Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest

Balance sheet

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Broadcasting company

First participation

2005

Number of participations

15 (as of 2019)

Highest ranking

3 ( 2017 )

Highest Score

374 (2017)

Lowest Score

13 ( 2014 SF )

Points average (since first post)

94.27 (as of 2019)

Average points per voting country in the 12-point system

1.79 (as of 2019)

This article deals with the history of the Republic of Moldova as a participant in the Eurovision Song Contest .

Regularity of participation and successes in competition

In 2017, SunStroke Project achieved Moldova's best result so far in the competition

Moldova has been participating in the competition since 2005. Bunica bate toba made a successful debut in 2005 with second place in the semifinals and sixth place in the final . In 2006, the country qualified directly for the final, but only reached 20th place here qualify for the finals with 10th place in the semifinals, but with 10th place in the final already reached his second place in the top ten. In 2008, Moldova then failed to qualify for the final. In 2009 Nelly Ciobanu was able to qualify for the final again and got an average placement with 14th place. In 2010, however, the country only landed on 22nd place again. In 2011, however, the band Zdob și Zdub, who represented the country in 2005 and took 6th place, reached an acceptable place with 12th place. In 2012 and 2013, the Moldovan entries landed in 11th place and thus just missed a place in the top ten. In 2014, Moldova then bottomed out in the competition. Cristina Scarlat came last, making Moldova the worst-scoring 13 points of all participating countries in the semi-finals that were eliminated. To date, 13 points are Moldova's lowest score in the competition. In 2015, the country missed the final for the first time for the second time in a row. With 11th place, Eduard Romanyuta just failed to qualify for the final. Moldova did not reach the final in 2016 either. Lidia Isac finally only reached the penultimate in the semi-finals. It wasn't until 2017 that things went better for Moldova.

In 2017, when SunStroke Project, who participated in 2010 together with Olia Tira and reached 22nd place, took part, the country was finally able to qualify for the final for the first time since 2013. Finally, the country reached 2nd place in the semifinals. In the final, Moldova's best result so far in the competition followed. With 3rd place in the final and 374 points, Moldova even achieved a new maximum number of points in the competition. Moldova was again very successful in 2018. Once again, the country was able to qualify for the final after the DoReDoS finished third in the semifinals. In the final, with 10th place, the country was placed in the top ten for the first time twice in a row. In 2019, however, these two successes could not be repeated. Anna Odobescu was eliminated in 12th place in the semi-finals, making Moldova miss the final for the first time since 2016.

In total, seven of the 15 entries ended up in the left half of the table. In addition, the country has been eliminated five times in the semi-finals and reached the last place once. Nonetheless, Moldova already achieved third place. This makes the country one of the average successful countries in the competition.

List of posts

Color legend: - 1st place. - 2nd place. - 3rd place. - Equal points with last place. - Eliminated in the semi-finals / in the qualification / in the Eastern European preliminary decision. - no participation / not qualified. - Cancellation of the Eurovision Song Contest.      

year	Interpreter	Title Music (M) and Text (T)	language	translation	final		Semi-final / qualification		National preliminary decision
					space	Points	space	Points
2005	Zdob și Zdub	Bunica bate toba M: Mihai Gîncu ; T: Roman Iagupov	Romanian , English	Grandmother beats the drum	6/24	148	2/25	207	O melody pentru Europe 2005
2006	Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienco & Connect-R	Loca M / T: Arsenium	English, Spanish	Insane	20/24	22nd	Qualified directly for the final		O melody pentru Europe 2006
2007	Natalia Barbu	Fight M: Alexandru Brasoveanu; T: Elena Buga	English	struggle	10/24	109	10/28	91	internal selection
2008	Geta Burlacu	A Century of Love M: Oleg Baraliuc; T: Viorica Demici	English	A century of love	Eliminated		12/19	36	O melody pentru Europe 2008
2009	Nelly Ciobanu	Hora Din Moldova M: Veaceslav Daniliu; T: Andrei Hadjiu	Romanian, English	Dance of Moldova	14/25	68	5/19	106	O melody pentru Europe 2009
2010	SunStroke Project & Olia Tira	Run Away M: Anton Ragoza , Sergey Stepanov ; T: Alina Galitcaía	English	Run away	22/25	27	10/17	52	O melody pentru Europe 2010
2011	Zdob și Zdub	So Lucky M: Mihai Gincu , Marc Elsner; T: Andy Shuman, Marc Elsner	English	So happy	12/25	97	10/19	54	O melody pentru Europe 2011
2012	Pasha Parfeny	Lăutar M: Pasha Parfeny , Alex Brașoveanu; T: Pasha Parfeny	English with Romanian title	Musician (fiddler)	11/26	81	5/18	100	O melody pentru Europe 2012
2013	Aliona Moon	O mie M: Pasha Parfeny ; T: Yuliana Scutari	Romanian	A thousand	11/26	71	4/16	95	O melody pentru Europe 2013
2014	Cristina Scarlat	Wild Soul M: Ivan Aculov; T: Lidia Scarlat	English	Wild soul	Eliminated		16/16	13	O melody pentru Europe 2014
2015	Eduard Romanyuta	I Want Your Love M / T: Erik Lewander, Hayley Aitken, Tom Andrews	English	I want your love	Eliminated		11/16	41	O melody pentru Europe 2015
2016	Lidia Isac	Falling Stars M / T: Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg, Leonid Gutkin	English	Falling stars	Eliminated		17/18	33	O melody pentru Europe 2016
2017	SunStroke Project	Hey Mamma M: Anton Ragoza , Serghei Ialovițchii , Serghei Stepanov , Mihail Cebotarenco; T: Alina Galitcaia	English	Hey mum	3 / 26th	374	2/18	291	O melody pentru Europe 2017
2018	DoReDoS	My Lucky Day M: Phillip Kirkorow ; T: John Ballard	English	My lucky day	10/26	209	3/18	235	O Melody Pentru Europa 2018
2019	Anna Odobescu	Stay M / T: Georgios Kalpakidis, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil, Maria Broberg	English	Stay	Eliminated		12/18	85	O Melody Pentru Europe 2019
2020	Natalia Gordienko	Prison M: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Phillip Kirkorow ; T: Sharon Vaughn	English	jail	Cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the EBU				O Melody Pentru Europe 2020

National preliminary decisions

→ Main article : O melody Pentru Europe

The Republic of Moldova has so far selected the majority of its contributions via the preliminary decision O Melodie Pentru Europe. Only in 2007 were the artist and title determined internally. Nevertheless, the 35 contributions submitted at the time were published on the Internet and reports were made on the progress of the decision-making process. O Melodie Pentru Europa has developed different modes over the years.

Preliminary decision with two semi-finals

In 2010 there were two semi-finals with 15 participants each, seven of which reached the final, so that 14 titles took part in the final. From 2013 to 2016 there were two semi-finals with twelve titles each. Eight of them qualified for the final, with 16 entries taking part in the final. The winner was determined 50% by jury voting and 50% by televoting.

Preliminary decision with a semi-final

Before the Moldovan preliminary decision in 2006, a semi-final was held with a total of 25 participants, of which the 13 best qualified for the final. Three participants finished first with the same number of points. The rules did not provide for a solution in this case, and the preliminary decision was postponed. Three weeks later there was a new preliminary decision with five participants. Only one of these had participated in the first preliminary decision, the other four had been newly selected.

Again in 2017 there was only one semi-final with 14 participants, eight of which reached the final. Nevertheless, 50% of the winner was still determined by jury voting and 50% by televoting.

Preliminary decision without preliminary rounds

In 2005 a classic preliminary decision was held in which 15 artists took part, each with one title. The winner was determined by a jury and televoting, each with a weighting of 50%. In 2011, 20 instead of 15 songs took part. As in the debut year 2005, Zdob și Zdub won .

In 2012, 2018 and 2019 there was only one program with a certain number of participants. In 2012 there were 21, 2018 16 and 2019 only ten titles. The winner was still chosen 50% by jury voting and 50% by televoting.

languages

Most of the Moldovan contributions were presented in English . Only in 2013 was the article presented completely in the national language Romanian , with O Mie being presented completely in English in the preliminary round. In 2005, Bunica bate toba was presented in English and Romanian, as was Hora din Moldova 2009. The 2006 contribution, Loca , was presented in English and Spanish . The article from 2012 only had a Romanian title, but was otherwise presented entirely in English.

Scoring

The following countries received the most points from or awarded the most points to Moldova (as of 2019):

Most of the points awarded in the final space country Points 1  Romania 149 2  Russia 126 3  Ukraine 117 4th  Azerbaijan 095 5  Sweden 055

Most in the final received points space country Points 1  Romania 133 2  Portugal 076 3  Ukraine 071 4th  Russia 064 5  Azerbaijan 052

Most of the points awarded space country Points 1  Romania 257 2  Russia 245 3  Ukraine 178 4th  Azerbaijan 165 5  Armenia 088

Most total obtained points space country Points 1  Romania 245 2  Russia 170 3  Portugal 126 4th  Ukraine 121 5  Belarus 104

Award of the highest rating

Since 2005, the Republic of Moldova has awarded the highest number of points in the final to seven different countries, eleven of them to Romania. In the semi-finals, however, the Republic of Moldova awarded its maximum number of points to six different countries, nine of which to Romania.

Highest rating (final) year country Place (final) 2005  Latvia 5 2006  Romania 4th 2007  Romania 13 2008  Romania 20th 2009  Romania 19th 2010  Romania 3 2011  Romania 17th 2012  Romania 12 2013  Ukraine 3 2014  Romania 12 2015  Romania 15th 2016  Ukraine (J) 1  Russia (T) 3 2017  Romania (J&T) 7th 2018  Estonia (J) 8th  Israel (T) 1 2019  North Macedonia (J) 7th  Russia (T) 3 2020 Competition canceled

Highest rating (semi-finals) year country Place (semifinals) 2005  Romania 1 2006  Russia 3 2007  Belarus 4th 2008  Romania 7th 2009  Azerbaijan 2 2010  Russia 7th 2011  Romania 4th 2012  Romania 3 2013  Ukraine 3 2014  Russia 6th 2015  Romania 5 2016  Russia (J) 1  Azerbaijan (T) 6th 2017  Portugal (J) 1  Azerbaijan (T) 8th 2018  Romania (J&T) 11 2019  Romania (J&T) 13 2020 Competition canceled

Impressions

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  Natalia Gordienko and Arsenium 2006

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  Natalia Barbu 2007

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  Geta Burlacu 2008

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  Nelly Ciobanu 2009

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  Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira 2010

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  Zdob și Zdub 2011

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  Aliona Moon 2013

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  Cristina Scarlat 2014

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  Eduard Romanyuta 2015

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  Lidia Isac 2016

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  SunStroke Project 2017

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  DoReDoS 2018

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  Anna Odobescu 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ esctoday.com
2. ↑ geocities.ws
3. ↑ geocities.ws
4. ↑ geocities.ws