After an internal selection , Gheorghe was elected to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " The Balkan Girls " written by Laurenţiu Duţă . She came second in the voting result , but as the jury voted for her , she won the National Final . At Eurovision , in Moscow she qualified for the Grand Final where she came the nineteenth after accumulating a total of 40 points ( 12 points from Moldova ) . After Eurovision she became more famous Europe-wide and released her signature song " Disco Romancing " which was a smash hit in Romania as well as a top-ten in Hungary and a mild success in Czech Republic , Netherlands , Poland and Slovakia
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Elena Gheorghe