Romanian duo - disaster at Eurovision

Luni, 26 mai 2008, 10:23 English | Top News

Romanian representatives in the international pop contest Eurovision, Nico and Vlad Mirita, were among the first to climb on the stage and among the last in the final ranking - 20th out of 25 candidates. Russia was the star and winner of the Eurovision, followed by Ukraine and Greece.

The song representing Romania obtained 45 points, getting the maximum score only from Spain and Moldova. Romania offered the maximum score to the Greek representative.

The final ranking was:

Russia - 272 p.
Ukraine - 230 p.
Greece - 218 p.
Armenia - 199 p.
Norway - 182 p.
Serbia - 160 p.
Turkey - 138 p.
Azerbaijan -132 p.
Israel - 124 p.
Bosnia - Hertzegovina -110 p.
Georgia - 83 p.
Latvia - 83 p.
Portugal -69 p.
Iceland -64 p.
Denmark -60 p.
Spain - 55 p.
Albania - 55 p.
Sweden - 47 p.
France - 47 p.
Romania - 45 p.
Croatia - 44 p.
Finland - 35 p.
Germany -14 p.
Poland - 14 p.
United Kingdom - 14 p.

Romania's best ranking at Eurovision was the third place in 2005 (Luminita Anghel and Sistem - "Let Me Try") and fourth, in 2006 (Mihai Traistariu - "Tornero").