A total of 203,000 viewers watched the final of Selectia National 2020 live from Buzau.
The final of Romania’s selection for Eurovision 2020 was followed by just over 200,000 viewers on Sunday evening. The show which saw an average of 203,000 viewers was watched by over 130,000 viewers less than the 2019 selection show. The broadcast as a whole had a share of 2.8% and saw TVR1 be the eighth most watched channel of the evening.
Roxen performed five songs in competition. The results were as follows (jury + public vote):
Roxen will perform in the second half of the first semi-final on May 12.
Romania first participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994, the country had tried to participate in 1993 but failed to get through the pre-qualifying round. At the 1994 contest Dan Bittman finished 21st in the final scoring 14 points, Romania didn’t make it through to another final until 1998. Romania’s best results in the contest are two third place finishes. In 2005 Luminita Anghel & Sistem finished 3rd scoring 158 points, while Paula Seling & Ovi finished 3rd in Oslo with the song “Playing with Fire”. Romania missed the 2016 contest due to TVR being removed from the EBU.
