Romania have begun their search for the act to represent them at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal. There will be five semi-finals in different cities each week.

The acts taking part in the first semi-final in Focşani were –

• Lina – A Love Worth Falling For
• Johnny Bădulescu – Devoted
• Hellen – From Underneath
• Eduard Santha – Mesom Romales
• Echoes – Mirror
• Alex Florea – Nobody Told Me It Would Hurt
• Waleska – Reborn
• Liviu Anghel – Rise Up
• CornEL – Take Me Away
• Tom Hartis – Teardrop Rain
• Elena Turcu – The Perfect Fall
• Alexia & Matei – Walking On Water

The three acts to qualify were –

• Eduard Santha 
• Echoes 
• Alexia & Matei 

Source: ESC Covers

You can see the three qualifiers below –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_36pXsYrY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sphL-7e2I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXsZBP6g8_s