Mandinga is a Romanian pop group band from

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. The original soloist of the band was

Elena Gheorghe Elena Gheorghe (born 30 July 1985; ) is a Romanian singer. In the first half of the 2000s, she joined the Romanian pop group Mandinga, with whom she released two albums. In 2006, she separated from the group and pursued her solo career. She has ...

who left in 2005. From 2006 until 2016, the lead vocalist was

Elena Ionescu Elena Ionescu (17 May 1988) is a Romanian singer who was the lead singer of pop band Mandinga from 2006 until 2016, replacing Elena Gheorghe after she left the group to work on her solo career. Ionescu left the group in 2016 to pursue a solo ca ...

. Ionescu left the band in March 2016 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Spanish singer Barbara Isasi. After winning the Romanian national final, the group represented Romania in the

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and placed 12th with the song "

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Discography

Albums

*...de corazón (2003) *Soarele Meu (2005) *Gozalo (2006) *Donde (2008) *Club de Mandinga (2012)

Singles

;International singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandinga Romanian pop music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Romania Musical groups established in 2002