Romania’s Eurovision 2021 artist Roxen has revealed more information regarding her song “Amnesia”.
During today’s press conference, Roxen revealed more about the meaning of her competing song “Amnesia”. She opened up about her struggle with mental health, explaining that:
“This song [Amnesia] is so on point with everything I live with at the moment. I ran from my mind for so long. But now, it’s good.”
The singer also mentioned that she wanted to share a message of empowerment and that she is living her dream and is very grateful for the opportunity of performing on the Eurovision stage.
Who is Roxen?
Larisa Roxana Giurgiu (Roxen) was born on January 5 2000 in Cluj-Napoca in northwestern Romania. At the age of 7, she began singing and participating in numerous competitions and festivals, and has since gone on to release two songs that have featured in the Romanian radio charts: “You Don’t Love Me” and “Ce-ti canta dragostea” (What love sings to you). According to Media Forest weekly charts, Roxen is the 3rd most played artist on Romanian radio stations.
Image source: EBU / Thomas Hanses
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.
