Hotel FM is a Romanian band, formed in April 2005 by British expatriate David Bryan and his friends Gabriel Băruţa and Alex Szűz.

[1] Founding member Bryan, who is lead singer, is originally from Newton Aycliffe in North East England, where he worked as a binman before settling in Romania.

[2] The Hotel FM story began in 2005, when the Romanian composer Gabriel Băruţa recruited a few musicians from his hometown Oradea to create a new sound, a modern pop-rock feel based on melody and innovation, specific to the songs he wrote.

The band has played many concerts in cities of Romania and Germany and released a promotional CD in the spring of 2006.

They won the national final with 22 points, earning the right to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.