Golden Stag Festival

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The Golden Stag Festival (Romanian: Cerbul de Aur) is an annual international music festival held in Braşov, Romania. The main organiser is Televiziunea Română, Romania's state-run (and largest) television network. The festival has two main components: an international contest and guest performances by both Romanian and foreign stars. The Golden Stag was first held in 1968.

Well-known artists have performed at the festival over the years, including Gilbert Becaud, Josephine Baker, Toto Cutugno, James Brown, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles, UB 40, INXS, Scorpions, Ricky Martin, Pink, Sheryl Crow, Kelly Family, t.A.T.u. and many others.

The festival previously took place during the summer, but more recently was moved to the autumn. For 2006, the organisers were considering staging the festival in the spring to ensure the presence of top artists.

In the recent years, the Golden Stag Festival has been sponsored entirely by TVR, after the Municipality of Braşov and the Romanian Ministry of Culture decided to stop funding the event.

"Our only goal is to let the public enjoy quality music - and this we will do, by concentrating on the artists, and not the date or the location of the festival." TVR spokesperson

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2 2004
3 1995
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[edit] 2005

Italy (as the winner of the trophy) represented by Linda Valori
Vanuatu (1st place winner)
Romania (2nd place winner)
Malta (3rd place winner)

[edit] 2004

Malta (as the winner of the trophy) represented by Eleanor Cassar
Romania (1st place winner)
Georgia (2nd place winner)
Argentina (3rd place winner)

[edit] 1995

The festival was held between August 30 - September 3 in Sfatului Square, hosted by Toni Grecu and Daniela Gamulescu and broadcast by the national TV of Japan, Spain, Finland, Indonesia, Philippines, and Lithuania. 32 singers competed for the main trophy.

The festival also included shows by Status Quo, 2 Unlimited, The Temptations, MC Hammer, Kenny Rogers, Gyuri Pascu, and Belinda Carlisle.