Hotel FM

Romanian entry in the ESC 2011 is the band named ”Hotel FM” and the song “Change” (composer: Gabriel Băruţa; lyrics: Alexandra Ivan / Gabriel Băruţa).

During the five years of existence, Hotel FM attracted several exquisite young musicians but the actual band is formed out of: David Bryan (lead singer), Gabriel Băruţa (composer, piano and backing vocals) and Alex Szuz (drums).
The Hotel FM story began in 2005, when the Romanian composer Gabriel Băruţa recruited a few very talented musicians from his hometown Oradea to create a new sound, a modern pop-rock feel based on melody and innovation, specific to the songs he wrote. The band has played many concerts in cities of Romania and Germany and released a promotional CD in the spring of 2006. In 2010, Hotel FM competed for the first time in the Romanian National Selection for Eurovision with the song “Come as One”, a beautiful ballad with a strong eco message and complex vocal harmonies – and got on the fourth place. Their second try – in ESC 2011 National Selection proved to be a success and as in Cinderella story, the three boys from Hotel FM won the honor of representing Romania on the ESC stage in Düsseldorf, while other famous artists still dream about it …

Gabriel, David and Alex managed to win the harts of both specialists and large public from Romania and the secret of their success seems to be the boy’s simplicity, honesty and incredible talent.

In parallel with all the preparations for the Düsseldorf contest, the three members of Hotel FM are also continuing their exciting side-projects: David, as a true British guy living in Romania, is recording Shakespeare’s Sonnets on the music of Florian Chelu Madeva (Rock Filarmonica Oradea) and plays with the only Pink Floyd tribute band in Romania, “Speak Floyd”. Gabriel writes songs for talented children and has recently opened a brand new studio in Bucharest (beside the one in Oradea), while Alex is having the last year exams in the University of Architecture in Oradea and fights to find some time to join and play drums with his friends from many other bands.