TVR recorded its largest audience since 2017 on Saturday evening as WRS competed in Romania’s first Grand Final since Kyiv.
Viewer interest in the Eurovision Song Contest in Romania bounced back on Saturday night as TVR 1 recorded its largest Eurovision audience since 2017. 369,000 viewers watched as WRS competed in Romania’s first Grand Final since 2017, with the channel recording a share of 8.4%.
The figures represent a more than doubling in interest compared to 2021 when 178,000 viewers watched the show from Rotterdam. Overall figures for all three shows in Romania were:
- Semi-Final One – 125,000 viewers – 2.3% share
- Semi-Final Two – 148,000 viewers – 2.8% share
- Grand Final – 369,000 viewers – 8.4% share
WRS represented Romania with “Llámame” finishing in 18th place with a total of 65 points, he received 10 points from the televote in Moldova and Spain.
Image source: EBU / Nathan Reinds | Source: Pagina de Media
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.
