Mandinga (band)

Mandinga
Mandinga in 2009
Background information
Origin	Bucharest, Romania
Genres	Latin pop, Salsa
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Cat Music
Website	www.mandinga.ro
Members	Barbara Isasi Alex Chupi Zach (Valle) El Niño Omar Tony
Past members	Elena Gheorghe Elena Ionescu

Mandinga is a Romanian pop group band from Bucharest. The original soloist of the band was Elena Gheorghe who left in 2005. From 2006 until 2016, the lead vocalist was Elena Ionescu. Ionescu left the band in March 2016 to pursue a solo career and was replaced by Spanish singer Barbara Isasi.

After winning the Romanian national final, the group represented Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and placed 12th with the song "Zaleilah".