Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest


Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 15 times, debuting in 2005. The country's best result is a third-place finish for SunStroke Project in 2017, with their song "Hey, Mamma!".
Moldova's debut in the contest in 2005 was successful, with Zdob și Zdub finishing sixth. The country also reached the top ten with Natalia Barbu and DoReDoS, finishing tenth both times. In total, Moldova has reached the final ten times, failing to qualify from the semi-finals in,,, and

History

Following Moldova's 20th-place finish in the contest, Moldovan broadcaster Teleradio-Moldova announced that it would not participate in, 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". She achieved 10th place.
In 2008 Moldova, for the first time in 4 years of participating, failed to make the Final, their jazz number, "A Century of Love", finishing 12th place in a field of 19.
In 2009 Moldova achieved 14th place with Nelly Ciobanu.
In 2010, saxophonist Sergey Stepanov of SunStroke Project became the internet phenomenon with his 30-second saxophone solo.
In 2011 Zdob și Zdub represented Moldova for a second time in the contest, with the song So Lucky placing 12th in the final. This was the third time that Moldova ended up 10th in the semifinal, the last qualifier for the final.
In 2012 and 2013 Moldova achieved 11th place with Pasha Parfeny and Aliona Moon respectively.
In 2014-2016 Moldova failed to qualify for the final coming last in 2014, 11th in 2015 and pre-last in 2016.
In 2017, Moldova achieved its best result at the contest, when SunStroke Project finished third in the final with the song "Hey, Mamma!". The streak of top 10 results continued in 2018 with the band DoReDos finishing 10th in Lisbon. However in 2019, Moldova failed to qualify for the first time since 2016 and finished 12th, 9 points behind the 10th qualifier, Denmark.

Contestants

Commentators and spokespersons

YearCommentatorsSpokesperson
Vitalie RotaruElena Camerzan
Vitalie RotaruSvetlana Cocoș
Vitalie RotaruAndrei Porubin
Lucia Danu and Vitalie RotaruVitalie Rotaru
Rosalina Rusu and Andrei SavaSandu Leancă
Marcel SpătariTania Cerga
Marcel SpătariGeta Burlacu
Marcel SpătariOlivia Furtună
Lidia ScarlatOlivia Furtună
Daniela BabiciOlivia Furtună
Daniela BabiciOlivia Furtună
Gloria GorceagOlivia Furtună
Gloria GorceagGloria Gorceag
Djulieta ArdovanDjulieta Ardovan
Doina Stimpovschi and Daniela CruduDoina Stimpovschi

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