Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 and selected their entry through a national final, O melodie pentru Europa (A song for Europe), organised by Moldovan broadcaster TRM (TeleRadio-Moldova).
| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals 27 February 2010 28 February 2010 Final 6 March 2010 | |||
| Selected entrant | SunStroke Project & Olia Tira | |||
| Selected song | "Run Away" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 52 points) | |||
| Final result | 22nd, 27 points | |||
| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
O melodie pentru Europa 2010
The Moldovan national final, O melodie pentru Europa (A song for Europe), had two semi-finals held on 27 and 28 February 2010, followed by the final on 6 March. 30 songs competed in the two semi-finals, of which 14 progressed to the final.[1][2]
Competing entries
Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 15 December 2009 and 8 January 2010. Only Moldovan artists could be accepted, or at least one vocalist in a group must be Moldovan, with no more than two foreigners in a band in total.[3][4] TRM also invited foreign composers to take part in the preselection: they could either themselves find a suitable Moldovan singers for their entries or submit to TRM a demo recording for which the broadcaster would assist to find interested local performers.[4] On 24 December 2010, TRM offered Moldovan artists who did not have a song prepared for the contest the opportunity of competing in the contest with one of 20 pre-selected songs composed by Moldovan authors but with no further information about them.[5]
A total of 83 songs were submitted to TRM for the contest.[6] The broadcaster selected 25 finalists from these submissions, which were announced on 16 January 2010.[7][8][9]
The remaining songs which were not selected competed for additional five places in the semi-finals through an online SMS vote between 29 January and 14 February 2010. On 15 February 2010, these 5 qualifying acts were revealed, as well as the line-up and dates for the semi-finals and final.[1][2]
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on 27 February 2010 at the TRM Studio in Chișinău, hosted by Dianna Rotaru and Iurie Gologan. Seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.[10][11]
| Semi-final 1 – 27 February 2010 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Mihai Teodor | "Ai-Ai-Ai" | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Corina Cuniuc and Denis Latâşev | "Forever" | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Doinița Gherman | "Meloterapia" | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | "Run Away" | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Millennium | "Before You Go" | 20 | 2 |
| 6 | Marcel Rosca | "If Love Is The Thing" | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Nicoleta Gavrilita | "De tristețe" | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Dyma | "Manipulate" | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | JJ Jazz | "So Many Questions" | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Todo | "Dance 4 Life" | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Eugen Doibani | "Love Sweet Love" | 10 | 6 |
| 12 | Monkey Mind and Daniela | "Smile" | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | Dana Marchitan | "Day and Night" | 7 | 8 |
| 14 | Constantinova and Fusu | "The Robbery" | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Carolina Gorun | "Addicted" | 11 | 4 |
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on 28 February 2010 at the TRM Studio in Chișinău, hosted by Dianna Rotaru and Iurie Gologan. Seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.[12][13]
| Semi-final 2 – 28 February 2010 | ||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
| 1 | Boris Covali | "No Name" | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | Pavel Turcu | "Imn Eurovision" | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Gloria | "I'm Not Alone" | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Pasha | "You Should Like" | 17 | 2 |
| 5 | Alexandru Manciu | "Rămîi lîngă mine" | 13 | 3 |
| 6 | Mariana Mihăilă | "Say I'm Sorry" | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Vitalie Toderascu | "Ţi-aduci aminte" | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Gicu Cimbir | "Cine sunt eu" | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Irina Tarasiuc | "Lucky Star" | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Cristy Rouge | "Don't Break My Heart" | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Veronica Lupu | "Poza ta" | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Valeria Tarasova | "See You Soon" | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | MBeyline | "Never Step Back" | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Brand | "S.O.S." | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cristina Croitor | "My Heart" | 24 | 1 |
Final
The final took place on 6 March 2010 at TRM Studio in Chișinău, hosted by Dianna Rotaru and Iurie Gologan. The fourteen songs that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected based on the combination of a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.
| Final – 6 March 2010 | ||||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place |
| 1 | Doinița Gherman | "Meloterapia" | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Valeria Tarasova | "See You Soon" | 5 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | "Run Away" | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | Pasha | "You Should Like" | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | Dyma | "Manipulate" | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Pavel Turcu | "Imn Eurovision" | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Eugen Doibani | "Love Sweet Love" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Boris Covali | "No Name" | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | Carolina Gorun | "Addicted" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Gicu Cimbir | "Cine sunt eu" | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Millennium | "Before You Go" | 7 | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 12 | Cristina Croitoru | "My Heart" | 6 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | Monkey Mind and Daniela | "Smile" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Alexandru Manciu | "Rămîi lîngă mine" | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
At Eurovision
SunStroke Project and Olia Tira performed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 25 May, as the first entry and in the final on Saturday, 29 May, in 4th position. At the final they finished on the 22nd place with 27 points.
Split results
- In the Semi-final 1 Moldova came 10th with 52 points: the public awarded Moldova 10th place with 54 points and the jury awarded 13th place with 42 points.
- In the Final Moldova came 22nd with 27 points: the public awarded Moldova 18th place with 28 points and the jury awarded 23rd place with 33 points.
Points awarded by Moldova[14]
Semi-final 1
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Post Eurovision
After the Eurovision performance there was much discussion about the saxophone player Sergey Stepanov in Moldova's entry, who came to be known in an internet meme called 'Epic Sax Guy', although Stepanov didn't actually play the saxophone live as per Eurovision's rules on instruments.[15] This has led to online tribute videos being made by fans which have gone viral,[15] one of which is ten hours long.
References
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- Brey, Marco (2010-02-16). "Moldova: national final on 6th of March". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
- "Regulations of Moldovan preselection" (in Romanian). TRM. 2009-12-15. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- "Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010". ESCKaz. 2009-12-15. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- "Moldova: Helping song from National Television". ESCToday. 2009-12-24. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- Kalimeris, Aris (2010-01-09). "Moldova: 83 songs submitted for national selection". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- "Concursul Internaţional Eurovision Song Contest 2010 "O Melodie pentru Europa"". Retrieved 29 January 2010.
- Kalimeris, Aris (2010-01-16). "Exclusive: The 25 Moldovan finalists revealed". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
- Brey, Marco (2010-01-17). "Moldova: 25 national final participants announced". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- Klier, Marcus (2010-02-27). "Results: Seven acts qualified in Moldova". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- Brey, Marco (2010-02-27). "Results of the first Moldovan semi-final". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
- Klier, Marcus (2010-02-28). "Results: Seven acts qualified in Moldova". ESCToday. Archived from the original on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- Brey, Marco (2010-02-28). "Second Moldovan semi-final finished". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2008
- Brown, Damon (August 2, 2010). "Is this guy the Web's new rickroll?". CNN. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
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