Voltaj

Voltaj
Voltaj in 2015
Background information
Origin	Bucharest, Romania
Genres	Electronic rock, pop rock, hard rock
Years active	1982 (1982)–present
Labels	Roton, Cat Music
Associated acts	Deepside Deejays
Website	www.voltaj.ro

Members	Călin Goia (voice) Gabi "Porcus" Constantin (guitar) Adrian M. Cristescu (keyboards) Valeriu "Prunus" Ionescu (bass) Oliver Sterian (drums)

Past members	Cristi Minculescu (voice) Adrian Ilie (guitar) Dan Cimpoieru (guitar) Horațiu Rad (bass) Nikki Dinescu (drums) Gabi Nacu (guitar) Cristi Ilie (voice) Amedeo Bolohoi (guitar) Dan Mateescu (bass) Doru "M.S." Istudor (drums) Bogdan Cristea (voice) Cristi Marinescu (guitar) Doru Borobeică (bass) Manuel Savu (guitar) Eugen "Brebu" Sălceanu (keyboards) Florin "Dog" Ionescu (drums) Paul "Pampon" Neacșu (drums) Bobby "Bobiță" Stoica (keyboards)

Voltaj (which means voltage in Romanian) is a Romanian pop rock group. They won the Best Romanian Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005. They represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "De la capăt".^[1]

Band Members

Călin Goia (vocals)
Gabi „Porcus“ Constantin (electric guitar)
Adrian Cristescu (keyboards)
Valeriu „Prunus” Ionescu (bass guitar)
Oliver Sterian (drums)

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
Pericol de moarte (Deadly Danger)	Released: 1 June 1996 Labels: Roton Formats: Digital download, CD
Risk Maxim 2	Released: 1 January 1999 Labels: Roton Formats: Digital download, CD
Bungee	Released: 1 January 2000 Labels: Roton Formats: Digital download, CD
3D	Released: 10 March 2001 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
424	Released: 8 June 2002 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Povestea oricui (Everyone's Story)	Released: 8 May 2004 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Revelator	Released: 6 October 2006 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
V8	Released: 25 June 2008 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Dă vina pe Voltaj (Blame Voltaj)	Released: 31 May 2012 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD

Compilation albums

Title	Details
Best of Voltaj	Released: 7 September 2003 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Integrala Voltaj (+ Voltaj's book)	Released: 2005 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Remix	Released: 19 June 2005 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD
Doza ta de muzică Voltaj (Your Dose of Voltaj Music)	Released: 2006 Labels: Cat Music Formats: Digital download, CD

Singles

As lead artist

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
Year	Title	AUT ^[2]	Album
1999	"Asta-i viaţa" (So's The Life)	—	Risk Maxim 2
2002	"...Tu" (You)	—	424
2002	"Scrisoare" (Letter)	—
2003	"Noapte bună" (Good Night)	—
2005	"One Day I'll Win"	—	Remix
2012	"Da vina pe voltaj"	—	Da vina pe voltaj
2014	"Merci De Box"	—	Non-album singles
2014	"De la capăt"	70	Non-album singles
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Year	Title	Album
2014	"Vocea Ta" (Cabron featuring Voltaj)	Non-album single

References

↑ Granger, Anthony (8 March 2015). "Romania: Voltaj Wins Selectia Nationala 2015!". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Voltaj". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Paula Seling and Ovi with "Miracle"	Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent

Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

~~1993~~ 1994 ~~1995~~ ~~1996~~ ~~1997~~ 1998 ~~1999~~ 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1990s	~~Dida Drăgan~~ Dan Bittman ~~1995~~ ~~Monica Anghel & Sincron~~ ~~1997~~ Mălina Olinescu ~~1999~~

2000s	Taxi ~~2001~~ Monica Anghel & Marcel Pavel Nicola Sanda Luminița Anghel & Sistem Mihai Trăistariu Todomondo Nico & Vlad Elena Gheorghe

2010s	Paula Seling & Ovi Hotel FM Mandinga Cezar Paula Seling & Ovi Voltaj

Songs

1990s	~~"Nu pleca"~~ "Dincolo de nori" ~~1995~~ ~~"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"~~ ~~1997~~ "Eu cred" ~~1999~~

2000s	"The Moon" ~~2001~~ "Tell Me Why" "Don't Break My Heart" "I Admit" "Let Me Try" "Tornerò" "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" "Pe-o margine de lume" "The Balkan Girls"

2010s	"Playing with Fire" "Change" "Zaleilah" "It's My Life" "Miracle" "De la capăt"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Romania did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Countries

Final (by final results)	Sweden (winner) Russia Italy Belgium Australia Latvia Estonia Norway Israel Serbia Georgia Azerbaijan Montenegro Slovenia Romania Armenia Albania Lithuania Greece Hungary Spain Cyprus Poland United Kingdom France Austria Germany

Semi-final 1 (alphabetical order)	Belarus Denmark Finland Macedonia Moldova Netherlands

Semi-final 2 (alphabetical order)	Czech Republic Iceland Ireland Malta Portugal San Marino Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Måns Zelmerlöw Polina Gagarina Il Volo Loïc Nottet Guy Sebastian Aminata Elina Born & Stig Rästa Mørland & Debrah Scarlett Nadav Guedj Bojana Stamenov Nina Sublatti Elnur Hüseynov Knez Maraaya Voltaj Genealogy Elhaida Dani Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila Maria Elena Kyriakou Boggie Edurne John Karagiannis Monika Kuszyńska Electro Velvet Lisa Angell The Makemakes Ann Sophie

Semi-final 1 (alphabetical order)	Anti Social Media Daniel Kajmakoski Eduard Romanyuta Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät Trijntje Oosterhuis Uzari & Maimuna

Semi-final 2 (alphabetical order)	Amber Leonor Andrade Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta María Ólafsdóttir Mélanie René Michele Perniola & Anita Simoncini Molly Sterling

Withdrawn	Andreas Kümmert

Songs

Final (by final results)	"Heroes" "A Million Voices" "Grande amore" "Rhythm Inside" "Tonight Again" "Love Injected" "Goodbye to Yesterday" "A Monster Like Me" "Golden Boy" "Beauty Never Lies" "Warrior" (Georgia) "Hour of the Wolf" "Adio" "Here for You" "De la capăt" "Face the Shadow" "I'm Alive" "This Time" "One Last Breath" "Wars for Nothing" "Amanecer" "One Thing I Should Have Done" "In the Name of Love" "Still in Love with You" "N'oubliez pas" "I Am Yours" "Black Smoke"

Semi-final 1 (alphabetical order)	"Aina mun pitää" "Autumn Leaves" "I Want Your Love" "The Way You Are" "Time" "Walk Along"

Semi-final 2 (alphabetical order)	"Chain of Lights" "Hope Never Dies" "Há um mar que nos separa" "Playing with Numbers" "Time to Shine" "Unbroken" "Warrior" (Malta)

Withdrawn	"Diell" "Heart of Stone"

Authority control	MusicBrainz: 9f2da0ae-e499-4912-9baa-3ea6ef9e0f20

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