Eurovision 2008: Romania

Tuomo writes: The first year or two, Romania struggled to find its way to the top ten, let alone to make it to the following year (like Finland), but then in course of the past few year (with the exception of 2007) Romania has submitted some interesting pearls, more in the genre of club music than in terms of traditional Eurovision fluff. Could 2008 be Romania's year with Nico& Vlad and Pe-o margine de lume:

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Cum se spune la “Come to papa” în limba română?! :-)

Wow, not only one but two entries in Italian – or at least parts of it! Consequently, I’m quivering like bowl of jell-o from the mere pleasure of hearing some more Italian. And then there’s that hunk-and-a-half singing in Romanian, philologically the closest relative to Italian that still retains three genders and cases dating from its latin roots to boot. Basically an equation to make me me feel all hot and bothered. Is it hot in here or is it just you, Vlad?! :-) Oh and the song itself is pure Eurovision heaven: a power ballad on loving the other till eternity with modulations and stuff is just what the doctor prescribed.

In other words, in case you failed to notice, Romania is my favourite and gets my douze points if I had to vote on the basis of the entries heard so far. And my day dreams have now taken the form of someone called Vlad giving me a call. Chiamami - te rog! :-)