Interval acts for the first semi-final on 27 January included covers of the past Eurovision Song Contest entries "Volare" (Italy 1958), "Congratulations" (United Kingdom 1968) ,"What's Another Year" (Ireland 1980), "Diva" (Israel 1998) and "Everyway That I Can" (Turkey 2003) performed by Romanian artists such as Luminița Anghel and Taxi. Additionally, a boxing match between Anghel and native actress Luiza took place. Although scheduled to be performed in the fifth position at "Selecția Națională", "Make-It" by Giulia Nahmany was disqualified due to accusations of plagiarising "Risin'" (2004) by Natalia. Todomondo, Rednex and Ro-Mania, and Morandi and Wassabi made up the top three of the televote. The results of the semi-final were: