On 6 March 2010 , the '' Selecția Națională '' was held in order to select the Romanian entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest . Subsequently , " Playing with Fire " was chosen to represent Romania at the contest after the votes of regional jury panels ( 12 points ) and public televoting ( 12 points ) were combined , resulting in 24 points . Seling accidentally broke the trophy after falling off her hands , which was the subject of irony of an article written by an editor of Ele.ro . Seling and Ovi 's win was contested by Romanian singer Luminița Anghel — who had already represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 — although she was in turn criticized for causing the death of several butterflies during the show for her entry " Save Their Lives " with Tony Tomas and Adrian Piper . Later in March , it was speculated that Eriksrud — who is not of Romanian origin or citizenship — was one of the writers of " Playing with Fire " along with Ovi , which was not permitted by the rules of the '' Selecția Națională '' and would have led to the song 's disqualification from the contest . However , the latter soon after denied the accusations , confirming that Eriksrud only produced the track and was given half of its copyrights by him after it was registered at Norwegian copyright corporation TONO
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Playing with Fire (Paula Seling and Ovi song)