“Golden Stag” trophy to be awarded on Saturday

Trophy of Romania’s international music festival “Golden Stag”, currently running in Brașov Sfatului Square, will be awarded on Saturday, 1st of September and on Sunday, September 2nd, audience is invited to a special evening dedicate to Romania’s Great Union Centenary.

Radio Romania (The Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company) is a co-producer of the "Golden Stag" Festival, organized by the Romanian Public Television (TVR).

Screenings of excerpts from previous editions, taken from the archive of the Romanian Television, which is the main organiser of the event, will accompany this year’s competition, which brings to Romania 18 competitors from 15 countries: Kelly Joyce (France), Antonia Gigovska (Macedonia), Karl William Lund (Great Britain), Amalia Margaryan (Armenia), Tiziana Camelin and Damiano Borgi (Italy), John Karayiannis (Cyprus), Inis Neziri (Albania), Basti (San Marino), Olivier Kaye (Belgium), Omer Netzer (Israel), Lidia Isac (the Republic of Moldova), Jorge Gonzalez (Spain), Ryan O’Shaughnessy (Ireland), Dinaya (Kazakhstan), and 3 Romanian singers: Ovidiu Anton, Dora Gaitanovici and Raluca Blejusca. So far, Romania’s representatives have won the Golden Stag Trophy 5 times: Luminita Dobrescu in 1969, Monica Anghel in 1996, Proconsul in 2001, Paula Seling in 2002 and Razvan Crivaci in 2008, according to Radio Romania International (RRI).

This year, 18 candidates from 15 countries will fight for the trophy. These are:

Albania: Inis Nezeri

Armenia: Amaliya Margaryan

Belgium: Olivier Kaye

Cyprus: John Karayiannis

France: Kelly-Joyce Bale

Ireland: Ryan O’Shaughnessy

Israel: Omer Netzer

Italy: Damiano Borgi, Tiziana Camelin

Kazakhstan: Dinara Kairova

FYR Macedonia: Antonia Gigovska

United Kingdom: Karl William Lund

Moldova: Lidia Isac

Romania: Dora Gaitanovici, Ovidiu Anton, Raluca Blejusca

San Marino: Sebastian Schmidt

Spain: Jorge Gonzalez

Apart from the Grand Trophy, worth 25,000 euros, and the 3 competition prizes, the competitors can also win the Award for the best performance of a Romanian song, the Brasov Award, the audience award, the Festival Media Award and the Public Broadcasters Award.

Source:RRA,RRI,Eurovision.Translated by Miruna Matei