Mandinga (band)

Romanian pop group

Mandinga

Mandinga in 2009

Background information
Origin| Bucharest, Romania
Genres| Latin pop, salsa
Years active| 2002–present
Labels| Cat Music
Members| Barbara Isasi
Alex
Chupi
Zach (Valle)
El Niño
Omar
Tony
Past members| Elena Gheorghe
Elena Ionescu
Website| mandinga.ro

Mandinga is a Romanian pop group band from Bucharest. The original soloist of the band was Elena Gheorghe who left in 2005. From 2006 until 2016, the lead vocalist was Elena Ionescu. Ionescu left the band in March 2016 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Spanish singer Barbara Isasi.[1]

After winning the Romanian national final, the group represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and placed 12th with the song "Zaleilah".[2]

## Discography

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### Albums

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* ...de corazón (2003)
* Soarele Meu (2005)
* Gozalo (2006)
* Donde (2008)
* Club de Mandinga (2012)

### Singles

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International singles
List of singles, with selected chart positions  Year  | Title  | Peak chart positions  | Certifications | Album

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ROM
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2012  | "Europarty"  | —  | —  | —  |  | Club de Mandinga
"Zaleilah"  | 2  | 78  | 48  |
"Papichulo"  | —  | —  | —  |
2013  | "The Mac Mac Song"  | —  | —  | —  |  |
"La Vita E Bella"  | —  | —  | —  |  |
"Cinéma"  | —  | —  | —  |  |

## See also

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* List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets

## References

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1. ^ Honciuc, Bogdan (14 March 2016). "Romania: Elena Ionescu leaves Mandinga to pursue solo career". Wiwibloggs. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. ^ "It's Mandinga for Romania | News | Eurovision Song Contest – Baku 2012". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
3. ^ Airplay 100 on KissFM (Podcast April 29, 2012) Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "Belgium Flanders Ultratip Chart". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
5. ^ "SwedishCharts.com Mandinga discography (Sweden)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2012.

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Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation|

* ~~1993~~
* 1994
* ~~1996~~
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* ~~2016~~
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

Artists|

* Theodor Andrei
* Luminița Anghel
* Monica Anghel
* ~~Ovidiu Anton~~
* Dan Bittman
* Cezar
* ~~Dida Drăgan~~
* Elena
* Alex Florea
* Hotel FM
* The Humans
* Ilinca
* Mandinga
* Nico
* Nicola
* Mălina Olinescu
* Ovi
* Marcel Pavel
* Ester Peony
* Roxen
* Sanda
* Paula Seling
* ~~Sincron~~
* Sistem
* Taxi
* Todomondo
* Mihai Trăistariu
* Vlad
* Voltaj
* Wrs

Songs|

* ~~"Alcohol You"~~
* "Amnesia"
* "The Balkan Girls"
* "Change"
* "D.G.T. (Off and On)"
* "De la capăt (All Over Again)"
* "Dincolo de nori"
* "Don't Break My Heart"
* "Eu cred"
* "Goodbye"
* "I Admit"
* "It's My Life"
* "Let Me Try"
* "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You"
* "Llámame"
* "Miracle"
* ~~"Moment of Silence"~~
* "The Moon"
* ~~" Nu pleca"~~
* "On a Sunday"
* "Pe-o margine de lume"
* "Playing with Fire"
* ~~" Rugă pentru pacea lumii"~~
* "Tell Me Why"
* "Tornerò"
* "Yodel It!"
* "Zaleilah"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Romania did not compete.

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Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Countries|

| Final|

* Albania
* Azerbaijan
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Estonia
* France
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Norway
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom

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Semi-finals|

* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Finland
* Georgia
* Israel
* Latvia
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Portugal
* San Marino
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Switzerland

Withdrawn|

* Armenia

Artists|

| Final|

* Ivi Adamou
* Anggun
* Sabina Babayeva
* Can Bonomo
* Buranovskiye Babushki
* Kurt Calleja
* Compact Disco
* Eleftheria Eleftheriou
* Gaitana
* Greta Salóme and Jónsi
* Engelbert Humperdinck
* Jedward
* Željko Joksimović
* Kaliopi
* Ott Lepland
* Roman Lob
* Loreen
* Mandinga
* Donny Montell
* Rona Nishliu
* Pasha Parfeni
* Soluna Samay
* Maya Sar
* Pastora Soler
* Tooji
* Nina Zilli

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Semi-finals|

* Rambo Amadeus
* Anmary
* Nina Badrić
* Eva Boto
* Joan Franka
* Iris
* Izabo
* Anri Jokhadze
* Litesound
* Max Jason Mai
* Sofi Marinova
* Valentina Monetta
* Pernilla
* Sinplus
* Filipa Sousa
* Trackshittaz

Songs|

| Final|

* "L'amore è femmina (Out of Love)"
* "Aphrodisiac"
* "Be My Guest"
* "Crno i belo"
* "Echo (You and I)"
* "Euphoria"
* "Korake ti znam"
* "Kuula"
* "La La Love"
* "Lăutar"
* "Love Is Blind"
* "Love Me Back"
* "Love Will Set You Free"
* "Never Forget"
* "Nije ljubav stvar"
* "Party for Everybody"
* "Quédate conmigo"
* "Should've Known Better"
* "Sound of Our Hearts"
* "Standing Still"
* "Stay"
* "Suus"
* "This Is the Night"
* "Waterline"
* "When the Music Dies"
* "Zaleilah"

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Semi-finals|

* "Beautiful Song"
* "Don't Close Your Eyes"
* "Euro Neuro"
* "I'm a Joker"
* "Love Unlimited"
* "När jag blundar"
* "Nebo"
* "The Social Network Song (Oh Oh – Uh - Oh Oh)"
* "Time"
* "Unbreakable"
* "Verjamem"
* "Vida minha"
* "We Are the Heroes"
* "Woki mit deim Popo"
* "Would You?"
* "You and Me"

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