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The Romanian Semi-Finals were held at the TVR TV Studios in Bucharest hosted by Kitty Cepraga & Leonard Miron. The top 6 songs from each semi-final went forward to the final. The voting was 50% televoting and 50% "expert" jury which included Monica Anghel who represented Romania in ESC 2002.
Semi-Final 1 - February 15th
1 | Lumea noastra | Our world | Krypton | 7 | 7th= | - |
2 | Anytime | Anytime | Selena | 1 | 12th | - |
3 | Friends are friends | Friends are friends | Valahia | 16 | 3rd= | F |
4 | Fata de la tara | Girl from the country | Desperado | 7 | 7th= | - |
5 | The only one | The only one | Nicoleta Matei | 16 | 3rd= | F |
6 | Once upon a time | Once upon a time | Razvan Crivaci & Liviu Sorescu | 8 | 6th | F |
7 | Lets have a holiday | Lets have a holiday | Aurelian Temisan | 19 | 1st | F |
8 | Oxigen | Oxygen | DLa Vegas | 11 | 5th | F |
9 | Un om intre oameni | One man among many people | Supermarket | 4 | 10th | - |
10 | Lets go! | Lets go! | Paula Seling | 18 | 2nd | F |
11 | Golden bird | Golden bird | Marius Dragomir | 3 | 11th | - |
12 | A fost o vreme când | There was a time when | Sfinx Experience | 6 | 9th | - |
Semi-Final 2 - February 22nd
1 | Come with us | Come with us | Centrul Civic | 13 | 3rd= | F |
2 | Tacerea doare | The silence hurts | Malina | 9 | 7th= | - |
3 | Mereu aproape | Always near me | Latin Expres | 1 | 10th= | - |
4 | Goodbye, hello, goodbye | Goodbye, hello, goodbye | Aurelian Temisan | 16 | 2nd | F |
5 | My life | My life | Genius | 11 | 6th | F |
6 | Dominus | The God | Costi Ionita | 13 | 3rd= | F |
7 | Make this love come true | Make this love come true | Alexandra Ungureanu | 12 | 5th | F |
8 | Albastru aprins | True blue | Bogdan Bradu | 7 | 9th | - |
9 | Dont break my heart | Dont break my heart | Nicola | 24 | 1st | F |
10 | Tell me | Tell me | Open | 0 | 12th | - |
11 | Doar tu stii | Only you know | Oana Sârbu | 1 | 10th= | - |
12 | Spune | Say it | Hara | 9 | 7th= | - |
Malina (Olinescu) represented Romania in the 1998 ESC.