Love
Maria Suciu - Sweet Nothing
Cornel - Take Me Away
Pragu De Sus - Te Voi Chema
Tom Leo Wiart - Teardrop Rain
Denisa Trofim - Tears
Claudia Andas - The One
Elena Turcu - The Perfect Fall
Ayona - The Story Goes On
Endless Feat Maria Grosu - Thinking About You
Ioana Ciornea - Time After Time
Bernice Chiţiul - Too Busy For My Heart
Xandra - Try
Nicoleta Ţicală - Una Oportunidad
Alexia & Matei - Walking On Water
Rafael - We Are One

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