Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Country	Moldova
National selection
Selection process	National Final 50% Jury 50% Televoting
Selection date(s)	Semi-final 5 February 2006 Final 25 February 2006 General final 15 March 2006
Selected entrant	Arsenium and Natalia Gordienko feat. Connect-R
Selected song	"Loca"
Finals performance
Final result	20th, 22 points

Moldova’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was due to be selected in a national final that took place on 25 February organised by national broadcaster Teleradio-Moldova (TRM). The result was a three-way tie, and the rules stated that should this happen, the youngest jury member would choose the winner, which they refused to do. A new national final took place on 15 March, with brand new songs competing. In this new final, Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko feat. Connect-R singing Loca were successfully chosen to represent Moldova in Athens. The song is written and composed by Arsenium.

Arsenie Todiraş (Arsenium) was born on 22 July 1983 in Chişinău, Moldova and is a singer who was part of the boyband O-Zone. When he was 17, the famous opera singer Larisa Shulga taught him singing lessons, which led him to Dan Balan who invited him to become a new member of “O-Zone”. The band had many hits and became successful domestically and internationally. After the band broke up Arsenie started his solo career and his first single Love Me, Love Me was released in 2005. Popular Romanian rapper Connect-R and the former lead singer of the Moldovan group Millennium, Natalia Gordienko (born 11 December 1987), will join Arsenium to perform the song.

Result of National Final

This is the result of the second national final, held on 15 March.

№	Song	Singer	Televote	Jury	Total	Place
1	"Something About Love"	Ludmila Znamenskaia	7	7	14	4th
2	"The Games Of Night"	Svetlana Sertzova & Vadim Luchin	6	6	12	5th
3	"Made in Moldova"	Serj Cuzencoff	10	10	20	2nd
4	"Loca"	Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko feat. Connect-R	12	12	24	1st
5	"I've Never Thought"	Marcella	8	8	16	3rd

See also

• Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest