Florena

Florena Ticu Sandro (born September 11, 1999, Oradea, Romania) is a Romanian Pop music singer and the youngest participant in Romania's Natioanl Selection for Eurovision.

Career
Encouraged by her mother, Florena took her first singing lessons at the age of 5 in the Palace of Children and Students from Oradea, where she sang for the first time on stage. At 7 years old, fresh schoolgirl she already won her first contest, and a year later she came under the wing of her school teacher, Horjan Meda, from Meda Music School, with which she is preparing now.

In 2013, Florena took part in the X Factor Romania, where she was part of Dan Bittman's team of five. She was eliminated in Week 3, where the top 9 compeeted.

In 2016, Florena released her first single "Behind the Shadows", with which she qualified in the Final of the National Final of the Eurovision Song Contest Romania. The pop balad "Behind the shadows" is signed by  Laurenţiu Duţă and Gabriel Huiban, the lyrics were created by  Huiban and Adam Powers.

Own Eurovision Song Contest
Florena represented Romania in the 44th edition of the Own Eurovision Song Contest, where her song "Behind the Shadows" was placed 6th, receiving a total amount of 129 points.