Romania in The Song 3

Romania took part in the third edition of The Song which was hosted by Cyprus in Nicosia.

Before The Song
On 22 July, TVR announced that a national selection would take place to decide the Romanian entrant.

E altceva #02
TVR organized the follow-up edition of E altceva in order to determine the Romanian representative for The Song 3. The competition consisted of a single final on 29 July 2022. The live show was hosted by Eda Marcus.

Format
The format of the competition consisted of a single final. Ten songs competed in the final. The results of the final were determined by a regional vote, comprising of a 50/50 vote split between the jury voting and a public televoting.

Competing entries
The competing entries were revealed on 23 July 2022 in a special show hosted by Eda Marcus held at the TVR Headquarters in Bucharest. The lineup featured two returning artists from the previous edition: Both Holy Molly and Olivia Addams are a part of the supergroup Jealous Friend, and competed individually in the previous edition. In addition, Holy Molly also competed with a solo entry featuring rapper Tata Vlad. EMAA, the first ever artist to represent Romania in The Song also returned alongside DJ Project to compete in the national selection. On 24 July, TVR announced that Loredvn was disqualified due to unsure circumstances with the ownership of his entry, and Jealous Friend was named as the replacement entry.

Final
The final took place on 29 July 2022 at Romexpo in Bucharest where ten entries competed. "Belladonna" performed by Karmen and BRUJA won the competition over Alexia by 1 point. Interval acts included Minelli, who opened the grand final with her The Song 2 entry "MMM", Roxen, who performed her song "Nono Bad" and Irina Rimes, who performed "Lelele".

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