Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 12 times, debuting in 2005. The debut year remains the country's most successful result, with Zdob şi Zdub finishing sixth. The country's only other top ten result was in 2007, when Natalia Barbu finished tenth. Moldova has reached the final eight out of twelve times, failing to get through in 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016. ContentsHistoryFollowing 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". 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 2010 a saxophonist Sergey Stepanov from group SunStroke Project and Olia Tira has become internet phenomenon ("Epic Sax Guy") 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. This was the third time that Moldova ended up 10th in the semifinal, the last qualifier for the final. In 2012, Pasha Parfeny represented Moldova, with the song "Lăutar", placing 5th in the Semi Final and 11th in the Grand Final. ContestantsVoting historyAs of 2016, Moldova's voting history is as follows: ReferencesMoldova in the Eurovision Song Contest Wikipedia | |||||||||
