{"id":177581687,"date":"2025-10-30T16:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glitterpennews.com\/?p=177581687"},"modified":"2025-11-06T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T18:06:13","slug":"romania-will-participate-in-the-70th-edition-of-the-eurovision-song-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glitterpennews.com\/?p=177581687","title":{"rendered":"Romania will participate in the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Romania returns after 2 years<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/glitterpennews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bd7d627d-9479-4906-b505-fea3c1f3fdb4_640x294.jpeg\"\/><\/figure><p>The Board of Directors of the Romanian Television Company (SRTv) in its meeting of meeting today has approved Romania\u2019s participation in the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), which will take place in May 2026 in Vienna.<\/p><p>The moment has a double and symbolic significance: the year 2026 marks 70 years of existence of Romanian Television, but also 70 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest which is one of the longest-running and most-watched music competitions in the world.<\/p><p>Romania, through Romanian Television, has participated in Eurovision since 1993, achieving notable performances over time: third place with Lumini\u021ba Anghel &amp; Sistem (Kiev, 2005) and with Paula Seling &amp; Ovi (Oslo, 2010), respectively fourth place with Mihai Tr\u0103istariu (Athens, 2006).<\/p><p>Romania last participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2023, with Theodor Andrei\u2019s \u201cD.G.T. 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