"She graduated from the High school for professional singers in 1990".

The Spin

Vlad Mirita was born in 1981 in Targoviste, Rumania, where he began his singing education at the Art School when he was 16 years old. During his education he attended to the "Armonia Valaha Choir" and sang at national and international festivals and events. 2001 he took private lessons in singing with Maestro Corneliu Fanateanu in Bucharest and became a member of the famous East-European Chamber Choir "Madrigal".

Vlad Mirita won several prices at national and international singing contests and music festivals, such as the 1 st price at the National Pop Festival "Mamaia" in 2002, the 2 nd price at the international festival "Songs of the World 2005" or the 2 nd price at the international tenor voices festival "Traian Grozavescu" in Lugoj. Since 2006 he is soloist at the National Opera Bucharest and he sang in operas of Puccini, Verdi and Bizet. He sang the roles of Ismael in "Nabucco", Edmondo in "Manon Lescaut" and the title roles in "Aida" and "Il Trovatore".

In 2007 Vlad Mirita visited the Master classes of Leontina Vaduva and Ionel Pantea and he participated in several concerts in Rumania. In the coming season he will not only be heard on stage but also on some Music albums (like Proms of Delight - Christmas Edition).

Nico (Nicoleta Matei) was born on 1st of February 1970 in Ploesti, Romania. She graduated from the High school for professional singers in 1990. Now she is working as a singer at the "Toma Garagiu" Musical Theatre in Ploesti. Her career has been extremely successful since 1998. In 2001 she signed a contract with a very famous music show in Japan. Through the years she has worked with all the leading radio and TV stations in Romania. Nico has won many awards at the most outstanding music contests all over the country. She won first prize award for best female singer in the "Theatre Festival Contest" in Constanta in 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. In 1996 she was second in the most significant pop contest in Romania "Mamaia".

In Brashov, Romania Nico won second prize at the "Golden Stag International Song Festival in 2003. In 2004 she wins "The Trophy" at Discovery festival in Bulgaria. Same year she wins Grand-Prix at prestigeous festival "Voice of Asia" in Almaty, Kazakhstan and again finishes 2nd in "Mamaia". In 2005 she wins special jury prize at "Astana" contest in Kazakhstan.

 

The Singer
 

The Past
  
To me Romania are that the unruly boy at the back of the class in high school. The one that is clever, but refuses to listen and instead disrupts the class, throwing bits of paper and being immaturely suggestive to the young female French teacher. As a result he gets report cards which say "young Roman is clearly a bright child and could have potential, but will not succeed until he starts to pay attention in class". "Until he sorts this, he will occasionally produce mildly interesting songs that scrape a top ten place, but will more likely stagnate with the likes of Sanda Ladosi".

The Song

Solid work from the Romanians who always build up well from Janaury onwards. Their promo video features a piano on a beach (solid pretension), camera pans out to reveal loads of grandfather clocks there too. That sand can't be doing any good to the mahogany (by this point production turns into top pretension). Coming to a climax with a full orchestra now. Watch out for the tide, cellist. The denim and bow tie look doesn't suit him, but who cares when you've got a double bassist shaking a pebble out of his patent loafer.
   
 
 
   
   
 
 

Pe-o margine de lume

Vino pe-o margine de lume
Ca pe o banca goala sa stam
Cerul sub el mi s-ar întinde
Si nici nu vom sti daca visam

Astazi mai mult ca niciodata
Gândul meu te cheama vino

O noapte întreaga si-o zi
Cu tine alaturi de-as fi
As crede ca lumea-i a mea
Si numai tie lumea ti-o voi da

Vieni (vieni) e stringimi la mano
Io vengo da lontano, da lontano per te (per te)
Oh, guarda (guarda) il mondo che ho sognato (ho sognato)
Presente e il passato con te

Astazi mai mult ca niciodata - mai mult ca niciodata
Gândul meu te cheama vino

O noapte întreaga si-o zi - ti offro il mio cuore, lo sai
Cu tine alaturi de-as fi - sono innamorata più che mai
As crede ca lumea-i a mea - ti voglio tanto bene
Si numai tie lumea ti-o voi da

La vita intera con te
Il sogno più bello chi so - sono innamorata più che mai
Il nostro cammino vedrà - ti voglio tanto bene
La luce di un amore senza età
La luce di un amore senza età
Senza età

Îmi spui ca vei ramâne doar a mea

On the Edge of the World

Come to an edge of the world
Like sitting on an empty bench
The sky would reach under my soles
And we won't even know if we're dreaming

Today, more than ever
My mind is calling you

A whole night long and a day
With you near me, if I stay
I'd think the world is mine
And I'll only give the world to you

Come (come) and give me your hand
I come from afar, from afar, to you (to you)
Oh, look (look) at the world I dreamt of (I dreamt of)
The present and the past with you

Today, more than ever
My mind is calling you

A whole night long and a day - I offer you my heart, you know
With you near me, if I stay - I'm in love more than ever
I'd think the world is mine - I want you so much
And I'll only give the world to you

My whole life with you
The most beautiful dream I know - I'm in love more than ever
Our path will see - I want you so much
The light of a timeless love
The light of a timeless love
Timeless

Tell me that you'll only be mine
Prediction Semi Final 1 7th
Final 13th