Romania in The Song 3

Romania took part in second edition of The Song which was hosted by the Netherlands in Amsterdam.

Before The Song
On 12 June, TVR announced that a national selection would take place to decide the Romanian entrant. TVR collaborated with the record label Global Records in order to find the most suitable entry to represent Romania in the contest.

E altceva #01
TVR organized the first edition of E altceva in order to determine the Romanian representative for The Song 2. The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 14 and 15 June, respectively, and the final on 20 June 2022. The three live shows were hosted by Romanian presenter Eda Marcus and singer Feli.

Format
The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Ten songs competed in each semi-final and the top five entries from each semi-final qualified to complete the ten-song lineup in the final. The results of the semi-finals were determined by a regional vote, comprising of a 50/50 vote split between the jury voting and a public televoting.

Competing entries
TVR worked internally with Global Records to select the twenty competing entries for E altceva. While the artist didn't need to be signed for Global Records, a majority of the competing entries were chosen from the record label. The competing entries were revealed on 13 June 2022 in a special show hosted by Eda Marcus held at the TVR Headquarters in Bucharest.

Semi-finals
Two semi-finals took place on 14 and 15 June 2022 at the Horia Demian Sports Hall in Cluj-Napoca. In each semi-final ten entries competed and the top five qualified to the final based on a regional vote, comprising of a 50/50 vote split between the jury voting and a public televoting.

Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 14 June 2022, hosted by Eda Marcus and Feli. Ten acts participated in the semi-final. In addition to the semi-finalists' performances, three interval acts performed during the show: Roxen performed "Dincolo de marte" with RANDI, Inna performed her solo version of "Up", and DJ Project performed a medley of their biggest hits. The highlighted artists qualified for the grand final. {{Legend|navajowhite|Qualifiers}}

Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 15 June 2022, hosted by Eda Marcus and Feli. Ten acts participated in the semi-final. In addition to the semi-finalists' performances, three interval acts performed during the show: Feli performed her song "Flori de argint", Inna performed "Talk" with Ilkay Sencan, and WRS performed his song "Llámame". The highlighted artists qualified for the grand final. {{Legend|navajowhite|Qualifiers}}

Final
The final took place on 20 June 2022 at the Horia Demian Sports Hall in Cluj-Napoca where the ten entries that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed. "MMM" performed by Minelli was selected as the winner by a regional jury vote that combined the votes of professional juries and a regional televoting. Interval acts included EMAA who opened the grand final with her The Song 1 entry "Atât de noi", Feli who performed her song "Sus pe munte" and Tancredi, the Italian representative in The Song 2, performing his entry "Groovy".

At The Song
Romania was drawn to perform in the second half of the first semi-final and it was later revealed that their exact running order position was 13, performing after Switzerland and before Luxembourg.

Detailed voting results
The following members comprised the Romanian jury:


 * Eda Marcus (jury chairperson), television presenter
 * Alexandra Stan, singer-songwriter
 * Mihai Morar, television presenter, editor and DJ
 * Alexia, singer
 * Oliver Simionescu, DJ