Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest

Republic of Moldova
Member station	TRM
National selection events	O Melodie Pentru Europa (2005–2006, 2008–) Internal Selection (2007)
Appearances
Appearances	9 (8 finals)
First appearance	2005
Best result	6th: 2005
Worst result	12th SF: 2008 SF
External links
Republic of Moldova's page at Eurovision.tv

Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times, debuting in 2005. 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 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 earned the right to represent Moldova, with the song "Lăutar", placing 5th in the Semi Final and 11th in the Grand Final.

Contestants

• XX on the semi-finals denotes auto-qualification. This could be the result of one of the following two reasons; 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.
• XX on the finals denotes an unsuccessful attempt at qualifying to the final.

Voting history

As of 2013, Moldova's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Romania 101 2  Russia 72 3  Ukraine 70 4  Azerbaijan 53 5=  Georgia 22  Sweden 22  Greece 22 Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Romania 94 2  Portugal 52 3  Ukraine 49 4  Russia 40 5  Belarus 35

Most points given in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Romania 149 2  Russia 117 3  Ukraine 108 4  Azerbaijan 75 5  Belarus 60 Most points received in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Romania 150 2  Russia 100 3  Ukraine 85 4  Belarus 83 5  Portugal 80

Commentators and spokespersons

Photogallery

See also

• Moldova in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
• Moldova-Gagauzia in the Türkvizyon Song Contest

References

External links

• Points to and from Moldova eurovisioncovers.co.uk

v t e Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014   Artists 2000s Zdob şi Zdub Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R Natalia Barbu Geta Burlacu Nelly Ciobanu 2010s SunStroke Project and Olia Tira Zdob şi Zdub Pasha Parfeny Aliona Moon   Songs 2000s "Bunica Bate Toba" "Loca" "Fight" "A Century of Love" "Hora din Moldova" 2010s "Run Away" "So Lucky" "Lăutar" "O mie" (Note: Entries scored out are when Moldova did not compete)

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