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Romania participated in Eurovision 23 times from joining the 1994 contest and was broadcast from the contest 6 times in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 and 2016. Romania has never won the contest and its best accomplishment is the third place to which it came twice in 2005 and 2010.

The Romanian Broadcasting Authority is used to select its songs for competition using a competition called the Nicillalka, a national competition that exists from 1993.

History of History
Romania expressed, for the first time, an interest in sending Romanian representations in the 1970s, but the possibility that Romania would take part in the contest was not possible practically at the time due to being part of the Communist bloc.

After the Romanian Revolution in 1989, Romania expressed interest in sending representatives to the contest. Romania tried to make its debut in the 1992 contest, but encountered several economic problems that prevented the ability to participate in the contest. Romania tried to join the contest again in 1993, but it did not pass the initial marking that year for new countries to join the contest. As part of the initial filter, seven countries competed in a contest called the Lamsterite, hoping to be one of the three countries that will receive the highest score, which will give them an entry ticket to the 1993 contest.

In the Laureate contest held on April 3, 1993 in Slovenia, Libiana, Romania reached the last place with 38 points with the song "Nu pleca", which was performed in the Romanian language by Deda Draghan, and thus remained one of the four countries that did not take part in the 1993 contest.

Romania’s first years in the competition did not succeed: in 1994, when it made its debut in the competition, it did not succeed, and it ended the final competition in the 21st place with 14 points, preventing Mr. Romania from taking part in the competition in 1995 due to the decision of the European Broadcasting Union to filter out the countries they wanted to take part in the competition due to the multi-states that wanted to join its ranks.

In 1996, Romania was again tried for a pre-existing tour before the competition. That same year, it was decided that every 29 countries taking part in the contest must take part in it. Romania ended the unprecedented round, such as in 1993, in the last place, and from Romania the possibility of taking part in the contest. Romania has not yet taken part in the contest next year due to the early filtering of the countries by the European Broadcasting Union.

In 1999, Romania was not allowed to take part in the competition due to the low outcome of the previous year, the 22nd place with 6 points, which is, right, the worst location in Romanian history in the final competition. In 2001, Romania was never allowed to take part in the contest due to low results in previous years.

Achievements
Romania took part in the contest about 23 times: it came twice to the third place in the final contest that was the best achievement in the contest. The first time was in 2005 when Luminic Engel, along with the Sistam band, appeared with the song "Let Me Try", which ended the competition with 158 points, and even reached the first semi-final stage with 235 points. Romania reached the third place in 2010 when the Paulia Sling and Oby pair appeared with the song "Playing with Fire" which ended the competition with 162 points. Paula Seling and Aby, who is secondly competing in 2014, but they have failed to get for Romania a better result.

For a 2006 contest, Romania sent the Mitas Traystaro with the song "Tornerru", which ended the contest, on the eve of the final, instead of 4 with 172 points, when the competition was the only time Romania finished in the fourth place. Romania has never finished the contest in fifth place.

Romania's accomplishments can be summarized in the contest as involved