page_title: Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
section_title: Semi-final
hierarchical_section_title: Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 / At Eurovision / Semi-final
caption_attribution_description: English: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Voltaj Deutsch: Eurovision Song Contest Vienna 2015: Voltaj
context_page_description: Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "De la capăt" written by Călin Gavril Goia, Gabriel Constantin, Adrian Cristescu, Silviu-Marian Păduraru, Victor-Răzvan Alstani, Monica-Ana Stevens and Andrei-Madalin Leonte, and performed by Romanian band Voltaj. The nation's broadcaster, Televiziunea Română, organised the Selecția Națională 2015, a preselection show, in order to select the Romanian entry for the 2015 contest held in Vienna, Austria. In a field of twelve songs, "De la capăt" emerged as the winner after scoring top marks from both a jury panel and a public televote. While the track was performed at the Romanian national final in Romanian language, Voltaj finally decided to perform the song in a Romanian-English bilingual version at the Eurovision Song Contest. The recording garnered press attention over Europe for its message, which refers to Romanians who have left their children in Romania in order to support them by working in other countries. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals, "De la capăt" placed fifth out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final.
context_section_description: Voltaj took part in technical rehearsals on 12 and 15 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 18 and 19 May. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country, responsible for 50 percent of each country's vote, watched and voted on the competing entries.
  The stage show featured the members of Voltaj dressed in black outfits designed by Florin Dobre and performing in a band set-up with several suitcases placed around the stage floor. The background LED screens displayed stacked intermodal containers with scenes from the official music video for the Romanian entry projected on their surfaces. The stage director that was part of the Romanian delegation, Daniel Klinger, stated: "It is all about the message of a song, especially because the guys perform their song in Romanian. The colour set up will be mostly black and white, but we will use some inserts from the video and show them in the background."
  At the end of the show, Romania was announced as having finished in the top ten and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Romania placed fifth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 89 points.
caption: Voltaj at a dress rehearsal for the first semi-final
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