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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”!

 

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun regarding all the developments concerning the Moldovan entry at the Eurovision Song Contest!

Eurovision: Which entry from the previous decade is slowly dominating the charts right now?

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It a common scenario for songs participating at the Eurovision Song Contest to become so popular, even managing to rise to the top of the charts all around the globe.

One of the most notable examples is “Snap“, by Rosa Linn which represented Armenia in 2022 and despite finishing in the 20th place of the scoreboard, has emerged to a huge success in charts around the world, currently counting nearly 900 million streams on Spotify.

But which entry from decade before has now started to step in Rosa Linn’s footsteps?

Sunstroke Project’s Run Away is taking over the planet

It is no other than Sunstroke Project’s “Run Away“, which has achieved phenomenal success during the last month.

Specifically, the group revealed on their personal Instagram account that “Run Away” peaked at No. 9 on Shazam’s Global Top 200 chart.

 

 

The Global Top 200 tracks the songs that have been Shazamed the most around the world. Run Away is currently ranked 13th.

It is currently ranked 40th in the US Top 200 and 54th in Australia, and it is also ranked in the top ten in the United States. The song has received over 2,093,000 Shazams in total.

Specifically:

  • no. 2 – in Peru
  • no. 4 – in Ecuador
  • no. 5 – in Chile
  • no. 7 – in Argentina
  • no. 9 – in Venezuela
  • no. 10 – in Mexico

Additionally, Run Away has debuted on the iTunes charts! It peaked at position 79 in Australia. In December 2023, the song peaked at number 21 in Italy, number 52 in Spain, number 67 in France, and number 79 globally.

The song is undoubtedly Moldova’s most iconic entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. Sunstroke Project sang the song alongside Moldovan singer Olia Tira. In fact, it is not the first time that “Run Away” has become viral. Epic Sax Guy went viral for his sax solo during the performance in Oslo.

Run Away consistently ranks among the top 20 songs with the most views on the competition’s YouTube channel, despite placing 22nd in the Eurovision 2010 Grand Final.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!