Romania in The Song 6

Romania took part in the sixth edition of The Song which was hosted by the Netherlands in Rotterdam.

Before The Song
On 8 March, TVR announced that a national selection would take place to decide the Romanian entrant.

E altceva #05
TVR organized the fifth edition of E altceva in order to determine the Romanian representative for The Song 6. The competition consisted of a single final on TBA 2023. The live show was hosted by TBA.

Format
The format of the competition consisted of a single final. In contrary to previous editions, the lineup was cut down to seven songs. The results of the final were determined by a public televoting.

Competing entries
The competing entries were revealed on 11 March 2023 in a special show hosted by Eda Marcus held at the TVR Headquarters in Bucharest. For the first time ever, no returning artists returned from previous editions.

Final
The final took place on 26 March 2023 at Romexpo in Bucharest where seven entries competed. The winner was Ioana Ignat with the song "Tăcerea". Some time later it was discovered that Ioana Ignat has been sentenced to jail for manslaughter. TVR took the liberty to internally select among the remaining E Altceva contestants who to send as a replacement to the contest. E-an-na was announced as the representative with the song "O, romaniţa".