Taxi (Romanian band)

Romanian pop-rock band

For other bands, see Taxi (disambiguation) § Music.

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Taxi is a Romanian pop-rock band. The band's musical genres include rock, contemporary pop, using Nashville-style guitar licks.

Taxi

Origin| Romania
Genres| pop rock, pop, alternative rock, satirical music, rock, contemporary pop, folk rock
Years active| 1999–present
Members| Dan Teodorescu
Adrian Bortun
Cantemir Neacşu
Mugurel Coman
Darius
Vicky Albu
Website| http://www.trupataxi.ro

The band was founded on 13 March 1999 in Bucharest. It represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song The Moon, finishing 17th.

## Band members

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* Dan Teodorescu (vocals, guitar)
* Adrian Bortun (bass guitar)- until November 2009
* Cantemir Neacșu (lead guitars), January 2006 – present
* George (a.k.a. Georgică or GXG) Pătrănoiu (lead guitars) December 1999 – January 2006
* Andrei Bărbulescu (drums), March–November 1999, February 2003 – June 2006 (?)
* Lucian Cioargă (drums), December 1999 – February 2003
* Darius Neagu (drums), July 2006 – present
* Mugurel Coman (keyboards), January 2006 – present
* Vicky Albu (vocals)
* Kerezsi Csongor (bass guitar) - November 2009 – present

## Albums

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* Jumătate de album (November 1999)
* Trag un claxon (July 2000: Jumătate de album plus seven more songs)
* Comunitaru'  (2001)
* Americanofonia (summer 2001)
* De cursă lungă (2002)
* C (June 2003)
* Politica (2004)
* Romantica (2007)
* Cele 2 cuvinte (2011)
* 15 (2014)
* 20 (2019)

## Notes

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## External links

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* Official Website \- includes free downloads of the band's songs, including at least six in English.
* TAXI - Concert, Bucuresti | theFest.ro

Preceded by

Mălina Olinescu
with "Eu cred"

|  Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2000  | Succeeded by

Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel
with "Tell Me Why"

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Preceded by

Mălina Olinescu
with "Eu cred"

|  Winner of Selecţia Naţională
2000  | Succeeded by

Monica Anghel and Marcel Pavel
with "Tell Me Why"

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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 2000

Countries|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Latvia
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Romania
* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom

Artists|

* Alsou
* Nina Åström
* August and Telma
* Pınar Ayhan and the SOS
* Jane Bogaert
* Brainstorm
* Charmed
* Nicki French
* Ines
* Goran Karan
* Sofia Mestari
* Olsen Brothers
* Claudette Pace
* PingPong
* Roger Pontare
* Stefan Raab
* The Rounder Girls
* Nathalie Sorce
* Taxi
* Eamonn Toal
* Voice
* Linda Wagenmakers
* XXL
* Serafín Zubiri

Songs|

* "100% te ljubam"
* "All to You"
* "Colgado de un sueño"
* "Desire"
* "Don't Play That Song Again"
* "Envie de vivre"
* "Fly on the Wings of Love"
* "Kad zaspu anđeli"
* "A Little Bit"
* "Millennium of Love"
* "The Moon"
* "My Heart Goes Boom"
* "My Star"
* "No Goodbyes"
* "Nomiza"
* "On aura le ciel"
* "Once in a Lifetime"
* "Sameach"
* "Solo"
* "Tell Me!"
* "La vita cos'è?"
* "Wadde hadde dudde da?"
* "When Spirits Are Calling My Name"
* "Yorgunum Anla"

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