Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

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Eurovision Song Contest 2014
CountryFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
National selection
Selection processO melodie pentru Europa 2014
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
11 March 2014
13 March 2014
Final:
15 March 2014
Selected artist(s) Cristina Scarlat
Selected song"Wild Soul"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Ivan Akulov
  • Lidia Scarlat
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (16th)
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Wild Soul" written by Ivan Aculov and Lidia Scarlat. The song was performed by Cristina Scarlat. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2014 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2014 contest in Copenhagen, Denmark. 64 entries competed to represent Moldova in Copenhagen, 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 March 2014, "Wild Soul" performed by Cristina Scarlat emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

Contents

Moldova was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 6 May 2014. Performing during the show in position 11, "Wild Soul" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Moldova placed sixteenth (last) out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 13 points.

Background

Prior to the 2014 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 2005. [1] The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2005 with the song "Boonika bate doba" performed by Zdob și Zdub. Other than their debut entry, to this point, Moldova's only other top ten placing at the contest was achieved in 2007 where "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth. In the 2013 contest, "O mie" performed by Aliona Moon qualified Moldova to compete in the final and placed eleventh.

The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcast the event within Moldova and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. TRM confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest on 22 November 2013. [2] Moldova has selected their entry via a national selection show since 2008, a procedure that was continued for their 2014 participation. [3]

Before Eurovision

O melodie pentru Europa 2014

O melodie pentru Europa 2014 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The event included two semi-finals and a final to be held on 11, 13 and 15 March 2014, respectively. All shows in the competition were broadcast on Moldova 1, Radio Moldova and Radio Moldova Tineret as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trm.md and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv. [4] [5]

Format

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry took place over three rounds. The first round occurred on 25 January 2014 where a jury panel shortlisted forty entries from the received submissions based on criteria such as the quality of the melody and composition, vocals and manner of the performance and the originality of the song, however, TRM decided that the remaining 24 entries would also proceed to the second round due to a technical mistake. [6] [7] The second round was a live audition of the 64 entries in front of a jury panel that took place on 1 February 2014. Entries were assessed on criteria such as voice quality, stage presence and strength of the composition. [8] The panel selected 24 semi-finalists to proceed to the third round, the televised national final. 12 semi-finalists competed in each semi-final on 11 and 13 March 2014. Eight songs qualified to the final from each semi-final; seven of the qualifiers qualified based on the combined votes from an expert jury and public televoting results, while the eighth qualifier in each semi-final was the entry that achieved the highest televote score from the remaining entries after a second round of public televoting took place during an after-show. The sixteen qualifying entries competed in the final on 15 March 2014 where the winner was selected by the 50/50 combination of an expert jury vote and a public televote. In the event of a tie, the entry that receives the highest score from the expert jury vote was declared the winner. [9]

Competing entries

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 26 December 2013 and 23 January 2014. Artists were required to be of Moldovan nationality, while songwriters could hold any nationality. Artists could submit more than one song, however, if they were chosen as a semi-finalist with more than one song, the artist would have to choose one entry to continue with in the competition. [9] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 64 valid entries were received by the broadcaster. A jury consisting of Anatol Chiriac (composer), Valentin Dânga (composer), Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Marcel Ștefăneț (conductor and instrumentalist), Aliona Triboi (singer and musicologist), Andrei Sava (composer) and Angela Rudenco (musicologist, Radio Moldova editor and presenter) initially selected 40 out of the 64 received entries to proceed to the audition round, however TRM ultimately decided to include all received entries to proceed to the auditions after an appeal by three of the artists regarding the rules of the competition due to a technical mistake in the initial screening process. [6] [7]

The live audition round took place on 1 February 2014 at Casa Radio in Chișinău where 24 semi-finalists were selected to advance. The auditions were broadcast online via trm.md. The jury panel that evaluated the songs during the live auditions and selected the 24 semi-finalists consisted of Anatol Chiriac (composer), Valentin Dânga (composer), Nelly Ciobanu (singer and 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Aliona Triboi (singer and musicologist), Andrei Sava (composer), Alex Calancea (instrumentalist and producer), Ilona Stepan (conductor), Igor Cobileanski (director) and Tatiana Postolachi (lyricist). [10] [11] "Is This The Way (You Want Me)" performed by Ray Gligor and "Take a Look at Me Now" performed by Nicollette were withdrawn from the competition in favour of both songs competing in the 2014 Lithuanian Eurovision national final and therefore the artists did not attend the auditions. [8] The 24 semi-finalists were allocated to one of the two semi-finals, each containing 12 entries, in a draw that was held on 27 February 2014 at TRM Headquarters in Chișinău. [12] Among the semi-finalists was 2010 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Flux Light (Olia Tira).

On 12 February 2014, Boris Covali withdrew his song "Flying" from the competition after a managerial decision and replaced with "Perfect Day", which was also performed during the audition round but not selected for the semi-finals. [13] Controversy later arose surrounding one of the submitted songs "Taking Care of a Broken Heart" performed by Felicia Dunaf, which was later entered into the Swedish Eurovision selection Melodifestivalen 2016 to be performed by Anna Book in Swedish under the title "Himmel för två". The song was therefore disqualified from the competition as it had already been published online and performed publicly during the auditions. [14]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Alina Sorochina"Ascultă-mă tăcere"Marian Stârcea, Radmila Popovici-Paraschiv
Ana Cernicova"Dragostea divină"Ana Cernicova
Anna Gulko"Happy Tomorrow"Anna Gulko
Aurel Chirtoacă"Urme de iubiri"Aurel Chirtoacă, Viorica Nagacevschi
Boris Covali"Flying" Michael James Down, Primož Poglajen, Jonas Gladnikoff, Dimitri Stassos
Boris Covali"Perfect Day"Brandon Stone, Jodie Rose
Carolina Gorun"Turn the Tide"Mathias Kallenberger, Andreas Berlin, Andreas Anastasiou, Lawrence Bridge, Stephen Rudden
Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul"Ivan Aculov, Lidia Scarlat
Curly"Your Recovery"Grigore Chirsanov, Luca Inga
Dana Markitan"Queen of the Dancefloor"Nikola Radunović, Dejan Nikodijević
Diana Brescan"Hallelujah"Eugen Doibani, Radmila Popovici-Paraschiv
Diana Staver"One and All" Hannah Mancini, Raay, Charlie Mason
Doiniţa Gherman"Energy"Doiniţa Gherman, Vadim Luchin, Cătălin Gondiu
Edict"Forever"Valeriu Cataraga, Sonyat Cioceacova
Felicia Dunaf"The Way I Do"Eugen Doibani
Flux Light "Never Stop No"Alexandru Buhnă
Glam Girls"You Believed In Me"Niklas Peterson, Bridget Benenate, Mikael Albertsson, Andreas Anastasiou
Lana Lights"Solar Wind"Serghei Forman, Ana Colesnicov
Lucia S."Frozen"Vitalie Catană, Gloria Gorceag
Margarita Ciorici and Metafora"Vis"Alexandru Gorbos, Vica Demici
Mikaella"Follow Your Dreams"Vladislav Bobotrîn
Paralela 47"Fragmente"Paralela 47, Alecu Matrăguna
Rodica Olişevschi"Without You"Rodica Olişevschi
Tatiana Heghea"I'm Yours"David Daieres
Vlad Ray"Freedom"Vladislav Bobotrîn

Shows

Semi-finals

The two semi-finals took place on 11 and 13 March 2014 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău. The first semi-final was hosted by Evelina Vîrlan and Sergiu Beznițchi with Daniela Babici reporting from the green room, while the second semi-final was hosted by Nicu Ţurcanu and Djulieta Gânu with Vlad Ardovan reporting from the green room. In each semi-final twelve acts competed and seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury, while an eighth qualifier was selected by an additional televote between the remaining non-qualifiers and was revealed during a post semi-final discussion show. The jury that voted in the semi-finals included Alex Calancea (instrumentalist and producer), Andrei Sava (composer), Cristina Pintilie (singer), Tatiana Postolachi (lyricist), Ruslan Ţaranu (singer/composer), Ilona Stepan (conductor), Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Anatol Chiriac (composer) and Ina Jeltova (journalist). [15] [16]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Nelly Ciobanu, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Geta Burlacu, 2012 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Pasha Parfeny and singers Cristina Croitoru, Gicu Cimbir, Irina Kitoroagă and Karizma performed as guests in the first semi-final, while the band Millenium performed as a guest in the second semi-final.

  First round (jury and televote) qualifier  Second round (televote-only) qualifier

Semi-final 1 – 11 March 2014
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPointsVotesPoints
1Boris Covali"Perfect Day"98121,17012241
2 Flux Light "Never Stop No"7473755124
3Alina Sorochina"Ascultă-mă tăcere"5031050310
4Vlad Ray"Freedom"402167359
5Felicia Dunaf"The Way I Do"7164956124
6Doinița Gherman"Energy"5448698124
7Ana Cernicova"Dragostea divină"8085967152
8Diana Brescan"Hallelujah"98102354143
9Tatiana Heghea"I'm Yours"2101,04610107
10Rodica Olișevschi"Without You"230560012
11Paralela 47"Fragmente"605123168
12Carolina Gorun"Turn the Tide"3311392310
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSong
A. Calancea
A. Sava
C. Pintilie
T. Postolachi
R. Ţaranu
I. Stepan
N. Ciobanu
A. Chiriac
I. Jeltova
Total
1"Perfect Day"1212111111111110998
2"Never Stop No"1091075799874
3"Ascultă-mă tăcere"76536936550
4"Freedom"64488313340
5"The Way I Do"5119698481171
6"Energy"87754277754
7"Dragostea divină"48210121012121080
8"Hallelujah"9101212101210111298
9"I'm Yours"22311181221
10"Without You"31142422423
11"Fragmente"115697655660
12"Turn the Tide"13823564133
Semi-final 2 – 13 March 2014
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPointsVotesPoints
1 Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul"1021055410201
2Anna Gulko"Happy Tomorrow"4521693511
3Curly"Your Recovery"7984978163
4Diana Staver"One and All"90493776
5Dana Markitan"Queen of the Dancefloor"535134169
6Aurel Chirtoacă"Urme de iubiri"757120076
7Edict"Forever"473250585
8Margarita Ciorici and Metafora"Vis"431428678
9Lucia S."Frozen"103122434163
10Mikaella"Follow Your Dreams"7362,12612182
11Glam Girls"You Believed In Me"494141269
12Lana Lights"Solar Wind"240410012
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSong
A. Calancea
A. Sava
C. Pintilie
T. Postolachi
R. Ţaranu
I. Stepan
N. Ciobanu
A. Chiriac
I. Jeltova
Total
1"Wild Soul"121212111011111211102
2"Happy Tomorrow"55548465345
3"Your Recovery"111010969106879
4"One and All"1111111119
5"Queen of the Dancefloor"94983772453
6"Urme de iubiri"79710111087675
7"Forever"46664338747
8"Vis"32275649543
9"Frozen"101111121212121112103
10"Follow Your Dreams"6885989101073
11"You Believed In Me"87437254949
12"Solar Wind"23322523224

Final

The final took place on 15 March 2014 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Iurie Gologan and Olivia Furtună with Vlad Ardovan and Daniela Babici reporting from the green room. The sixteen songs that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected based on the combination of a public televote and the votes of an expert jury. The jury that voted in the final included Mihail Culev (composer), Victoria Bucun (choreographer), Petru Vutcărău (director and actor), Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Tatiana Postolachi (lyricist), Ilona Stepan (conductor), Eugen Negruţă (musician), Liviu Știrbu (composer), Anatol Chiriac (composer), Andrei Sava (composer) and Max Chisaru (composer, lyricist and producer). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2013 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Aliona Moon, the ballet company Free Dance and acoustic funk band Cuibul performed as guests. "Wild Soul" performed by Cristina Scarlat was selected as the winner. [17] [18]

Final – 15 March 2014
DrawArtistSongJuryTelevoteTotalPlace
VotesPointsVotesPoints
1Diana Staver"One and All"004590014
2Doinița Gherman"Energy"4731,622695
3Boris Covali"Perfect Day"111811,97812202
4Tatiana Heghea"I'm Yours"701,1923312
5Lucia S."Frozen"114103,0487173
6Margarita Ciorici and Metafora"Vis"3504330014
7Ana Cernicova"Dragostea divină"6161,2205114
8Edict"Forever"3501570014
9 Flux Light "Never Stop No"627850186
10Aurel Chirtoacă"Urme de iubiri"595162058
11Paralela 47"Fragmente"3913070113
12Diana Brescan"Hallelujah"574636049
13Mikaella"Follow Your Dreams"3403,768886
14Curly"Your Recovery"392950249
15 Cristina Scarlat "Wild Soul"122128,30510221
16Felicia Dunaf"The Way I Do"3601,197449
Detailed Jury Votes
DrawSong
M. Culev
V. Bucun
P. Vutcărău
N. Ciobanu
T. Postolachi
I. Stepan
E. Negruţă
L. Știrbu
A. Chiriac
A. Sava
M. Chisaru
Total
1"One and All"0
2"Energy"9367954447
3"Perfect Day"79101010111110101112111
4"I'm Yours"5117
5"Frozen"1012121212101298107114
6"Vis"677117635
7"Dragostea divină"1258255117661
8"Forever"4242815935
9"Never Stop No"15676372591162
10"Urme de iubiri"33443981226559
11"Fragmente"4825766139
12"Hallelujah"81998398257
13"Follow Your Dreams"691474334
14"Your Recovery"210258234339
15"Wild Soul"1111111111121011121210122
16"The Way I Do"81364132836

Promotion

Cristina Scarlat made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Wild Soul" as the Moldovan Eurovision entry. On 31 March, Cristina Scarlat performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Sandra Reemer. [19] On 20 April, Scarlat performed the final version of "Wild Soul", featuring digitally adapted violine and dubstep elements, during the Russian Pre-Party event, which was organised by ESCKAZ and held at the Karlson restaurant in Moscow, Russia. [20]

At Eurovision

Cristina Scarlat presenting herself and "Wild Soul" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 20 January 2014, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Moldova was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 6 May 2014, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show. [21]

Once all the competing songs for the 2014 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Moldova was set to perform in position 11, following the entry from Belgium and before the entry from San Marino. [22]

The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Moldova on Moldova 1 as well as broadcast via radio on Radio Moldova. All broadcasts featured commentary by Daniela Babici. [23] [24] The Moldovan spokesperson, who announced the Moldovan votes during the final, was Olivia Furtună. [25]

Semi-final

Cristina Scarlat during a rehearsal before the first semi-final ESC2014 - Moldova 01.jpg
Cristina Scarlat during a rehearsal before the first semi-final

Cristina Scarlat took part in technical rehearsals on 29 April and 2 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 5 and 6 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries. [26]

The Moldovan performance featured Cristina Scarlat dressed in a vertically split dress in blue and gold, designed by Moldovan designer Janna Berezovskaia, and performing on stage with four dancers dressed as warriors that performed choreography with elements of Samurai fighting. [27] Scarlat also partly wore a wig, which she tore off in the middle of the song accompanied by the use of a wind machine. The stage featured white lighting and LED screen projections of a dark and deep forest with dark green leaves in the beginning, which later transitioned to blossoming red poppy flowers. [27] [28] The four dancers that joined Scarlat on stage are Dragos Hioara, Eugen Simac, Lilian Caraus and Vadim Bianchin. [29]

At the end of the show, Moldova was not announced among the top 10 entries in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Moldova placed sixteenth (last) in the semi-final, receiving a total of 13 points.

Voting

Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the grand final. In the semi-final, Moldova's vote was based on 100 percent jury voting due to either technical issues with the televoting or an insufficient number of valid votes cast during the televote period.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Moldova had placed fifteenth with both the public televote and the jury vote in the first semi-final. In the public vote, Moldova scored 14 points, while with the jury vote, Moldova scored 24 points.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Moldova and awarded by Moldova in the first semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Moldova

Points awarded to Moldova (Semi-final 1) [30]
ScoreCountry
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 pointsFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
5 points
4 pointsFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
3 points
2 pointsFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
1 pointFlag of Russia.svg  Russia

Points awarded by Moldova

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Moldovan jury: [32]

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Semi-final 1) [33]
DrawCountryA. ChiriacA. TostoganT. PostolachiN. CiobanuI. BadicuJury RankPoints
01Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 10127121312
02Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 111515141415
03Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 91114151513
04Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43326210
05Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 151413131114
06Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1261291211
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 12111112
08Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 5943356
09Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2464438
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3526747
11Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
12Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 13101188101
13Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 61395983
14Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1478101092
15Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 7857565
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 811011274
Detailed voting results from Moldova (Final) [34]
DrawCountryA. ChiriacA. TostoganT. PostolachiN. CiobanuI. BadicuJury RankTelevote RankCombined RankPoints
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4434533210
02Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 121481268765
03Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 7597971813
04Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2423261924262526
05Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2118142415201519
06Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1111111112
07Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 92111251015583
08Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2513241616212624
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10221718412892
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1125231111161416
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 394234447
12Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1376141792015
13Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 232372656
14Flag of France.svg  France 1426252618252325
15Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 565886238
16Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2024202319241921
17Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1917212020222122
18Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2616222113232223
19Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16157625101614
20Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 158101326131011
21Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 62125251274
22Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1719131723182420
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2210151521171718
24Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1820161012141112
25Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 81218922119101
26Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2311192214191317

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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "So Lucky" written by Roman Iagupov, Mihai Gîncu, Andy Shuman and Marc Elsner. The song was performed by the band Zdob şi Zdub. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2011 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2011 contest in Düsseldorf, Germany. 98 entries competed to represent Moldova in Düsseldorf, with 25 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final which took place on 26 February 2011 after auditioning in front of a jury panel. "So Lucky" performed by Zdob şi Zdub emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Lăutar" written by Pasha Parfeny and Alexandru Brașoveanu. The song was performed by Pasha Parfeny. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2012 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. 85 entries competed to represent Moldova in Baku, with 21 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final which took place on 11 March 2012 after auditioning in front of a jury panel. "Lăutar" performed by Pasha Parfeny emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "O mie" written by Iuliana Scutari and Pasha Parfeny. The song was performed by Aliona Moon. Songwriter Pavel Parfeni represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Lăutar" where he placed eleventh in the grand final of the competition. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2013 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. 49 artists and 126 songs competed to represent Moldova in Malmö, with 24 artists and songs being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in March 2013, "A Million" performed by Aliona Moon emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. The song was later translated from English to Romanian for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "O mie". This was the first time that the Moldovan song was performed entirely in the Romanian language at the Eurovision Song Contest.

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 Eduard Romanyuta. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2015 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. 68 entries competed to represent Moldova in Vienna, 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 2015, "I Want Your Love" performed by Eduard Romanyuta emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

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. 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.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Hey Mamma" written by Anton Ragoza, Sergei Ialovitski, Sergey Stepanov, Mihail Cebotarenco and Alina Galetskaya. The song was performed by the group SunStroke Project. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2017 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2016 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. 40 entries competed to represent Moldova in Kyiv, with 14 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final after auditioning in front of a jury panel. After a semi-final and final which took place on 24 and 25 February 2017, "Hey Mamma" performed by SunStroke Project emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "My Lucky Day" written by Philipp Kirkorov and John Ballard. The song was performed by the group DoReDoS. Songwriter Philipp Kirkorov represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" where he placed seventeenth. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2018 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. 27 entries competed to represent Moldova in Lisbon, with 16 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final which took place on 24 February 2018 after auditioning in front of a jury panel. "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Stay" written by Georgios Kalpakidis, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil and Maria Broberg. The song was performed by Anna Odobescu. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa2019 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. 28 entries competed to represent Moldova in Tel Aviv, with 10 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final which took place on 2 March 2019 after auditioning in front of a jury panel. "Stay" performed by Anna Odobescu emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stay (Anna Odobescu song)</span> 2019 song by Anna Odobescu

"Stay" is a song by Moldovan singer Anna Odobescu. It represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, after winning O melodie pentru Europa2019, Moldova's national final. It did not qualify for the final.

Moldova originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Prison" written by Dimitris Kontopoulos, Philipp Kirkorov and Sharon Vaughn. The song was performed by Natalia Gordienko. Songwriter Philipp Kirkorov represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" where he placed seventeenth, while Natalia Gordienko had previously represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006 together with Arsenium and Connect-R, placing twentieth with the song "Loca". The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final Finala națională 2020 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 34 entries competed to represent Moldova in Rotterdam, with 20 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final which took place on 29 February 2020 after auditioning in front of a jury panel. "Prison" performed by Natalia Gordienko emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Prison (Natalia Gordienko song)</span> 2020 single by Natalia Gordienko

"Prison" is a 2020 single by Moldovan singer Natalia Gordienko. The song was originally scheduled to represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 after winning Finala națională 2020, Moldova's national final. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, with the song "Trenulețul" performed by the band Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) selected the Moldovan entry for the 2022 contest by organising a live audition on 29 January 2022, where "Trenulețul" was selected by an expert jury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trenulețul</span> 2021 single by Zdob și Zdub and Frații Advahov

"Trenulețul" is a song by Moldovan folk punk band Zdob și Zdub and folk musicians Frații Advahov. The song represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, with "Soarele și luna" written by Pavel Parfeni, Andrei Vulpe and Iuliana Parfeni. The song was performed by Pasha Parfeni, who previously represented Moldova in 2012. The Moldovan broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), organised the national final Etapa Națională2023 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2023 contest, with a combination of jury votes and public voting determining the winning entry.

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