Romania’s SN 2026 Line-Up Is Here (All 68 of Them)
Romania has officially done that wonderful national-final thing where the broadcaster opens the gates, lets 101 songscharge in at once, and then calmly announces that 68 have made it through to the next round of Selecția Națională 2026, as if selecting sixty-eight semi-finalists is the most normal, tidy number in the world. TVR says a professional jury made the cut, and now we’re all staring at the list like it’s a buffet where you’re not allowed to taste anything yet.
The semi-final stage: three days, one jury, and a lot of nerves
The next step is the 9–11 February phase, where these semi-finalists perform for the jury, with ten finalists to be chosen and revealed on 12 February during Telejurnal (20:00) across TVR platforms. Then the final lands on 4 March, and yes, the winner is decided by a jury-only vote, which is either reassuringly “professional” or terrifyingly “don’t text me, I’m pacing.”
The roll call: all 68 semi-finalists, no filler, no commentary
Here they are, published in full, because you asked for all of them and because Romania clearly woke up and chose abundance: Adriana Moraru – “Get your freak out”; Alejandro Zandes & Emil Rengle – “Bailando solo”; Alex Maxim – “Do do dance”; Alex Tuga x Amary – “1 2 3 – Un Deux Troi”; Alexa & Aria Moon – “iELE”; Alexandra Căpitănescu – “Choke Me”; Alexandra Ungureanu – “Tiktok Tastic”; Alin Stoica – “Iubește-mă pe mine”; Alina Amon – “Grand Prix”; Ana Maria Moldovan – “Aripi să zbor”; Anais Vacariu – “Cer divin”; Andreea Bănică – “Marinero”; Andreea D & Sandro Machado – “Chiquita Bonita (Favorita)”; Andreea Vilcan – “Fete cu batic”; Andrew Rope – “Home”; Anna Michael – “Get Nasty”; Antonio Pican – “Humans”; bby Mario – “Andale”; Bella Santiago – “Romania Queen”; Beni Mihai – “Angels”; Bianca Tilici – “Keep Fighting”; Bogdan Medvedi – “Broken Heart”; Brian Left – “Videogame”; Ciro De Luca – “Ti amo (U ie ah aha)”; Cristina Ene – “Different Flags, Same Dreams”; Dan – “Wear My Ring”; Dayana – “Butterfly”; Direcția 5 – “Două povești”; Dya – “Thunder”; Edward Maya x LavBbe x Costi – “Everybody Needs Somebody”; Emy Alupei – “Till Born”; Hold On – “My Medicine”; HVNDS – “Dor”; Impact – “Bengalo”; ImstillFranci – “Serenade”; Ioana Munțiu & Octav Ioan & Cezar Cazanoi – “Du-mă, do”; Joshua – “Help Me Stop the Time”; Kadjavsi – “Heavensground”; Kame – “Cântă, Românie!”; Kony Band – “Încă o zi”; Liloa – “In the Matrix of Your Eyes”; Mara Berechet – “Beyond the Sun”; Marcus – “Self Control”; Mihai Cosmescu – “Crawl Back Down”; Mikayla – “Breathing”; Missed Call – “Take Care of My Soul”; Mizantrop – “Trădător”; Monica Odagiu – “Fereastra pentru un orb”; Olivia Addams – “Croco”; Patricia Thomits – “Bonsoir amore”; Paula Leahu – “Warrior Pose”; Razi – “Hello Darling”; Robert Lukian – “Fire to the Lies”; Romeo Zaharia – “Forever Yours”; Ruxit – “Besame mucho”; Save – “Rollin’ (Let Them Know)”; Silvia Tache – “Almost There”; Stremi – “Lelele”; Taylor – “A Brand New Day”; The Twins – “Think of You”; Tianno – “My Game”; Trupa Othello – “Soarele și luna”; Ukka – “Confidence”; Vanu – “Therapy Enemy”; WRS – “All the Way”; Yguana – “Happy Birthday”; Zya – “Cu a mea”; ZYA – “Ghost”.
The bit everyone’s quietly thinking
With names like WRS back in the mix, plus familiar faces from past Romanian selection seasons, this doesn’t feel like TVR throwing darts. It feels like Romania is building a very specific kind of shortlist, the sort that can look wildly eclectic on paper and then suddenly make perfect sense once you see who can actually sell three minutes to a jury in a room. And because the final is jury-only, the whole game becomes less “who trends hardest” and more “who convinces fastest.”
Editorial close: it’s a numbers game until it isn’t
Sixty-eight semi-finalists is chaotic in the best way, but the structure is ruthless: three days of performances, ten names surviving, and then a jury decides who carries Romania to Vienna. It’s basically a reality show without the confessionals, which is arguably crueler. Still, Romania’s back in the conversation, and if nothing else, this line-up guarantees one thing: we’re not going to be bored between now and 4 March.
Source: TVR
