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.

On 13 February 2022 it was revealed that Romania didn't qualify for the Grand Final.

On 26 February 2022 it was revealed that Romania finished 13th with 58 points (including 12 from Turkey), missing qualifying by eight points.