Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest

Moldova
Member station	TRM
National selection events	National Final O melodie pentru Europa 2005–2006 2008–2018 Internal Selection 2007
Participation summary
Appearances	14 (10 finals)
First appearance	2005
Best result	3rd: 2017
Worst result	Last: 2014 SF
External links
Moldova's page at Eurovision.tv
For the most recent participation see Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 14 times, debuting in 2005. The country's best result is a third-place finish for the band SunStroke Project in 2017, with their song "Hey, Mamma!".

Moldova's debut in the contest in 2005 was successful, with Zdob și Zdub finishing sixth. The country also reached the top ten with Natalia Barbu (2007) and DoReDoS (2018), finishing tenth both times. In total, Moldova has reached the final ten times, failing to qualify from the semi-finals in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

History

Following the poor result (20th place) 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] She achieved 10th place.

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 2009 Moldova achieved 14th place with Nelly Ciobanu. In 2010, saxophonist Sergey Stepanov of SunStroke Project became the internet phenomenon ("Epic Sax Guy") with his 30-second saxophone solo.

In 2011 Zdob și 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 and 2013 Moldova achieved 11th place with Pasha Parfeny and Aliona Moon respectively.

In 2014-2016 Moldova failed to qualify for the final coming last in 2014, 11th in 2015 and pre-last in 2016. In 2017, Moldova achieved its best result at the contest, when SunStroke Project finished third in the final with the song "Hey, Mamma!". The streak of top 10 results continued in 2018 with the band DoReDos finishing 10th in Lisbon.

Contestants

Table key

• 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 2018, Moldova's voting history is as follows:

Most points given in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Romania 149 2  Ukraine 117 3  Russia 109 4  Azerbaijan 79 5  Sweden 53 Most points received in the grand finals only Rank Country Points 1  Romania 133 2  Portugal 76 3  Ukraine 71 4  Russia 64 5  Azerbaijan 52

Most points given in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Romania 233 2  Russia 210 3  Ukraine 178 4  Azerbaijan 135 5  Sweden 84 Most points received in the semis and finals Rank Country Points 1  Romania 221 2  Russia 160 3  Portugal 126 4  Ukraine 121 5  Belarus 104

Commentators and spokespersons

Photo gallery

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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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  Nelly Ciobanu at Moscow (2009)
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  SunStroke Project and Olia Tira performing "Run Away" at Oslo (2010)
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  Zdob și 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)
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  SunStroke Project performing "Hey, Mamma!" at Kyiv (2017)
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  DoReDoS performing "My Lucky Day" at Lisbon (2018)

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