D.G.T. (Off and On)
[1] After being remade as a solo-version made specifically to enter Selecția Națională 2023, the Romanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, the song would manage to win the competition, therefore earning the Romanian spot for that year's contest.[2][3] In interviews, Theodor Andrei expressed a desire to mix several musical genres that would both appeal to Romanians and foreign listeners, wanting to create a song that Romania had "never sent to the grand final.Andrei reportedly wrote the instrumental "out of boredom", and with the help of friend Luca De Mezzo, would then write the pre-chorus of the song.According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.On 31 January 2023, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.