" Yodel It ! " was written solely by Alexandra Niculae , while production was handled by Mihai Alexandru . In an interview , Ilinca revealed that after Alexandru had finished the song , he invited her via Facebook to his studio as she was the only person he knew in Romania who could yodel . The track was originally recorded with a solo vocal , but Florea was chosen as a featured vocal artist as Ilinca and Alexandru felt the initial version was incomplete . He received the offer to sing on the track two weeks before the song was to be submitted for the selection of the Romanian song for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest . It was later revealed that Niculae wrote " Yodel It ! " initially for the Swiss band Timebelle , the Swiss representative for Eurovision 2017 , and that it was planned to be the song that represented Switzerland in the contest with Ilinca as the band 's vocalist . However , the track was rejected by the group in favor of " Apollo " . Alexandru submitted " Yodel It ! " to the Romanian national selection committee although it " ha d nothing Romanian in it "
2017 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Yodel It!