- Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Moldova Member station TRM Appearances Appearances 7 First appearance 2005 Best result 6th:2005 Worst result 12th SF: 2008 External links Moldova's page at Eurovision.tv Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times, debuting in 2005. Following the poor result 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]
In 2008 Moldova, for the first time in 4 years of trying, failed to make the Final, their jazz number, "A Century of Love", finishing 12th place in a field of 19. In 2010 a saxophonist Sergey Stepanov from group SunStroke Project and Olia Tira has become internet phenomenon because of his 30 second saxophone solo.
In 2011 Zdob şi Zdub represented Moldova for a second time in the contest, with the song So Lucky placing 12th in the final.
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Contestants
Year Artist Title Final Points Semi Points 2005 Zdob şi Zdub "Bunika Bate Toba" 6 148 2 207 2006 Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R "Loca" 20 22 X X 2007 Natalia Barbu "Fight" 10 109 10 91 2008 Geta Burlacu "A Century of Love" X X 12 36 2009 Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" 14 69 5 106 2010 SunStroke Project and Olia Tira "Run Away" 22 27 10 52 2011 Zdob şi Zdub "So Lucky" 12 97 10 54 2012 Voting history (2005-2011)
Moldova gave and received most of it's points to Romania. In fact, with only one exception on each side (Moldova in 2005 and Romania in 2010) both countries have given each other their 12 points.
Moldova has given the most points to...
Rank Country Points 1 Romania
79 2 Russia
59 3 Ukraine
50 4 Azerbaijan
35 5 Georgia
19 = Norway
19 Moldova has received the most points from...
Rank Country Points 1 Romania
70 2 Portugal
46 3 Ukraine
33 4 Russia
27 5 Belarus
26 NOTE: The totals in the above tables include only points awarded in Eurovision finals, and not the semi-finals.
Commentators
Year(s) Commentators 2005-2009 TBC 2010-current Marcel Spătari References
- ^ Viniker, Barry (2006-11-26). "Moldova actively seeking performers". ESCToday. http://esctoday.com/news/read/6824. Retrieved 2008-09-29.
External links
- Points to and from Moldova eurovisioncovers.co.uk
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