Romania in the Turkvision Song Contest

Romania is one of the twenty-four participating countries and regions competing in the Turkvision Song Contest.[1]

Romania
Member stationMedia TV
Participation summary
Appearances4 (2 finas)
First appearance2013
Best result18th: 2015
For the most recent participation see
Romania in the Turkvision Song Contest 2020

History

2013

Romania made its debut in the Turkvision Song Contest at the 2013 festival, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1][2] Alpha Media TV held a selection process to select their participant for the contest, a five-member jury selected Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai to represent Romania on their debut.[1] "Ay Ak Shatir" was revealed as Romania's song on 18 December 2013.[3] Romania performed 18th in the semi final but failed to qualify for the final.

2014

Romania participated again in the 2014 contest in Kazan, Tatarstan. Alpha Media TV selected their 2013 participant Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai to represent as part of a duet with Gafar Alev Sibel.[4] In Kazan the duet sang "Genclik basa bir gelir", they performed 22nd in the semi final but finished in 17th place on 158 points and did not qualify for the final.

Participation
Table key
X
 Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Title Language Final Points Semi Points
2013
 Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai[5] "Ay Ak Shatır" Turkish Failed to qualify Undisclosed
2014
 Cengiz Erhan & Alev Gafar "Genclik basa bir gelir" Turkish Failed to qualify
17
158
2015
 Edvin Eddy "Seviyorum, Anlasana" Turkish
18
134
 No semi-final
2016
 Sunai Giolacai Not announced before cancellation Contest cancelled X
2020
 Sunai Giolacai[6] "Niye?"[6] Turkish[7]
22
167
 No semi-final

References
  1. Granger, Anthony (19 October 2013). "Participating Countries Revealed". Eurovoix. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. Granger, Anthony (2 December 2013). "Romania: Are Taking Part In Turkvizyon". Eurovoix. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. Granger, Anthony. "Romania: Turkvizyon Song Revealed". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. Schneider, Patrick. "Romania: Turkvision artist presented". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  5. "Turkvision 2013 Romanya Temsilcisi Genghiz Erhan Cutcalai". Turkvision.info. 6 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  6. "Türkvizyon 2020'de Romania'yi Sunai Giolakai, temsil edecek". turkvizyon.tv (in Turkish). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  7. Granger, Anthony (23 November 2020). "Romania: Sunai Giolacai To Turkvision 2020 Performing "Niye?"". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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