Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Country	Romania
National selection
Selection process	Selecția Națională 2016
Selection date(s)	Semi-final: 4 March 2016 Final: 6 March 2016
Selected artist(s)	Ovidiu Anton
Selected song	"Moment of Silence"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ovidiu Anton
Placement
Semi-final result	Disqualified
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Romania had originally applied and selected an entry to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, however, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) removed the Romanian national broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) from all EBU member services, including the contest, following repeated non-payment of debts on 22 April 2016. With TVR's inability to broadcast the contest, the Romanian entry became ineligible to compete and was removed from the contest.

The Romanian entry for the 2016 contest would have been the song "Moment of Silence" written and performed by Ovidiu Anton. TVR organised the national final Selecția Națională 2016 in order to select the Romanian entry. The national final consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. Twelve entries were selected to compete in the semi-final on 4 March 2016 where a five-member jury panel selected four entries to advance to the final, while a public vote selected an additional two entries to enter the final. The six qualifiers competed in the final on 6 March 2016 where "Moment of Silence" performed by Ovidiu Anton was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.