Ester Peony has won the Selecţia Naţională selection and will represent Romania at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with her song On A Sunday.
12 finalists took to the stage –
- Linda Teodosiu – Renegades
- Olivier Kaye – Right Now
- Laura Bretan – Dear Father
- Teodora Dinu – Skyscraper
- Claudiu Mirea – We Are The Ones
- Aldo Blaga – Your Journey
- Ester Peony – On A Sunday
- Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan – Daina
- Bella Santiago – Army Of love
- Trooper – Destin
- Dya and Lucian Colareza – Without You (Sin ti)
- Vaida – Underground
The big favourite was Laura Bretan and also Bella Santiago was highly rated. Laura won the televote but the “expert jury” outweighed the public and Ester has won the ticket to Tel Aviv.
The special guests included Netta (2018 ESC Israel – winner); Emmelie de Forest (2013 ESC Denmark – winner) and Inis Neziri (Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stage festival – winner and Festivali i Këngës #56 second runner up Albania).
You can see Ester perform her winning song below.
Source: ESC Covers; TVR