In 2011 , he co-wrote the song " Zaleilah " together with Ionescu Elena and Secada Dihigo Omar . The song represented Romania in 2012 Eurovision Song Contest and was sung by Romanian Latino band Mandinga . It finished 12th overall , but was a great commercial success . In 2014 , Costiță Ioniță had an international hit with the multilingual song in Arabic , English and Spanish titled " Habibi ( I Need Your Love ) " co-written by him and Australian singer of Lebanese origin Faydee ( full name Fady Fatrouny ) . The song by Shaggy , Mohombi , Faydee and Costi has charted internationally and spun off a Bulgarian version by Bulgarian singer Galena and Faydee and a Russian version by the Uzbek singer Shahzoda with Faydee and Dr. Costiță . He has cooperated and produced for a number of artists including Shaggy , Australian singer Faydee , Bulgarian singer Andrea amongst many . International collaborations have ensued as in the 2017 Shaggy hit featuring Jamaican singer OMI in " Seasons " and Astra featuring Kevin Lyttle & Costiță in " Turn Me On Fuego " , a remake of Kevin Lyttle 's 2003 hit " Turn Me On "
2012 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Costi Ioniță