Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | TRM |
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National Final
Internal Selection
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| Appearances | |
| Appearances | 12 (8 finals) |
| First appearance | 2005 |
| Best result | 6th: 2005 |
| Worst result | Last: 2014 SF |
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| Moldova's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeMoldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | |
Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times, debuting in 2005. The debut year remains the country's most successful result, with Zdob şi Zdub finishing sixth. The country's only other top ten result was in 2007, when Natalia Barbu finished tenth. Moldova has reached the final eight out of twelve times, failing to get through in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
History
Following the poor result in the 2006 contest, the Moldovan broadcaster, Teleradio-Moldova (TRM) announced that it would withdraw from participation and did not allocate a budget for the 2007 Contest. However, in response to public pressure TRM filed the preliminary documents to compete and sent Natalia Barbu with song "Fight".[1]
In 2008 Moldova, for the first time in 4 years of participating, failed to make the Final, their jazz number, "A Century of Love", finishing 12th place in a field of 19. In 2010 a saxophonist Sergey Stepanov from group SunStroke Project and Olia Tira has become internet phenomenon ("Epic Sax Guy") because of his 30-second saxophone solo.
In 2011 Zdob şi Zdub represented Moldova for a second time in the contest, with the song So Lucky placing 12th in the final. This was the third time that Moldova ended up 10th in the semifinal, the last qualifier for the final.
In 2012, Pasha Parfeny represented Moldova, with the song "Lăutar", placing 5th in the Semi Final and 11th in the Grand Final.
Contestants
- Table key
| Year | Artist | Language | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 2005 | Zdob şi Zdub | English, Romanian | "Bunica Bate Toba" | 6 | 148 | 2 | 207 |
| 2006 | Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R | English, Spanish | "Loca" | 20 | 22 | Top 11 Previous Year | |
| 2007 | Natalia Barbu | English | "Fight" | 10 | 109 | 10 | 91 |
| 2008 | Geta Burlacu | English | "A Century of Love" | Failed to qualify | 12 | 36 | |
| 2009 | Nelly Ciobanu | Romanian, English | "Hora din Moldova" | 14 | 69 | 5 | 106 |
| 2010 | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | English | "Run Away" | 22 | 27 | 10 | 52 |
| 2011 | Zdob şi Zdub | English | "So Lucky" | 12 | 97 | 10 | 54 |
| 2012 | Pasha Parfeny | English | "Lăutar" | 11 | 81 | 5 | 100 |
| 2013 | Aliona Moon | Romanian | "O mie" | 11 | 71 | 4 | 95 |
| 2014 | Cristina Scarlat | English | "Wild Soul" | Failed to qualify | 16 | 13 | |
| 2015 | Eduard Romanyuta | English | "I Want Your Love" | 11 | 41 | ||
| 2016 | Lidia Isac | English | "Falling Stars" | 17 | 33 | ||
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- NOTE: If a country had won the previous year, they did not have to compete in the semi-finals the following year. The other reason being that back in 2004-2007, the top ten countries who were not members of the big four did not have to compete in the semi finals the following year. If, for example, Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the countries who placed 11th and 12th were advanced to the following year's grand final along with the rest of the top ten countries.
Voting history
As of 2016, Moldova's voting history is as follows:
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Commentators and spokespersons
| Year(s) | Commentators | Spokesperson |
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| 2005 | TBC | Elena Camerzan |
| 2006 | Svetlana Cocoş | |
| 2007 | Andrei Porubin | |
| 2008 | Lucia Danu and Vitalie Rotaru | Vitalie Rotaru |
| 2009 | TBC | Sandu Leancă |
| 2010 | Marcel Spătari | Tania Cerga |
| 2011 | Geta Burlacu | |
| 2012 | Olivia Furtună[2] | |
| 2013 | Lidia Scarlat | |
| 2014 | Daniela Babici[3] | |
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| 2016 | Gloria Gorceag | |
| 2017 | TBA | TBA |
Photogallery
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Natalia Gordienko and Arsenium performing "Loca" at Athens (2006)
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Natalia Barbu performing "Fight" at Helsinki (2007)
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Geta Burlacu performing "A Century of Love" at Belgrade (2008)
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Zdob şi Zdub performing "So Lucky" at Düsseldorf (2011)
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Aliona Moon performing "O mie" at Malmö (2013)
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Cristina Scarlat performing "Wild Soul" at Copenhagen (2014)
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Eduard Romanyuta performing "I Want Your Love" at Vienna (2015)
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Lidia Isac performing "Falling Stars" at Stockholm (2016)
See also
References
- ↑ Viniker, Barry (2006-11-26). "Moldova actively seeking performers". ESCToday. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
- ↑ 2014 - min. 6:00 http://trm.md/ro/eurovision-2014/eurovision-2014-marea-finala-partea-a-v-a/
- ↑ http://trm.md/ro/eurovision-2014/eurovision-2014-marea-finala-partea-i/
External links
- Points to and from Moldova eurovisioncovers.co.uk
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