{"id":10190,"date":"2026-05-18T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10190"},"modified":"2026-05-18T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:00:26","slug":"romania-takes-third-place-at-eurovision-2026-with-alexandra-capitanescus-choke-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10190","title":{"rendered":"Romania takes third place at Eurovision 2026 with Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu\u2019s \u201cChoke Me\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania finished in third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with singer <strong>Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu<\/strong> earning 296 points for her performance of Choke Me in the Grand Final held in Vienna. She received 232 points from the public televote and 64 points from the professional juries.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was won by Bulgaria, represented by DARA with the song Bangaranga, while Israel finished second with Michelle performed by Noam Bettan.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eurovision <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovision.com\/stories\/dara-wins-the-eurovision-song-contest-2026-for-bulgaria\/\" target=\"_blank\">organizers<\/a>, Bulgaria secured its first-ever Eurovision victory with a total of 516 points, winning both the jury vote and the public televote &#8211; the first time both groups selected the same winner in nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Romania\u2019s entry was considered one of the surprises of the competition, with Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu delivering what organizers described as an electrifying performance featuring lasers and high-energy staging that brought the audience to its feet, <a href=\"https:\/\/tvrinfo.ro\/alexandra-capitanescu-reprezentanta-romaniei-pe-locul-trei-la-eurovision-2026-prestatie-de-exceptie\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tvrinfo.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Speaking after returning to Romania at Henri Coand\u0103 International Airport, Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu thanked supporters and said the result showed Romanians can unite behind local talent, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/agerpres.ro\/cultura-media\/2026\/05\/17\/alexandra-capitanescu-romania-a-demonstrat-ca-poate-fi-un-popor-unit-care-isi-sprijina-talentele--1557031\" target=\"_blank\">Agerpres<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe finished third, but we were second in the public vote, which means we were the winners of people\u2019s hearts,\u201d the singer said, adding that the achievement would not have been possible without her team and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Romania\u2019s previous best Eurovision results were two third-place finishes achieved by Lumini\u021ba Anghel &amp; Sistem in 2005 and Paula Seling \u0219i Ovi in 2010, as well as a fourth-place finish by Mihai Tr\u0103istariu in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source:\u00a0<em>Inquam Photos \/<a href=\"https:\/\/inquamphotos.com\/user\/octav-ganea\">Octav\u00a0Ganea<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania finished in third place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, with singer Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu earning 296 points for her performance of Choke Me in the Grand Final held in Vienna. She received 232 points from the public televote and 64 points from the professional juries. The competition was won by Bulgaria, represented by DARA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}