Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country	Romania
National selection
Selection process	Selecția Națională 2013
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals: 23 February 2013 24 February 2013 Final: 9 March 2013
Selected entrant	Cezar
Selected song	"It's My Life"
Selected songwriter(s)	Cristian Faur
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (5th, 83 points)
Final result	13th, 65 points
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "It's My Life" written by Cristian Faur. The song was performed by Cezar. The Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) organised the national final Selecția Națională 2013 in order to select the Romanian entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. The national final consisted of three shows: two semi-finals on 23 and 24 February 2013, respectively, and a final on 9 March 2013. A total of thirty-two entries were selected and sixteen competed in each semi-final where six entries were selected to advance to the final. The twelve qualifiers competed in the final where "It's My Life" performed by Cezar was selected as the winner after scoring top marks from a seven-member jury panel and a public televote.

Romania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2013. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 17, "It's My Life" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Romania placed fifth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 83 points. In the final, Romania performed in position 14 and placed thirteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 65 points.