| Eurovision Song Contest 2017 | ||||
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| Country |  Romania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Selecția Națională 2017 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-final: 26 February 2017 Final: 5 March 2017 | |||
| Selected entrant | Ilinca feat. Alex Florea | |||
| Selected song | "Yodel It!" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (6th, 174 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 282 points | |||
| Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Yodel It!" written by Mihai Alexandru and Alexandra Niculae. The song was performed by Ilinca and Alex Florea. In October 2016, the Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) announced that they would be returning to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their forced withdrawal in 2016 due to repeated non-payment of debts to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). TVR organised the national final Selecția Națională 2017 in order to select the Romanian entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. The national final consisted of two shows: a semi-final and a final. Fifteen entries were selected to compete in the semi-final on 26 February 2017 where a five-member jury panel selected ten entries to advance to the final. The ten qualifiers competed in the final on 5 March 2017 where "Yodel It!" performed by Ilinca and Alex Florea was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.
Romania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 5, "Yodel It!" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Romania placed sixth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 174 points. In the final, Romania performed in position 20 and placed seventh out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 282 points.