Alexandra Căpitănescu performs third in Romania Eurovision 2026 semifinal
Alexandra Căpitănescu will perform third in the second Eurovision semifinal today as romania eurovision 2026 moves into a 15-act elimination round. That slot puts the Romanian singer early in a field where every performance is chasing one of the limited places in the grand final.
She won The Voice of Romania in 2023 and built the next stage of her career quickly, releasing her debut EP, Căpitnu, within a year, then adding several solo singles. The schedule gives her one of the first chances to set the tone for a semifinal that opens with Bulgarian singer DARA and includes Azerbaijani singer JIVA.
Alexandra Căpitănescu in Bucharest
Căpitănescu has paired the music run with a master’s degree in the physics department in Bucharest and previously earned a bachelor’s degree. She plans to work as a medical physicist, a path that sits alongside a catalog she writes mostly with musicians from her own band and Romanian composers.
She has also performed at Electric Castle and toured Romania, which gives her a live résumé that goes beyond a talent-show win. The official Eurovision profile describes her as one of Romania’s most promising young performers, and that is the kind of label that only sticks when the live track record backs it up.
15 Contestants, One Final
Fifteen contestants will compete in the second Eurovision semifinal for a place in the grand final. That makes the running order more than a footnote: going third means Căpitănescu will be on stage while the night is still forming, before the field has settled into a pattern.
JIVA brings one older reference point into the lineup, having been among the finalists in Azerbaijan’s national selection in 2011. DARA opens the show, so the semifinal begins with a Bulgarian performance before Romania’s act arrives early in the sequence.
Music and Discipline
“Science teaches me discipline, and music teaches me freedom.” Căpitănescu said that about the balance she is trying to keep, and it fits the way her profile has been built: formal study on one side, original releases on the other. “I don’t want to be louder than my music,” she also said, which is a useful line for a contest night that rewards clarity more than noise.
For Romania, the practical question is simple: an early draw in a 15-act semifinal leaves little room for a slow build. Căpitănescu enters with a talent-show win, fresh releases, and a live circuit behind her; the next step is whether the performance order turns that profile into a place in the final.
