Romania in Own Eurovision Song Contest 60

Romania will participate in the Own Eurovision Song Contest 60.

The Romanian entry will be selected through a national selection. EMAA will represent Romania with her song "Ultima dată".

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 60 in May 2022. 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 60.
 * – Contestant was finalist in Selecția Națională 60.

Quarterfinals

 * 10 songs, from each quarterfinal, will qualify for the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1
The first quarterfinal took place in Timișoara on June 3rd, 2022. The top ten songs qualified for the semifinals.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 2
The second quarterfinal took place in Arad on June 10th, 2022. 10 songs qualified for the semifinals.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 3
The third quarterfinal took place in Oradea on June 17th, 2022. The top ten songs qualified for the semifinals.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 4
The fourth quarterfinal took place in Cluj Napoca on June 24th, 2022. The top ten songs qualified for the semifinals.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the semifinals.

Semifinals

 * 3 songs, from each semifinal, will qualify for the final, while 4 songs will qualify for the second chance round.

Semifinal 1
The first semifinal took place in Sibiu on June 28th, 2022. The top three songs qualified to the final, while four songs qualified to the second chance round.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.
 * – Contestant qualified to the Second Chance Round.

Semifinal 2
The second semifinal took place in Brașov on July 6th, 2022. The top three songs qualified to the final, while four songs qualified to the second chance round.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.
 * – Contestant qualified to the Second Chance Round.

Semifinal 3
The third semifinal took place in Miercurea Ciuc on July 10th, 2022. The top three songs qualified to the final, while four songs qualified to the second chance round.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.
 * – Contestant qualified to the Second Chance Round.

Semifinal 4
The fourth semifinal took place in Piatra Neamț on July 13th, 2022. The top three songs qualified to the final, while four songs qualified to the second chance round.

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.
 * – Contestant qualified to the Second Chance Round.

Second Chance Round
The second chance round took place in Craiova on July 17th, 2022. The top four songs qualified to the final.
 * 4 songs will qualify to the final

Key:
 * – Contestant qualified to the final.

Final
The final took place in Bucharest on September 19th, 2022.

Key:
 * – Contestant won Selecția Națională 60.
 * – Contestant was the runner-up of Selecția Națională 60.
 * – Contestant was on the third place in Selecția Națională 60.

At Own Eurovision Song Contest
Romania will participate in one of the two semi-finals. Romania was draw to perform in the second half of the second semifinal. Romania was draw to perform 13th in the second semifinal, unfortunately it didn't manage to qualify for the Grand Final. After the final it was revealed that Romania placed 15th out of 21 songs receiving an amount of 51 points.