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Romania was represented at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
with the song "
Liubi, Liubi, I Love You "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (English: "Love, Love, I Love You") is a song recorded by Romanian group Todomondo, consisting of , , Kamara Ghedi, , Valeriu Răileanu and . It was released as a CD single in 2007 by the Romanian Television (TVR) in ...
", written by Vlad Crețu, Kamara Ghedi, and Bogdan Tașcău, and performed by the group Todomondo. The Romanian participating broadcaster, (TVR), held the national final in order to select its entry for the contest. Controversy surrounded the event, as TVR disqualified several entries over the course of the competition. Prior to Eurovision, "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" was promoted by a music video and a promotional tour in Belarus. Todomondo ultimately achieved 13th place in the contest's Grand Final on 12 May 2007, scoring 84 points. Their performance saw the use of
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.


Background

Prior to the 2007 contest, (TVR) had participated in the
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representing Romania nine times since its first entry . Its highest placing in the contest had been third place, achieved with " Let Me Try" performed by
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and Sistem. In , "" by
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finished in fourth place.


Before Eurovision


''Selecția Națională 2007''


Competing entries and shows

TVR organized ''
Selecția Națională Romania has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since its debut in , and has placed in the top ten six times. Its best results were achieved with "Let Me Try" by Luminița Anghel and Sistem in , and "Playing with Fire (Paul ...
2007'', a competition to select their entrant for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2007 The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the 52nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Helsinki, Finland, following the country's victory at the with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" by Lordi. Organised by the European Broadcasti ...
. In early January 2007, the broadcaster published a provisory list of 24 songs shortlisted to compete in the two semi-finals of ''Selecția Națională'' on 27 January and 3 February, and the final on 10 February. They were selected on 17 January, out of 259 entries submitted to TVR until 15 January, by a jury panel consisting of music and entertainment professionals Ionel Tudor, Cornel Fugaru, Adi Despot, Dan Teodorescu, Mihai Ogășanu, Șerban Huidu and Titus Andrei. "Do the Tango with Me", "
Liubi, Liubi, I Love You "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" (English: "Love, Love, I Love You") is a song recorded by Romanian group Todomondo, consisting of , , Kamara Ghedi, , Valeriu Răileanu and . It was released as a CD single in 2007 by the Romanian Television (TVR) in ...
" and "Love Is All You Need" were appointed by TVR as replacement songs for the voluntarily withdrawn entries "Hungry for Love" and "Prinde-mă, aprinde-mă" by
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, as well as for "Gozalo" by Mandinga. The results in each show of ''Selecția Națională'' were determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel—made up alternately of Andrei Partoş, Titus Munteanu,
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, Ogăşanu, Despot, Andrei Tudor, Teodorescu, Titus Andrei, Mirela Fugaru,
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, Cristian Faur, Mihai Georgescu, Sorin Vasile and Ionuț Radu—and a public televote. Cătălin Măruță and
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were hired as hosts. Due to multiple requests from observers, TVR decided to establish a commission on 5 February to analyse several entries in regards to their compliance to the competition's regulations.


=Semi-final 1

= Interval acts for the first semi-final on 27 January included covers of the past Eurovision Song Contest entries " Volare" (), "
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" () performed by Romanian artists such as
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and
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. Additionally, a boxing match between Anghel and native actress Luiza took place. Although scheduled to be performed in the fifth position at ''Selecția Națională'', "Make-It" by Giulia Nahmany was disqualified due to accusations of plagiarising " Risin'" (2004) by Natalia. Todomondo,
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and Ro-Mania, and Morandi and Wassabi made up the top three of the televote. The results of the semi-final were:


=Semi-final 2

= The second semi-final on 3 February had a television audience of 5,511,000 viewers and similarly had several covers of past Eurovision entries as interval acts, alongside another boxing match between two native celebrities. Although initially assigned to this semi-final, "Love Struck" by Indiggo was disqualified because the duo failed to attend rehearsals. Simplu and Andra were the televote's favorites, gathering more than 10,000 votes and around 8,000 more than the follow-up. The results of the event were:


=Final

= Romanian group Sistem presented their single "Soare" as an interval act during the final of ''Selecția Națională'' on 10 February. "Dracula, My Love" by Simplu and Andra had been falsely suspected for plagiarising "When Religion Comes to Town" (1994) by E-Type, but was ultimately disqualified from the competition for having been partially performed by Simplu at the MTV Romania Music Awards 2006 prior to TVR's cutoff date of 1 October 2006. Similarly, New Effect and Moni-K's "Sinada" was disqualified for having received local radio airplay prior to the aforementioned date. In addition, it was discovered that "Well-o-wee" by Rednex and Ro-Mania was a modified version of "Călușul", a song on the latter's 2001 album ''Lasă-mă să beau''. This led to the entry's exclusion from ''Selecția Națională'', alongside "Crazy" by Morandi and Wassabi, who failed to attend rehearsals. According to
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, the latter was a boycott due to the disqualification of "Dracula, My Love". The mass disqualification of songs generated controversy among observers. "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" by Todomondo emerged as the winner, gathering the maximum 12 points from the public (11,243 televotes) and ten from the jury. The full results were as follows:


At Eurovision

To promote "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" as Romania's Eurovision entry, a
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was released in 2007 by TVR, followed by a promotional tour in Belarus. Additionally, Todomondo released a Dan Maoliu-directed music video and launched their own website in April 2007, in order to interact with fans and present them with news and biographical information. The Eurovision Song Contest 2007 took place at the
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in
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, Finland and consisted of one semi-final on 10 May and the final on 12 May 2007. According to the then-Eurovision rules, selected countries, except the host nation and the " Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom), were required to qualify from the semi-final to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progressed to the final. In Romania, the show was broadcast on TVR, with Manoliu as the country's head of delegation. Todomondo were scheduled for technical rehearsals on 7 and 8 May, experiencing considerable malfunctions with the sound and graphics. Manoliu stated: "If the stage and the camera work will not fit our requirements, despite our efforts to help the team implement
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we do not exclude the possibility of withdrawing from the competition". Automatically qualified for the final due to Romania's top ten placement , the group performed 20th on the occasion, preceded by the and followed by . Their show made use of
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worth
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5,000.


Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Romania in the Grand Final, as well as by the country in the semi-final and Grand Final of the contest. On the latter occasion, Romania finished in 13th position, being awarded a total of 84 points including 12 awarded by both and , ten by , and eight by . The country awarded its 12 points to Moldova in the semi-final and Grand Final of the contest. For the announcement of the points, TVR appointed
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as its spokesperson to announce the Romanian voting results.


Points awarded to Romania


Points awarded by Romania


Notes


References

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