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Alex Florea

© EBU/Andres Putting

About

Quick Facts

Name
Alexandru Ionuț Florea

Born
15 September 1991

Nationality
🇷🇴 Romanian

National Selection
Selecția Națională 2018
Selecția Națională 2017

In Eurovision
2017 Kyiv

Song
Yodel It1 (2017, with Ilinca)

Biography

Alexandru Ionuț “Alex” Florea (b. September 15, 1991, Constanța[2][3]) is a Romanian singer. He was born in Constanța and studied journalism, but interrupted it and studied acting at “Ovidiu” University in Constanța.

In March 2015, he took part in The X-Factor, together with his brother Cristian Goaie.  In the same year, he was in Vocea României (The Voice of Romania) and managed to reach the semi-finals.

In 2017, he took part in Selecția Națională 2017the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, together with Ilinca. With the song “Yodel it!”, they were able to win, so that they could represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. In the Grand Final they ended up in 7th place.

A year later, Florea took part in Selecția Națională again, with a song called “Nobody told me it would hurt”. The song didn’t manage to survive the semifinals. In the same year, Florea took part in another talent show, The Four – Cei 4!. 

As an actor, Florea played the role of Quasimodo in the musical Cocosatul de la Notre Dame. The play was premiered on June 22, 2018 and he did the tour in 2018 and 2019.

In January 2021, Alex teamed up with Masymeno and released the song “Soare”.

Entries

Yodel It! (with Ilinca)

Country
🇷🇴 Romania

Year
2017

Language
English

Lyrics
Alexa Niculae

Music
Mihai Alexandru

Backings
Cristian Goaie

Results Semi

Points: 174
Position: 6
Running order: 5

Results Finals

Points: 282
Position: 7
Running order: 20