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Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu (; born 23 August 1974), also known by his stage names Ovi Martin, Ovi Jacobsen, or simply Ovi, is a Romanian-Norwegian singer and songwriter. After being raised in
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, he moved to Norway in 1995. He rose to fame in Norway in 2006 when he first took part in the Melodi Grand Prix 2006 with the song "The Better Side of Me" where he did not qualify to the final. The next year he was a finalist of the Melodi Grand Prix 2009 with the song "Seven Seconds" but lost to
Alexander Rybak Alexander Igorevich Rybak (; born 13 May 1986) or Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak () is a Belarusian-born Norwegian musician and actor. Based in Oslo, Norway, Rybak extensively worked on television programs and on tours in Europe, particularly in S ...
. In 2010 he participated in the Selecția Națională 2010 for Romania alongside duet partner
Paula Seling Paula Seling (; born 25 December 1978) is a Romanian singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. She has released more than thirteen albums (including three Christmas albums) and over twenty singles, which include two top-te ...
. They won with the song " Playing with Fire" with which they represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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. They qualified for the grand final where they took the third position, only behind winner Germany and runner-up
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. After Eurovision, Ovi released a new duet with Seling; "We Got Something". In 2012 he was back in the Melodi Grand Prix 2012 this time as a songwriter along with Thomas G:son and Tommy Berre for the song "High on Love" as performed by Reidun Sæther. The song qualified for the final. Apart from the European recognition, Ovi has also entered several music charts with songs like "Seven Seconds" (2009), "Playing with Fire" (2010) or "We Got Something" (2011) – the latter two are featuring Paula Seling. He is also the Popularity Award winner of the 2009
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in Romania. In 2014 he returned to
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together with duet partner Paula Seling when they participated for Romania with the song "Miracle". The same year Ovi co-wrote the song She's After My Piano for the group 2 Fabiola who participated in the Belgium national selection for
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. The song did not win in Belgium but became a major hit for 2 Fabiola. Later Ovi and Paula Seling recorded their own version of the song for Ovi's album A Bit of Pop Won't Hurt Anyone, 5 May 2014 (daWorks).


Melodi Grand Prix

Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu submitted several songs written and performed by himself for the
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selections in the last 2000s but was only selected towards the semi-finals twice. In 2008 his entry had no success, while in the Melodi Grand Prix 2009 he was in for the Final on 21 February with the song "Seven Seconds" but did not qualify for the Golden Final. The song was even though a mild chart success, entering the top-fifteen of the
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at number-twelve.


Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Cernăuțeanu represented Romania in the
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(as Ovi) in a duet with Paula Seling. They performed " Playing with Fire", which was composed by Cernăuțeanu himself. They passed the second semi-final, where they were the fourth. In the Grand Final, Seling and Ovi performed the nineteenth (after France and before Russia). At the voting, they got 164 points and classed the third that night, equaling the best result for Romania in the contest. They received 12 points from
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, 10 points from United Kingdom, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, etc. Only eight countries did not give the top ten points to them that night. On 1 March 2014, Paula Seling and Ovi won the Romanian national selection Selecția Națională 2014 and were selected as the Romanian entry for the
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in Copenhagen with the song "
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". The duo came 12th place receiving 12 points only from Moldova.


See also

* List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cernauteanu, Ovidiu Living people Romanian emigrants to Norway Spanish-language singers of Romania Spanish-language singers of Norway English-language singers from Romania English-language singers from Norway 1974 births People from Botoșani Norwegian male singer-songwriters Norwegian singer-songwriters Norwegian pop singers Norwegian people of Romanian descent Romanian male pop singers Romanian male singer-songwriters Romanian pianists Norwegian male pianists 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Romanian singers 21st-century pianists 21st-century Norwegian male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants