Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Moldova was one of the countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, hosted by Russia. TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) held a national final to select its 2009 entry for the contest. Nelly Ciobanu with the song "Hora din Moldova" qualified in the second semi-final in Moscow on 14 May, and represented Moldova in the final on 16 May.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Moldova
National selection
Selection processO melodie pentru Europa 2009
Selection date(s)14 February 2009
Selected entrantNelly Ciobanu
Selected song"Hora din Moldova"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 106 points)
Final result14th, 69 points
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

O melodie pentru Europa 2009

O melodie pentru Europa 2009 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Competing entries

Interested artists and composers were to submit their entries to the Moldovan broadcaster from 10 November 2008 to 20 December 2008. 39 entries were received, two of which came from foreign composers.[1][2] 20 songs were selected, and were revealed on 9 January 2009.[3][4] The running order draw for the final was revealed on 2 February 2009.[5][6]

Before the final, Natalia Gordienko, who represented Moldova in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, as well as Edict decided to withdraw from the selection, while Olia Tira decided to withdraw one of her two songs from the selection; They were later replaced by Doiniţa Gherman with "Hei! Exploadează!", Veronica Stolli with "Lerui - ler" and Corbus Albus with "7 Days".[7]

Final

The final took place on 14 February 2009 in the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Chişinău, hosted by Rusalina Rusu and Serj Kuzenkoff. Twenty songs competed during the four hour-long show and the winner was selected based on a combination of a public televote (1/3), a professional jury (1/3) and a TRM committee (1/3). After combining the results of all three votes, the winner was Nelly Ciobanu, winning 61% of the televote and the top marks from both the committee and the jury.[9]

In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2009 Romanian Eurovision entrant Elena Gheorghe with "The Balkan Girls" and Moldovan singer Ionel Istrati with "Uita-ma" performed as guests. 2009 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant AySel also premiered a teaser of her Eurovision entry during the show.[10]

Final – 14 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Jury TRM
Committee		 Televote Total Place
1 Doiniţa Gherman "Hei! Exploadează!" 7 6 0 13 8
2 Corbus Albus "7 Days" 5 7 0 12 10
3 Veronica Stolli "Lerui - ler" 0 0 0 0 20
4 Cristy Rouge "Women's Winner" 6 7 2 15 6
5 Elena Buga "Queen" 5 4 0 9 14
6 Cristina Croitor "First Chance" 5 1 3 9 15
7 Galina Şcoda "Joc de noroc" 5 6 4 15 7
8 Ayra "Call Me A Liar" 5 2 5 12 11
9 SunStroke Project "No Crime" 8 10 8 26 3
10 Marius "We'll Gonna Rock" 6 0 0 6 18
11 Brand "Simt că este timpul" 5 2 1 8 16
12 Dana Marchitan "Doar un pas" 5 3 0 8 17
13 Dianna "I'm Missing You" 5 7 0 12 12
14 Olia Tira "Unicul meu" 6 8 10 24 4
15 Anişoara Balmuş "Adrenalina" 5 0 0 5 19
16 Cezara "Tu, tată" 6 1 4 11 13
17 Slavici "O fată cu părul de aur" 5 5 3 13 9
18 Katalina Rusu "Sparky Lady" 6 8 6 20 5
19 Alexa "A Flight to the Light" 10 10 7 27 2
20 Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" 12 12 12 36 1

At Eurovision

Moldova had to compete in one of the two semi-finals after Geta Burlacu came 12th in the 2008 semi-final. It qualified from the second semi-final and eventually finished 14th.

Points awarded by Moldova[11]
Points awarded to Moldova (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Moldova (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. "Moldova: 39 songs submitted". ESCToday. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  2. Calleja Bayliss, Marc (23 December 2008). "Moldova: TRM gets 39 songs for 2009 Eurovision". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  3. Kalimeris, Aris (9 January 2009). "Moldova: The 20 finalists are revealed". Oikotimes. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  4. Konstantopoulos, Fotis (9 January 2009). "Moldova: TRM reveals complete line up". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  5. van Tongeren, Mario (27 January 2009). "Moldova: National final on February 14th". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  6. Floras, Stella (2 February 2009). "Moldova: Final to take place on 14th February". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  7. Klier, Marcus (14 February 2009). "Tonight: National final in Moldova". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  8. https://esckaz.com/2009/mol.htm. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Eurovision 2009". TRM Teleradio-Moldova. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  10. Aris kalimeris (2 February 2009). "Romania: Elena starts promo tour from Moldova and Greece". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  11. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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