Irish songwriter Karl Broderick submitted his song " Twilight " in the competition to select Romania 's Eurovision Song Contest entry after correctly predicting that Jedward would win the Irish selection with their song " Waterline " , where Karl was one of the songwriters . After Jedward 's entry was chosen to represent Ireland , Broderick told RTÉ about " Twillight " : " '' The song is a nod to the popular films of the same name , about vampires , so I thought it would be interesting to send the song to the home of Transylvania . They ( Romania ) came third two years ago . '' " In November 2011 , a rumor started on the internet that Romania will withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 . None of the TVR officials commented the rumors until mid-January , 2012 when it was officially announced that Romania will compete in that year 's edition of the contest . The plan of a national final was partly abolished , as TVR approached Inna to represent Romania in the competition . She eventually refused the participation , claiming full agenda and schedules in the time prior to the final as the only reason for her resignation . As the internal selection did n't go well , on February 5 , 2012 it was announced that TVR opened a pre-selection of entries for the fifteenth edition of Selecția Națională
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012