"Let Me Try"
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 entry
Country	Romania
Artist(s)	Luminiţa Anghel Toth Zoltan Mihai Ciprian Rogojan Claudiu Purcărin Robert Magheti Florin Cătălin Romaşcu
As	Luminiţa Anghel & Sistem
Language	English
Composer(s)	Cristian Faur
Lyricist(s)	Cristian Faur
Finals performance
Semi-final result	1st
Semi-final points	235
Final result	3rd
Final points	158
Appearance chronology
◄ "I Admit" (2004)
"Tornerò" (2006) ►

"Let Me Try" is a song recorded by Romanian singer Luminița Anghel. It features the backgrounding of percussion band Sistem. The europop recording was written and arranged by Cristian Faur. "Let Me Try" was selected to represent Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where it managed to reach the third place and to score an amount of 158 points. Lyrically, Anghel addresses a lover, telling him that "I don't want to say goodbye", implying throughout the lyrics that their relationship is coming to an end. She asks why they "couldn't give it one more try", and tells him that "I will find a way to make you stay".

The performance of "Let Me Try" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 featured Anghel's backing group Sistem banging on drums of industrial waste and wearing the lids of these drums as shoes. Anghel also took part in these activities during the instrumental sections of the song. The BBC commentary of the contest likened Anghel to Ruby Wax due to her hairstyle. Previously, Romania failed to achieve a top 10 placing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, so the song had to go through a semi-final selection process to qualify for the grand final. There, it was performed fourteenth, following Norway's Wig Wam with "In My Dreams" and preceding Hungary's NOX with "Forogj, világ!". At the close of voting, "Let Me Try" had received 235 points, reaching the first position in the euroscoreboard-field, and qualifying for the final. There, Anghel sung it fourth, following Malta's "Chiara" with Angel and preceding the Norwegian entry. Throughout the voting, "Let Me Try" has received the maximum 12 points-point from four countries.

"Let Me Try" set a record for achieving Romania's best placing ever in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, it later tied with Paula Seling and Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu's "Playing With Fire", which ranked at number three in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, gaining 162 points. Let Me Try pre-qualified Anghel's native country for the final at the next Contest, where it was succeeded by Mihai Trăistariu's "Tornerò", which has placed at number four.

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