 Cătălin Măruță and 3rei Sud Est were hired as hosts.Due to multiple requests from observers, TVR decided to establish a commission on 5 February to analyse several entries in regards to their compliance to the competition's regulations.Interval acts for the first semi-final on 27 January included covers of the past Eurovision Song Contest entries "Volare" (Italy 1958), "Congratulations" (United Kingdom 1968) ,"What's Another Year" (Ireland 1980), "Diva" (Israel 1998) and "Everyway That I Can" (Turkey 2003) performed by Romanian artists such as Luminița Anghel and Taxi.