Theodora Maria Diaconu (born August 8, 1997, Ploiești, România) is a Romanian singer and actress. She is known for being one of the judges at Vocea României from the tenth season onward (2022–present). Two of her songs reached number-one in the main Romanian charts in 2022 and 2024. Theo Rose also featured in the Romanian TV series Clanul (2022–2024), where she played one of the main characters.
Biography
Theodora Maria Diaconu was born on August 8, 1997, and her ID shows as place of birth Ploiești, Romania. She has a brother, who is 5 years older than her and works at an antique store, and a sister, who also works in the music industry, singing mostly Romanian traditional music and being a presenter of a folklore show.[3][4] She is originally from Izvoarele, a village about 40 km near the county's capital. Her father is a football coach and director of the Izvoarele Cultural Center,[5] while her mother is a secretary at the town hall in the village.[4] Theo Rose starts singing at the age of 4 and debuts on stage singing Romanian traditional music, being appreciated by the public and music professionals, obtaining some prizes at various local folk music competitions. At the casting for the TVR1's children song show Ploaia steluțelor, Valeriu Lazarov encourages her to shift to pop music.[6][7] From the age of 11, she truly discovered her passion for pop music, being appreciated by the public and music professionals, obtaining numerous prizes and trophies at various competitions.
Subsequently, she went to live in Bucharest at 14 years old, where, with the support of her sister,[4] attended The Dinu Lipatti High School of Music, majoring in Music Pedagogy. Wanting to pursue a career in acting, she studied for a year to audition at UNATC, but instead was forced to enroll at Spiru Haret University. However, the acting section of that University was abolished due to the lack of candidates, so Theo decided to shift to the music department at the same university, where she took the bachelor exam and graduated.[8]
Music career
She launched her first single at 16 years old[4] in 2013. She achieved musical recognition in 2022 with her and Andrei Bănuță's song Spune-i mama, which was number-one for a week in Billboards Romania Songs at the end of March.[9] Romania Songs is part of Billboards Hits of the World collection and is based on streaming and digital sales. The song reached first place in the first 24-hours since release in the Romanian YouTube Trending Music Top and 5th place in the YouTube top of the best international songs.[10] In April 2024, her song Noaptea ne fură iubiri feat. Andrei Ursu was number-one for 3 weeks in the UPFR charts, which measures the most-broadcast songs on radio stations and television channels throughout Romania.[11]
Television
Theo Rose became known to the general public at Kanal D, co-presenting the show "KIDSing" in 2014, alongside Dan Bordeianu.[12] This was a talent show for children 6–13 years-old with Antonia, Gabriel Cotabiţă and Wilmark as judges.[13] In the summer of 2017, she was one of the three show hosts, with Pepe and Dorian Popa, of the pool show Gashka mare,[14] which was filmed in the Divertiland water park and aired from Monday to Friday, from 17.00 local time.[15] In 2020 she participated in the Romanian television show Bravo, ai stil! – Celebrities version, reaching the final, where she took 2nd place, after being defeated by Alexandra Ungureanu, who obtained 50.3% of the votes, with Theo having 49.7%.[16] This was a reality competition show, similar to İşte Benim Stilim, where contestants had to compete each week and come up with a different outfit to get points for their style.[17][18] In 2021 the artist hosted the show SuperStar România, a talent show with Smiley, Raluka, Marius Moga and Carla's Dreams as judges.[19] From the tenth season onward of the talent show Vocea României, a competition similar to The Voice, she became one of the judges, sharing a seat with Smiley (as a duo).[20] In the eleventh season, she shared the double chair with Horia Brenciu.[21]
From the summer of 2022 she started her acting carrier, by playing one of the main characters on Clanul TV series, as the daughter, Vera Maximilian, of a Romanian mobster,[22] which she played for 4 seasons until her character was shot and died.[23] She also performed, alongside IAN, a Romanian trapper, in the official theme song of the TV series.[24] The TV series was about the fight between the mafia and the police.[25]
Personal life
Theo Rose had a relationship for over five years with economist Alex Leonte, nephew of the Romanian TV presenter Nea Mărin, and they were living together when she started to become famous.[26] However, in the summer of 2022, they separated[27] and the singer started dating the actor Anghel Damian.[28][29] She became pregnant a few months later[30] with a boy[31] and on June 13, 2023, gave birth to him through C-section.[32] The couple eloped at the end of September 2024.[33][34]
Discography
Singles
Title
Year
Peak chart positions
Diamonds & Pearls (feat. Jester)
2013
Pe bune
2014
Te quiero
2014
Iarna în doi
2015
Awella
2015
Aprinde luna
2016
Te urăsc cu toată dragostea (feat. Alama)
2017
Latino gang (colab. with Boier Bibescu, Alessandra, Anuryh)
