Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

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The Moldovan Final was held on February 26 at the National Palace in Chişinău, hosted by Aurelia Vasilica & Valeriu Myrza. The winner was chosen by televoting (50%) and an "expert" jury (50%) - Zdob si Zdub won the televote while Millennium was favourite with the "expert" jury. Zdob şi Zdub was selected with the song Bunica Bate Toba. The song is written by Roman Iagupov and composed by Mihai Gincu.

Zdob şi Zdub is a Moldovan band consisting of Roman Iagupov, Mihai Gincu, Anatol Pugaci, Valeriu Mazilu, Victor Dandes, and Igor Buzurniuc. The band has released 5 albums, released the debut album Hardcore Moldovenesc in 1997. The ethno-rockers combine hardcore with Moldovan folklore. They have 10 years of experience behind them, adding a touch of hip-hop, drum'n'bass, jungle and disco as the music genre.

Final - February 26

№	Song	Singer	Place
1	Evolution	Johnny Alici	12th=
2	One more time	Nelly Ciobanu	2nd
3	Mǎ cheamǎ dragostea	Nona Marian	10th
4	La iubire nu voi renunţa	Iana Ştefan	12th=
5	Yellow roses	Lou	7th
6	Pentru tine	Cezara	12th=
7	Tablou pe sticlǎ	Millennium	3rd
8	O mie cinci sute	Alternosfera	11th
9	Bunica bate toba	Zdob şi Zdub	1st
10	Lacrimi şi durere	Adrian Ursu	4th
11	I'm begging you	In Quadro	5th
12	Ploaia ta	Edict	12th=
13	O stea	Sergiu Cuzencov	6th
14	Am sǎ vin	Gindul Mitei	8th
15	Un sǎrut	Alexa	9th

Individual Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005

Albania - Andorra - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Latvia - Lithuania - Republic of Macedonia - Malta - Moldova - Monaco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom Note: Countries in italics are semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.