| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2026 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) | |||
| Country |  Moldova | |||
| Selection process | Selecția națională 2026 | |||
| Selection date | 17 January 2026 | |||
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Moldova is set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, which will be held in Vienna, Austria, returning after a one-year absence. The Moldovan participating broadcaster, Teleradio-Moldova (TRM), will select its entrant through a national final.
Prior to the 2016 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nineteen times since its first entry in 2005. The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2017 with the song "Hey Mamma" performed by Sunstroke Project. To this point, it had achieved another four top 10 placings at the contest: in 2005 when "Boonika bate toba" performed by Zdob și Zdub placed sixth, in 2007 when "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth, in 2018 when "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS also placed tenth, and in 2022, when Zdob și Zdub returned to compete for a third time with the song " Trenulețul ", performed with the Advahov Brothers, which finished in seventh place. [1]
The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcast the event within Moldova and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. TRM has selected its entry via a national selection show between 2008 and 2020 and since 2023, while it selected its entry in 2021 via an internal selection. TRM was to held a selection show in 2022, but it was ultimately cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and it internally selected its entry during the audition round. [2] After withdrawing from the 2025 contest following a "detailed analysis of the current situation, as well as the economic, administrative and artistic challenges", [3] TRM confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2026 contest on 3 November 2025 and announced that it would hold a national selection show, featuring a new format to be implemented following consultations with artists, producers and music industry representatives, to select its entry. [4]
Selecția națională2026 will be the national final format developed by TRM in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The event will include a final to be held on 17 January 2026 at Chișinău Arena in Chișinău. [5]
Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 7 November 2025 and 7 December 2025. [4] Artists could submit more than one song, and an international act was able to compete only if they were part of a duo or group where 50% of the lead vocalists were of Moldovan nationality. [6] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 37 valid entries were received by the broadcaster, of which 34 were performed at the live audition round that took place on 16 December 2025 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău. [7] A jury panel headed by music producers Serghei Orlov and Roman Burlaca evaluated the songs during the live auditions and selected 16 finalists to advance. [8] [9] [10]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
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| Adelisha | "Alegria" |
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| Artiom Topal | "Money" | Artiom Topal |
| Bacho | "Tata" |
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| Cătălina Solomac | "Pink Margarita" |
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| Cristy Rouge | "Bliss" |
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| Curly | "Respir liber" |
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| Dayana | "Doina" |
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| Emforia | "Tipare" | Ion Staver |
| Evgenii Avramov and Ivan Alenin | "Foc la ghete" |
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| Ilinca Siviroveanu | "Running Through the Rain" | Radu Zaplitnii |
| Katy Rain | "Dance & Cry" | Ecaterina Tostogan-Condrea |
| Maxim Zavidia | "Alo" | Maxim Zavidia |
| Pavel Orlov | "Can't Say Goodbye" | Pavel Orlov |
| Sasha Flowers | "We Fight till the End" | Alexandru Bublițchi |
| Satoshi | "Viva, Moldova!" | Vlad Sabajuc |
| Valleria | "Valerian Steel (Rai di ri di dam)" | Valeria Condrea |
The final will take place on 17 January 2026 at Chișinău Arena in Chișinău.
| Draw | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | Adelisha | "Alegria" |
| Artiom Topal | "Money" | |
| Bacho | "Tata" | |
| Cătălina Solomac | "Pink Margarita" | |
| Cristy Rouge | "Bliss" | |
| Curly | "Respir liber" | |
| Dayana | "Doina" | |
| Emforia | "Tipare" | |
| Evgenii Avramov and Ivan Alenin | "Foc la ghete" | |
| Ilinca Siviroveanu | "Running Through the Rain" | |
| Katy Rain | "Dance & Cry" | |
| Maxim Zavidia | "Alo" | |
| Pavel Orlov | "Can't Say Goodbye" | |
| Sasha Flowers | "We Fight till the End" | |
| Satoshi | "Viva, Moldova!" | |
| Valleria | "Valerian Steel (Rai di ri di dam)" |