Golden Stag Festival Explained

Golden Stag Festival Cerbul de Aur
Location:	Braşov, Transylvania, Romania
Years Active:	1968–1971, 1992–97, 2001–05, 2008–09, 2018–2019, 2021
Founders:	Televiziunea Română (TVR)
Dates:	August
Genre:	Various
Website:	Official website

The Golden Stag Festival (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Cerbul de Aur) is an international pop song contest, festival, and award show, held annually in the Piața Sfatului of Braşov, Romania.

First held in 1968, the festival honors musical talents both in Romania and abroad.

Non-Romanian honorees who have participated in the festival include Josephine Baker, Pia Colombo, Dalida, Diana Ross, Amália Rodrigues, Julio Iglesias, Sheryl Crow, Tom Jones, Coolio, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Rogers, Ricky Martin, The Kelly Family, Jerry Lee Lewis and Patricia Kaas.

Culturally significant non-musician Romanians, such as Romanian cartoonist Ștefan Popa-Popas have also participated.

History

The Golden Stag was first held in 1968, but after 1971 it was banned by the Communist leadership. After the fall of Communism, new editions were organised starting from 1992. Between 2010 and 2017 the festival wasn't held due to lack of funds. It returned in 2018.^[1]

The Golden Stag Festival takes place during the summer and is broadcast live by Romanian TV station TVR1.

Competition

Ed.	Year	Winner	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize	Big Artists section
19	2019	Eliza G.	Sara de Blue	Ralphs Ellands	Monika Marija	Ștefan Bănică Jr., Irina Rimes, Emeli Sandé, Ronan Keating, Zoli Toth Project, Laura Bretan, Ester Peony, Olivier Kaye, We Will Rock You, Corina Chiriac, Viktor Lazlo, Gabi Luncă, Loredana Groza, Lidia Buble, Alexandra Ungureanu, Ionuţ Ungureanu, Gheorghe Zamfir, Valentin Boghean, Paula Seling, Rodica Anghelescu
18	2018	Inis Neziri	Olivier Kaye	Antonia Gigovska	Kelly Joyce	Nicole Scherzinger, Edvin Marton, Eleni Foureira, James Blunt, Amy Macdonald, Gigliola Cinquetti, Andra, Carla's Dreams, Delia Matache, Loredana Groza, The Motans, Flavius & Linda Teodosiu, Paulo Bragança, The Humans, Horia Brenciu
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17	2009	Antonino	The Marker	Ovi Jacobsen	not awarded	Steve Vai, Tiziano Ferro, Hot Chocolate
16	2008	Răzvan Krivach	Biondo	Toni Poptămaş & Desperado	not awarded	Ruslana, Simply Red, IRIS, Ștefan Bănică Jr., Mircea Baniciu, Luminița Anghel, Paula Seling
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15	2005	Linda Valori	Vanessa Quai	Andra	Olivia Lewis
14	2004	Eleanor Cassar	Slang	Anri Jokhadze	Analia Selis
13	2003	Sha Baoliang	Sister K	Nico	Kaffe
12	2002	Paula Seling	Mike Peterson	Millenium	not awarded
11	2001	Proconsul	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	INXS, UB40, Cyndi Lauper, Holograf, Ștefan Bănică Jr., 3rei Sud Est
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10	1997	Meiske Shakila Sherhalawan	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	Diana Ross, Sheryl Crow, Big Mountain, Masterboy, Thérèse Steinmetz, Gheorghe Zamfir, Dan Spătaru, Christina Aguilera
9	1996	Monica Anghel	Garrett Wall	Brenda K. Starr	Yeşim Dönüş Işın
8	1995		Luo Zongxu	Jan Werner	Eka Deli
7	1994	Worthy Davis	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
6	1993	Arina Commodores	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded
5	1992	Trie Utami	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	Patricia Kaas, Sister Sledge, Johnny Logan, Linda Martin, Riccardo Fogli, Angela Similea, Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici
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4	1971	Ann-Louise Hanson	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	Thérèse Steinmetz, Charles Trenet, Sergio Endrigo, Enrico Macias, Alain Barrière, Dalida, Doina Badea
3	1970	Thérèse Steinmetz	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	Connie Francis, Josephine Baker, Memphis Slim, Julio Iglesias, Marie Laforêt, Raphael, Doina Badea
2	1969	Luminița Dobrescu	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	Juliette Gréco, Cliff Richard, Udo Jürgens, Gigliola Cinquetti, Ilinca Cerbacev, Margareta Pâslaru
1	1968	Jacques Hustin	not awarded	not awarded	not awarded	Rita Pavone, Gilbert Bécaud, Amália Rodrigues, Caterina Caselli, Bobby Solo, Cliff Richard, Constantin Drăghici