Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest 58

Romania will participate in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 58, edition held in Vitebsk, Belarus.

The Romanian entry will be selected through a national selection.

The winner of the national selection was "Papa" by SICKOTOY, Elvana Gjata and INNA.

National Selection
The format of the competition will consist of ten shows: four quarter-final rounds, four semi-final rounds, a second chance round and a final.

TVR opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries for Own Eurovision Song Contest 58 in November 2021. 64 songs qualified for the 4 (four) quarterfinals. The top 10 songs from each quarterfinal qualified for the 4 (four) semifinals. The top three acts from each semifinal will qualify for the final, while four songs will have another chance to qualify from The Second Chance Round.

Key:
 * – Contestant won Selecția Națională 58.
 * – Contestant was finalist in Selecția Națională 58.

Quarterfinals
Key:
 * the quarterfinals allocation draw took place on November 12, 2021.
 * 10 songs, from each quarterfinal, will qualify for the semifinals.
 * – Contestant qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

 * the first quarter final took place on 28 November 2021
 * the show took place in Brașov

Quarterfinal 2

 * the second quarter final took place on 2 December 2021
 * the show took place in Sibiu

Quarterfinal 3

 * the second quarter final took place on 5 December 2021
 * the show took place in Deva

Quarterfinal 4

 * the fourth quarter final took place on 9 December 2021
 * the show took place in Reșița

Semifinals
Key:
 * the semifinals allocation draw took place on December 10, 2021.
 * 3 songs, from each semifinal, will qualify for the final, while 4 songs will qualify for the second chance round.
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.
 * – Contestant qualified to the Second Chance Round.

Semifinal 1

 * the first semifinal took place on 9 January 2022
 * the show took place in Timișoara

Semifinal 2

 * the second semifinal took place on 13 January 2022
 * the show took place in Arad

Semifinal 3

 * the third semifinal took place on 16 January 2022
 * the show took place in Oradea

Semifinal 4

 * the fourth semifinal took place on 20 January 2022
 * the show took place in Satu Mare

Second Chance Round
Key:
 * the second chance round took place on 23 January 2022
 * the show took place in Cluj Napoca
 * 4 songs will qualify to the final
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.

Final
Key:
 * the final took place on 30 January 2022
 * the show took place in București
 * – Contestant won Selecția Națională 58.
 * – Contestant was the runner-up of Selecția Națională 58.
 * – Contestant was on the third place in Selecția Națională 58.

At Own Eurovision Song Contest
Romania will participate in one of the two semi-finals.

On 5 February 2022, Romania was draw to perform in the second half of the second semifinal.

On 6 Ferbruary 2022 it was revealed that Romania will perform on spot 12 out of the 21 countries from the second semifinal.