Alexandra Căpitănescu to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Romanians chose their representative for the 2026 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest on March 4, during the national final. Alexandra Căpitănescu, aged 22, won with the song “Choke Me.”

This year, the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in May in Vienna. Alexandra, originally from Galați, is a student at the Faculty of Physics in Bucharest. In 2023, when she was just 19, she won the Romanian version of “The Voice.”