Moldova: Natalia Barbu with the song “In The Middle” will represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö!

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The Moldovan National Selection “Etapa Națională”, the purpose of which is to select the Moldovan song for Eurovision, took place today. During the show we’ve seen eleven acts perform their consecutive songs they had written specifically for Eurovision Song Contest. Among the contestants, we have happened to see one returnee, who is known for performing one of the best Moldovan songs throughout the country’s participation.

This was the running order for the National Selection.

  1. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  2. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  3. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  4. Viola Julea – “Light Up!”
  5. O L – “No Time No Space”
  6. Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  7. Natalia Barbu – “In The Middle”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Catalina Solomac – “Fever”
  10. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  11. Iulia Teleuca “Runaway”

Previously, Natalia Barbu represented the country in 2007 with the song called “Fight”, which placed 14th in the Grand Final and is loved among the fans of Eurovision

 

Natalia Barbu was favoured by jury securing a landslide and receiving the highest marks from every juror, followed by Valeria Pasha with the song “Anti-Princess”. On the other hand, Valeria Pasha won the televoting, while Natalia Barbu came only second. Since initially jury has the tiebreaker, Natalia Barbu won Etapa Nationala, meaning that she will be representing Moldova at Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song “In The Middle”!

https://youtu.be/MHYylZB3jYw?feature=shared

 

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Moldova: Today marks the final of Etapa Națională 2024!

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The process to select Moldova’s representative for Eurovision 2024 concludes today. The Eastern European country will hold a national final for the third consecutive year to choose the artist who will compete in Malmo, with the grand final of Etapa Națională 2024 set to take place in just a few hours from now.

Participants

Eleven artists will compete in the grand final of Etapa Națională 2024, including:

  1. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  2. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  3. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  4. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  5. OL – “No Time No Space”
  6. Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  7. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  10. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  11. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”

Among the 11 artists, there are familiar names, such as Natalia Barbu, Moldova’s representative at Eurovision 2007 with the song “Fight.”

Final Outcome

The grand winner of the Moldovan national final and representative of the Eastern European country will be determined through a combination of public voting and jury deliberation. The Moldovan audience and the competent jury will each contribute 50% to the final outcome.

Guests

Naturally, the grand final of Etapa Națională 2024 will feature some special guests who will add their unique touch to the evening.

The Moldovan National Final will feature the legendary Romanian band HOLOGRAF. Holograf is one of the most famous and long-standing bands in the Romanian music scene. With hits like “Să nu-mi iei niciodată dragostea” and “Primăvara începe cu tine,” the band has captured the hearts of millions of fans.

The hosts of Etapa Națională 2024 will be Ion Jalbă and Doina Stimpovschii.

The grand final of the Moldovan national selection will begin at 18:00 CET and can be watched on the Moldovan public television’s YouTube channel by clicking HERE.

The winner of last year’s Etapa Națională and Moldova’s representative at Eurovision 2023 was Pasha Parfeni with the song “Soarele și luna,” who finished in the eighteenth position in the rankings.

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Moldova: These are the guest artists of “Etapa națională 2024!”

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Just a few hours ago, the national broadcaster of Moldova, TRM, announced the guest artists who are going to be present at the national final of Etapa națională 2024, on Saturday the 17th of February.

At the national final, which is going to take place on this week’s Saturday, the legendary Romanian group HOLOGRAF, is going to be the main guest artist. Some of the most well known songs of the group are “Să nu-mi iei niciodată dragostea” and “Primăvara începe cu tine”. The members of HOLOGRAF have already promised to share a magnificent moment with the audience and the viewers of the show!

So, until the upcoming February’s Saturday, let’s remember all of the eleven (11) entries that are going to “battle” for a possible opportunity to represent Moldova in Eurovision Song Contest 2024:

  1. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  2. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  3. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  4. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  5. OL – “No Time No Space”
  6. Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  7. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  10. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  11. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”

Until then, take a look of Moldova’s entry in Eurovision 2023 with Pasha Parfeni singing “Soarele şi Luna” at the Grand Final:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SABOfYgGk8M

Source: TRM

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Eurovision 2024: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

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Malmö with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Malmö early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

Presenters of the Eurovision 2024 semi-final draw were Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was also the presenter of the corresponding draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time. Both of them are part of the SVT staff, being some of the most beloved faces of the Swedish state broadcaster.

During the draw, the ceremony of handing over and accepting the emblem of the contest took place. The mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, formally handed over the “keys to the event” to the mayor of Malmö, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh.

Draw Procedure

Big 5 and Sweden

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Sweden, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Spain
  • Italy
  • France

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first semi-final and sixteen in the second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (May 7):

1st Half

  • Ukraine
  • Cyprus
  • Poland
  • Serbia
  • Lithuania
  • Croatia
  • Ireland

2nd Half

  • Slovenia
  • Iceland
  • Finland
  • Portugal
  • Luxembourg
  • Australia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Moldova

2nd Semi-Final (May 9):

1st Half

  • Austria
  • Malta
  • Switzerland
  • Greece
  • Czechia
  • Albania
  • Denmark
  • Armenia

2nd Half

  • Israel
  • Estonia
  • Georgia
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Latvia
  • San Marino
  • Belgium

Malmö will host the 68th Eurovision Song Contest from 7 to 11 May at the Malmö Arena. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organisers, is “United by Music“, retaining the motto first chosen for last year’s contest in Liverpool.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

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Eurovision 2024: Tonight the Allocation Draw!

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At 19:00 CET and live from Malmö, Sweden, the draw for the Eurovision 2024 semi-finals will take place tonight.

During today’s event, there will also be a handover of the event’s banner from the city of Liverpool to the city of Malmö. For this reason, both the Mayor of Liverpool, Steven Rotheram, and the Mayor of the Swedish city, Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, will be present at today’s draw.

The hosts

The hosts of tonight’s draw for the semi-finals of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi. It is worth mentioning that Pernilla Månsson Colt was the presenter of the equivalent draw in 2013, eleven years ago when Malmö hosted the Eurovision Song Contest for the last time.

The draw procedure

The first part of the draw will determine which semi-final will be broadcast and voted for by each of the six countries that are directly in the final on 11 May (Sweden, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom).

The second part of the draw will determine which semi-final and which half the other 31 participating countries will compete in. As in recent years, the exact order of appearance will be determined by the event producers at a later date.

The 31 countries have been divided into five pots, based on historical voting patterns as calculated by Eurovision’s official voting partner, Digame.

Drawing countries from different pots aims to reduce the likelihood of so-called neighbour voting and increases the suspense in the semi-finals.

Pots

Pot 1
  • 🇦🇱 Albania
  • 🇦🇹 Austria
  • 🇨🇭 Switzerland
  • 🇭🇷 Croatia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇸🇮 Slovenia
Pot 2
  • 🇦🇺 Australia
  • 🇩🇰 Denmark
  • 🇪🇪 Estonia
  • 🇫🇮 Finland
  • 🇮🇸 Iceland
  • 🇳🇴 Norway
Pot 3
  • 🇦🇲 Armenia
  • 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
  • 🇬🇪 Georgia
  • 🇮🇱 Israel
  • 🇱🇻 Latvia
  • 🇱🇹 Lithuania
  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Pot 4
  • 🇨🇾 Cyprus
  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇮🇪 Ireland
  • 🇲🇹 Malta
  • 🇵🇹 Portugal
  • 🇸🇲 San Marino
Pot 5
  • 🇧🇪 Belgium
  • 🇨🇿 Czechia
  • 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
  • 🇳🇱 Netherlands
  • 🇲🇩 Moldova
  • 🇵🇱 Poland

https://twitter.com/Eurovision/status/1751972070479565001

So in the evening, we all tune in for the draw of the semi-finals of our favourite contest. You can watch the draw on the official Eurovision channel on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_-2hMEq5sk

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Eurovision 2024: The Semi-final allocation pots!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw 2024 will take place tomorrow Tuesday 30 January at 19:00 CET live from Malmo, alongside a ceremony which sees the Host City insignia pass from previous hosts Liverpool to Malmo.

https://youtu.be/Q_-2hMEq5sk

The draw will be hosted by Pernilla Månsson Colt and Farah Abadi and fans will be able to watch on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Allocation Draw will determine whether countries participate in the First Semi-Final (Tuesday 7 May at 21:00 CEST) or the Second Semi-Final (Thursday 9 May at 21:00 CEST). Also randomly allocated is whether a country will perform in the first or second half of the Semi-Final they’ve drawn.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw: How does it work?

Sweden as the Host Country and reigning champion respectively, along with the other 6 members of the so-called ‘Big 6’ participating countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom) do not compete in the Semi-Finals, but their domestic audiences do get to vote in one of them… so before the competing countries are allocated a place in a Semi-Final, it will be randomly determined which of the Semi-Finals the Big 6 will each be allowed to vote on.

The next part of the draw will determine in which Semi-Final and in which half of the respective Semi-Final the other 31 participating countries will perform in.

Semi-Final Allocation Pots 2024

Pot 1

Pot 2

Pot 3
  • Albania
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Slovenia
  • Denmark
  • Australia
  • Finland
  • Iceland
  • Norway
  • Estonia
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Georgia
  • Israel
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Ukraine

Pot 4

Pot 5

Pot 6
  • Cyprus
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Malta
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Belgium
  • Czech Republic
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Poland
  • Luxembourg
  • France
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Spain
  • United Kingdom
  • Sweden

 

Drawing countries from different pots helps to reduce the chance of so-called neighbourly voting and increases suspense in the Semi-Finals. You can get a good idea of how it will all work by watching the 2022 Allocation Draw on the official Eurovision YouTube channel.

The Eurovision Song Contest is due to take place on 7, 9 and 11 May 2024 in Malmo, Sweden, who won the Contest thanks to Loreen winning in 2023.

Stay tuned at Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Source: Eurovision.tv

Moldova: The detailed results of the auditions of Etapa Naţională 2024!

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On Saturday, the live auditions of Etapa Naţională 2024, took palce in Moldova, in order o determine the artists that will take part in the national final for Eurovision 2024! Read more

Moldova: This is the runnning order of the Final of Etapa Naţională 2024!

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A few hours ago, TRM, the public broadcaster of Moldova, revealed the running order of the Final round of their national final for Eurovision 2024, Etapa Naţională 2024, that was decided after a random draw.

The eleven artists will compete in the following order

  1. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  2. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  3. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  4. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  5. OL – “No Time No Space”
  6. Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  7. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  10. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  11. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”

The final of Etapa Națională 2024 will take place in February 17, where e;even artists will claim the Moldovan representation in Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The final will be broadcasted live from TRM and the YouTube channel of the public broadcaster.

Until we learn who is going to represent Moldova in Eurovision 2024, let’s remember their song for last year’s contest. Pasha Parfeni was the winners of Etapa Națională 2023 with the song “Soarele și Luna” ending up in 18th place overall but 9th in the televote:

https://youtu.be/SABOfYgGk8M

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Moldovan participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, in Malmö!

Source: TRM

Moldova: The results of the auditions are OUT!

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The live stream of the Etapa Națională 2024 Live Auditions, the process through which Moldova is choosing the country’s entry for the upcoming Eurovision contest, ended a while ago.

Here is the running order of the auditions:

  1. Maria Ciolac – “Break free”
  2. DPSTP – “RISE UP”
  3. Oliv Sky – “Another Universe”
  4. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  5. Formația „Vele” – “Carnaval”
  6. Sasha Bognibov – “Married To Twins”
  7. Denis Midone – “Back To Me”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Oliv Sky – “Loud and clear”
  10. Victor Lozinsky – “Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley move”
  11. Bumbac Tudor – “Tudorel”
  12. LAURA – “Spune-mi”
  13. POLI – “Lui”
  14. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”
  15. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  16. Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  17. Max Cara – “Broke the chain”
  18. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  19. Valleria – “Run”
  20. Valleria – “RULE (Rai di ri di)”
  21. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  22. Anna Gulko –“Perfect Place”
  23. OL – “No Time No Space”
  24. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  25. Anna G – “Ay ay ay”
  26. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  27. Spînu Oleg – “Jungle”
  28. Y-Limit – “What’s the Fun”
  29. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  30. Nino – “Up again”

A panel of experts evaluated the song alone, its originality, the vocal range and capability of the performer, but also the interpretation. Candidates’ attire and stage appearance were not judged, while contestants were given time for the necessary sound adjustments. The panel of the national final will be different from that of the Auditions.

The eleven finalists who will compete to represent Moldova at Eurovision 2024 are:

  1. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  2. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  3. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”
  4. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  5. OL – “No Time No Space”
  6. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  7. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  8. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  9. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  10. Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  11. Y-Limit – “What’s the Fun”

The Etapa Națională 2024 final will take place on February 17, where these artists will compete against each other to determine the representative who will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2024!

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Moldova: Watch the auditions of Etapa National 2024!

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The Moldovan Public Broadcaster annually hosts Etapa Națională auditions in January, where it either determines the winner immediately (2022) or selects the 10 best acts which will later perform in a National Selection where a group of professional jurors and the Moldovan audience can decide on the winner together. This year we also had 30 candidates performing their songs in front of the experts who have the absolute power to decide.

The Etapa Națională 2024 auditions ended a while ago and here is the running order of the event together with embedded performances:

  1. Maria Ciolac – “Break free”
  2. DPSTP – “RISE UP”
  3. Oliv Sky – “Another Universe”
  4. Victor Gulick – “Fever”
  5. Formația „Vele” – “Carnaval”
  6. Sasha Bognibov – “Married To Twins”
  7. Denis Midone – “Back To Me”
  8. Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
  9. Oliv Sky – “Loud and clear”
  10. Victor Lozinsky – “Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley move”
  11. Bumbac Tudor – “Tudorel”
  12. LAURA – “Spune-mi”
  13. POLI – “Lui”
  14. Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”
  15. Viola Julea – “Light up!”
  16.  Sasha Letty – “DNA”
  17.  Max Cara – “Broke the chain”
  18. Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
  19. Valleria – “Run”
  20. Valleria – “RULE (Rai di ri di)”
  21. Natalia Barbu – “In the middle”
  22. Anna Gulko –“Perfect Place”
  23. OL – “No Time No Space”
  24. Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
  25. Anna G – “Ay ay ay”
  26. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  27.  Spînu Oleg – “Jungle”
  28. Y-Limit – “What’s the Fun”
  29. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  30. Nino – “Up again”

Let’s once again remember last year’s Moldovan entry which placed in the top 10 in televote and 18th in the final standing. Pasha Parfeni represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with his song “Soarele si Luna“.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for the final results of Etapa Nationala!