The Romanian who composed the song with which Bulgaria won Eurovision: “We can say that we won twice”
“I cried for I think about 10 minutes, my phone was out of battery, but when I turned the phone on, it exploded,” he says the Constantinian musician Cristian Tarcea, known as Monoir, who composed the song with which Bulgaria won Eurovision for the first time.
The Romanian producer said, for Antena3 CNN, that he did not expect this victory:
“An incendiary evening, I say good for Romania, from any point of view you want to take it. It was incredible what happened last night, I did not expect it, I had 0 expectations and I tried to enjoy the moment, to be happy that Romania is there and to be happy that I am also indirectly with Bulgaria's piece.
First of all, I cried for I think about 10 minutes. I had no battery on my phone for an hour, and when I turned on the phone, it exploded, I was shocked. People wrote to me from whom I did not expect, great artists from us, it seemed extraordinary to receive support from them”.
He said that he also managed to speak with Alexandra Căpitănescu, who brought Romania 3rd place at Eurovision 2026.
“We can say that I won twice. I won once with a very good artistic moment and with a very good song that came in 3rd place, or some consider that in 2nd place. I think it should have been in 2nd place, or maybe even 1st and, on the other hand, I won with a man who is also Romanian, and who participated in another country's song”, Cristian Tarcea also declared for Antena 3.
Who is the Romanian behind the song with which Bulgaria won Eurovision?
The song “Bangaranga”, performed by the artist DARA, brought Bulgaria the first Eurovision trophy in its history. The fast-paced production collected a total of 516 points in the grand final, securing first place by a considerable distance from the podium holders, Israel and Romania.
.Cristian Tarcea worked in the studio on the rhythmic structure and the minimalistic sound of the song together with the Greek composer Dimitris Kontopoulos and the Norwegian composer Anne Judith Wik.
Cristian Tarcea, 33 years old, is a music producer, composer and DJ, originally from Constanța.
The musician from Constanta became known internationally thanks to an original electronic style that combines pop music with Balkan influences.
His songs have garnered billions of views on YouTube and have dominated the charts in Turkey, Greece, Russia and India for years. Among the biggest global hits in his portfolio are 'The Violin Song', 'Lost in Istanbul' and the smash hit 'Sugar & Brownies'.
Before his track for Bulgaria won the trophy, the producer from Constanta was also directly involved in the selection process in our country.
He was part of the expert jury chosen by Romanian Television for the National Selection Eurovision Romania 2026. From this position, Tarcea evaluated and scored the Romanian songs entered in the contest, while the song he produced for Bulgaria competed in the European grand final.
