by Kevin Sherwin Romania held their National Final on Sunday night which I had the honour of attending. I must admit it was a “shock” result as the favourites were Bella Santiago and Laura Bretan, but it was the Canadian ...
Read More »Who’s representing Romania at Eurovision 2019?
Ester Peony, a Romanian young girl living in Canada, will represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, after winning the national selections, with the song “On a Sunday”. The contenders were Linda Teodosiu, with “Renegades”, Olivier Kaye, with “Right ...
Read More »Romanian-born actor to join Netflix’s “The Devil All the Time” replacing Chris Evans
Chris Evans, famous for “Captain America” will be replaced in the Netflix production „The Devil All the Time” by the Romanian-born actor Sebastian Stan, the foreign media reported. Apparently, Evans has dropped out over a scheduling issue, with his agenda ...
Read More »Eurovision 2019 – Romania Decides. Netta Barzilai, winner of Eurovision 2018, to perform in Bucharest on Sunday
By Kevin Sherwin This Sunday night, live from the Sala Polivalenta Bucharest, Romania will choose their representative for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. At the 63rd contest in Lisbon, Romania failed to qualify for the Grand Final ...
Read More »The street in Romania where traffic lights are celebrating St. Valentine’s Day
The local authorities in Constanta found an original way to celebrate St. Valentine’s day and Dragobete in February, so the red light of the traffic lights on a boulevard are red heart-shaped. The red heart-shaped light of the traffic lights ...
Read More »Part of of the artists performing at Neversea 2019 revealed
The organizers of the NEVERSEA festival have announced part of the artists who will perform at the third edition of the festival due this summer ion the Romanian seaside. Among the artists confirmed there are Afrojack, G-Eazy, Jessie J, Lost ...
Read More »Five instrumentalists to accompany Mariza for the 2019 Bucharest gig
Famous Portuguese fado diva, Mariza, who will return to Romania on March 6, will be accompanied on the stage of Sala Palatului by José Manuel Neto, Portuguese guitar, Pedro Jóia, classic guitar, Fernando Araújo (Yami), acoustic bas, Hugo Marques (Vicky), percussion & ...
Read More »Pictures with ex-communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu featured in the Pet Shop Boys’ latest video
Images taken during the visit paid by former Communist dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu in North Korea, in 1971, have been included in the latest video of British band Pet Shop Boys, for the song “Give Stupidity a Chance”. The video features ...
Read More »Romanian film „The Christmas Gift”, awarded at the largest short film festival
Romanian film „The Christmas Gift” directed by Radu Mureșanu, has won the big trophy of the „Clermont-Ferrand” International Short Film Festival, the largest festival of this kind in the world. For 20 minutes, the short film is taking us back ...
Read More »Romanian co-production ‘Sisters Brothers’ wins the 2019 Lumière Awards
The Romanian co-production “The Sisters Brothers”, by Jacques Audiard, has won the Lumière trophy this year, the French Oscars. The Western starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly received three honors from the foreign press association, Hollywood Reporter says. “The ...
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