Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 15 times, debuting in 2005. The country's best result is a third-place finish for SunStroke Project in 2017, with their song "Hey, Mamma!".
Hayley Michelle Aitken is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, who also performs mononymously as Hayley. She had a top 40 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with her second single, "Kiss Me Quick". Aitken has worked as a songwriter for other artists, and is a prolific songwriter for many K-pop artists.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine. This was Moldova's first entry in the Contest. The entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM). Zdob şi Zdub represented Moldova with the song "Boonika bate doba", which qualified from the semi-final and went on to place 6th in the final, scoring 148 points. This would remain Moldova's best result until 2017.
Moldova was one of the countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, hosted by Russia. TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) held a national final to select its 2009 entry for the contest. Nelly Ciobanu with the song "Hora din Moldova" qualified in the second semi-final in Moscow on 14 May, and represented Moldova in the final on 16 May.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and selected their entry through a national final, O melodie pentru Europa, organised by Moldovan broadcaster TRM (TeleRadio-Moldova).
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Moldovan entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM). Pasha Parfeny represented Moldova with the song "Lăutar", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 11th in the final, scoring 81 points.
Pavel Parfeni, known professionally as Pasha Parfeny, is a Moldovan musician, singer and songwriter. He represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he placed 11th with his song "Lăutar". He was formerly known for being the lead singer of the Moldovan band SunStroke Project.
Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Romanian entry was selected through Selecția Națională 2013, a televised selection process organised by the Romanian broadcaster Romanian Television (TVR). Cezar represented Romania with the song "It's My Life", which qualified from the second semi-final of the competition and finished in 13th place in the final, scoring 65 points.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Moldovan entry was selected through O melodie pentru Europa 2013, a national selection that consisted of two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM). Aliona Moon represented Moldova with the song "O mie", which qualified from the first semi-final of the competition and placed 11th in the final, with a score of 71 points.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Want Your Love", written by Erik Lewander, Hayley Aitken and Tom Andrews. The song was performed by the Ukrainian singer Eduard Romanyuta. Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2015 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Following two semi-finals and a final, Eduard Romanyuta performing the song "I Want Your Love" was selected as the winner through the 50/50 combination of jury voting and televoting. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals, Moldova failed to qualify to the final, placing eleventh out of the 16 participating countries with 41 points.
Eduard Eduardovych Romanyuta is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actor, and television presenter. He represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with his song "I Want Your Love", which failed to qualify for the Contest's grand final.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Falling Stars" written by Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg and Leonid Gutkin. The song was performed by Lidia Isac. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2016 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. An initial 47 entries competed to represent Moldova in Stockholm, with 24 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final after auditioning in front of a jury panel. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February 2016, "Falling Stars" performed by Lidia Isac emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.
"Falling Stars" is a song performed by Moldovan singer Lidia Isac. The song, written by Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg and Leonid Gutkin, represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was released as a digital download on 28 March 2016 via Ragoza Music.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The artist and song that would represent Moldova in the 2017 contest was selected through the national final, O melodie pentru Europa 2017, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), on 25 February 2017.
Milica Fajgelj is a Serbian born artist manager and video producer. Milica graduated audio and video production at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia. Her most famous projects are connected with the Eurovision Song Contest, but also managing and working with several international singers, such as Laila Samuelsen, Marcin Mroziński, Rikke Normann, Judith van Hel, Bojan Marovic, Knez (singer), Lara Lee, Sergej Cetkovic, Who See, Eduard Romanyuta, Serhat (singer), Anja Nissen, Luke Black and many other.
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. The artist and song that represented Moldova in the 2018 contest was selected through the national final, O melodie pentru Europa 2018, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), on 24 February 2018.
Romania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Goodbye", written by Alexandru Matei, Alin Neagoe and Cristina Caramarcu, and performed by The Humans. The song was selected through a national final organized by the Romanian broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR).
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The song that represented Moldova was selected through the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2019, to be organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), on 2 March 2019.
Moldova originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. However, due to 2019-20 pandemic of Coronavirus, the contest was cancelled.
"Prison" is a song by Natalia Gordienko. It was chosen to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.
