Ida Andia from Romania today discuss the chances of her home country to qualify to the Grand final at the 2019 Eurovision song contest.
Frankly, I have tried to be as objective as I could with Romania, being my country. Ester Peony is a known singer in Romania who has collaborated with numerous artists from the country (with whom she has also released videos that have reached millions of views – ”Sub Aripa Ta” with Veșcan; English: ”Under your wing” ) and has original songs. When I listened to the song ”On a Sunday” for the first time, I realized it had something magical, something that Romania had not sent before at Eurovision. From the first listening, I hoped that this will be the entry of Romania in Israel. The way Ester moves on stage, her voice, the song – I think all this will make a good number in the semifinal and Romania could make a rematch – last year was the first non-qualifying of Romania – this time it could qualify in the Grand Final in Tel Aviv.
A month after the Romanian Eurovision selection, full televoting has been revealed. Quite shocking that huge difference between the winner of the televoting and the winner of the jury.
4,685 Laura Bretan – Dear Father (41.95%) 1,425 Trooper – Destin (12.76%) 1,161 Bella Santiago – Army Of Love (10.39%) 988 Vaida – Underground (8.85%) 771 Linda Teodosiu – Renegades (6.90%) 572 Letitia Moisescu & Sensibil Balkan – Daina (5.12%) 455 Aldo Blaga – Your Journey (4.07%) 356 Ester Peony – On A Sunday (3.19%) 332 DYA & Lucian Colareza – Without You (Sin ti) (2.97%) 151 Olivier Kaye – Right Now (1.35%) 139 Teodora Dinu – Skyscraper (1.24%) 134 Claudiu Mirea – We Are The Ones (1.20%)
