Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest

For Moldova's most recent participation, see Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
Moldova

Member station TRM
National selection events
Appearances
Appearances 10 (8 finals)
First appearance 2005
Best result 6th: 2005
Worst result Last: 2014 SF
External links
Moldova's page at Eurovision.tv

Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten 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 ten times, failing to get through in 2008 and 2014.

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 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

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title Final Points Semi Points
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"

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 113
2  Russia 80
 Ukraine 80
4  Azerbaijan 53
5  Sweden 28
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 161
2  Russia 137
3  Ukraine 126
4  Azerbaijan 81
5  Belarus 65
Most points received in the semis and finals
Rank Country Points
1  Romania 150
2  Russia 101
3  Ukraine 87
4  Belarus 83
5  Portugal 80

Commentators and spokespersons

Year(s) Commentators Spokesperson
2005 TBC Elena Camerzan
2006 Svetlana Cocoş
2007 Andrei Porubin
2008 Lucia Danu and Vitalie Rotaru Vitalie Rotaru
2009 TBC Andrei Porubin
2010 Marcel Spătari Tania Cerga
2011 Geta Burlacu
2012 Olivia Furtună[2]
2013 Lidia Scarlat
2014 Daniela Babici[3]
2015 TBA TBA

Photogallery

See also

References

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