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Eurovision 2022: The Dress Rehearsal of the First Semi Final! (Live)

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Today is the first day of the Eurovision week! We can already hear the “Sound of Music” echoing from Pala Olimpico in Turin and it’s just a few days before we finally know who is actually going to win the 66th Eurovision Song Contest!

The dress rehearsal of the Eurovision 2022 First Semi Final has just started. EurovisionFun will be watching all the shows live at both the on-site press centre in Turin and at the online press centre and we will be covering this rehearsal, commenting on all the performances and describing in detail what is happening during the show.

You will be able to to follow the entire process and get the feeling that you are right at the heart of the contest! This article gets updated in nearly real-time, all you need to do is hit the refresh button on your browser and all the rest is on us!

We will keep you up to date with all the latest details about this dress rehearsal for the First Semi Final show, allowing you to get a glimpse of what you will get to see tomorrow May 10th, at 21:00 CEST when the actual semi-final show takes place.

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Eurovision 2022: Moldova’s Second Rehearsal!

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Coming up is Moldova with Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers with their song ‘Trenuleţul’. Moldova brought its big train energy to the Eurovision stage during their first rehearsal. The staging features full neon on the lighting and the graphics, and there are even a couple of little dance routines in the chorus. It’s about a 3-minute joyful chaos that seems to have received a variety of reactions. With their second rehearsal they will try to ensure everything works fine, in view of the upcoming semi-final on Tuesday.

The Second Rehearsal

Moldova brings a big party at the Eurovision stage during their second rehearsal. The performance starts with a fast close shot on one of the guitarists, who wears sunglasses along with 1 more group member. At first, yellow is the dominant colour of the stage, while purple becomes the key colour of the perfomance along the way. The band is wearing traditional multi-coloured clothes. The lead singer is dressed in red and blue with a black hat. In front of the drummer there is a puppet with a huge grey beard and a big hat. There are blue, red and purple colours in the sun’s LED screen. Purple lights come away from the sun. There is also use of the LED floor. All the members are grooving and hopping in the rhythm of the song. There are enough wide shots, as also shots from above showing all the group members and the LED floor graphics. Towards the end there is a key change in the song, one of the guitarists lies down the floor playing the guitar at the same time and there are visible coloured lined graphics. At the end, the lead singer with 2 more band members that wear white-and-black clothes take advantage of the B stage, where they finish their performance. The 2 hallways of the B stage become elevated, in the bottom of which we can distinguish the same coloured lined graphics as in the main stage before. The performance ends with the waterfall turning into purple colour and the 2 members of the group in the B stage getting near to the singer.

Below you can watch an exclusive preview clip of Moldova’s second rehearsal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d05qAT5vlt0&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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Moldova: Listen to the revamp of Trenulețul!

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A few minutes ago, Zdob şi Zdub and Fraţii Advahov presented the final version of “Trenulețul”, with which they will represent Moldova the upcoming May in Turin.

The revamp of “Trenulețul”, the song that will represent Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, was performed tonight. The revelation was made at “Cine vine la noi” in Moldova 1.

Listen to the revamp below:

 

The updated version of “Trenulețul” includes a different introduction to the song as well as an increased amount of words in English. Towards the end of the song there is now a guitar solo and a repetition of the song’s refrain in English and Moldovan.

Zdob şi Zdub are competing in the Eurovision Song Contest for the third time. The band represented Moldova in the country’s debut in the 2005 competition before returning again in 2011. Zdob şi Zdub & Fratii Advahov will appear in the first half of the first semifinal on 10 May.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all news regarding Moldova’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: TRM

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Moldova: “Trenuletul” will have English lyrics added for Turin!

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The “Zbob si Zbub & Frati Advahov” band will represent Moldova in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, as we have already informed you.

Vasile Advahov, a member of the band, has confirmed that the final version of their song for the contest will include lyrics in English. Specifically, he said through his personal Facebook account:

There will be a verse in English. We’ll try to keep the basic idea of the song the same. Our team will give out more information soon. We have some rules and some conditions that we must follow.

Moldova will perform in the first half of the first semi-final, hoping to get the ticket for Saturday’s Grand Final. Listen to the country’s song for Eurovision 2022.

Do you think adding English lyrics to the song is a good idea? Write us in the comments below!

Source: Eurovoix

Moldova: The representative for Eurovision 2022 to be selected tomorrow!

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A few minutes ago Moldova’s broadcaster, TRM, announced that they will select Moldova’s song for Eurovision 2022 after tomorrow’s round of live auditions!

According to the press release, “the Organising Committee notes the impossibility of organising and broadcasting the final stages of the TV broadcast due to the epidemiological situation in the country and the significant increase, lately, in the number of COVID-19 cases”.

A total of twenty-eight artists with twenty-nine songs will compete to represent Moldova in Turin.

The artists and songs competing are the following:

  • Annet Smirnova – Toxic Eyes
  • Denis Midone – Run Away
  • Dianna Rotaru – My Time Is Now
  • Katy Rain – Lele
  • Naminal – Stop Tonight
  • Ricky Ardezianu – Cherche la femme
  • Sasha Bognibov – (I Just Had) Sex with Your Ex & My Friend Is Gay
  • The Tramps – Sky Blues
  • Trio Eva – Get a Kiss
  • Y-Limit – Nothing More
  • Tudor Bumbac – Iartă-mă că te iubesc
  • Carolina Gorun & Danieli Shvets – Take Me Anywhere
  • Emilia Vlas – Yama
  • Lemonique – Boys
  • Marcela Scripcaru – Starlight
  • Maxim Zavidia – Ready
  • Mihaela Andrei – Libre
  • Zdob și Zdub & Fratii Advahov – Trenulețul
  • Lanjeron – Magic Carpet
  • Pelageya Stefoglo – I’m the Only One
  • Ana Cernicova – Silent Battlefield
  • Angel Kiss – The Sunshine in Me
  • Diana Elmas – Spirit High
  • Ferum – Love Is
  • Sendrei – Beginners’ Luck
  • Valeria Barbas – My Tree
  • Viola Julea – Before (Twin Flame)
  • Viorela Moraru – Tell Me That You Love Me

You can listen to all the entries on the TRM website here.

As a reminder, the live hearings will take place tomorrow, 29 January and will be broadcast live on Moldova 2 channel, but also online and will last 3 hours, from 15:00 to 18:00 CET.

Source: TRM

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Moldova: More entries arriving from abroad the country!

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According to the Organizational Committee, the biggest part of the entries received so far are coming from outside the country! This shows a raising international interest into this musical contest but keep in mind that only artists of Moldovan citizenship are able to participate.

The Moldovan national selection will be consisted of two rounds! After the examination of all the entries submitted, which will happen from January 25th to January 28th, the live audition of the contestants will take place on January 29th.

Last year Moldova was represented in Rotterdam by Natalia Gordienko and the song “Sugar“, placing 13th on the Grand Final’s scoreboard with a total amount of 115 points.

https://youtu.be/5I_1GTehgkI

Do you think this year there might be a song among the submitted ones that could get Moldova a better result? Let us know at the comments below!

Source: eurovisionin.com

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Moldova: Natalia Gordienko reveals more information regarding her participation in Eurovision 2021.

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In a recent interview the representative of Moldova in Eurovision 2021 Natalia Gordienko, revealed further information about her participation at the upcoming Eurovision.

She spoke about her first participation in Eurovision 2006, the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, her participation in Eurovision 2021, her son and her desire to get involved in politics.

In 2006 she represented Moldova together with Arsenium and the song Loca. As far as this experience she stated that:

My heart was beating so fast because of fear, my palms were sweating, I though I had forgotten the lyrics.

After the cancellation of Eurovision 2020 she stated that:

I was singing, drinking and shouting for days to recover.

She mentioned how she was approached for the representation of Moldova in Eurovision 2020:

For a long I wanted to return to Eurovision, but it dawned on me that I couldn’t stand the whole process. Last January, Phillip Kirkorov told me that the Dream Team had a song for me and he wanted me to fly to Athens for the recording.

In the end, she revealed new information for the song with which she will compete in Eurovision 2021.

Another new song is already ready. And if Prison was a ballad, then this is a purely dance song about sex and youth people.

As you first read at EurovisionFun, the new song will have nothing to do with Prison, this year’s participation of Natalia Gordienko. The song will be rhythmic… very rhythmic! Its sound and not its melody, we can say that it reminds us of Maruv’s song, The Siren Song, with which she would have represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2019.

The participation of Natalia Gordienko is signed by the Dream Team. The song has been composed jointly by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Philipp Kirkorov, while the director will be Fokas Evangelinos.

The recording of the song took place in Moscow, since due to travel restrictions it was not possible for Natalia Gordienko to visit Athens. Vocal coach this time as well as in the case of Uku Suviste was Victoria Chalkiti, while the both Philipp Kirkorov and the project manager of the project, Elias Kokotos were present. The recording took place in Vi Studio.

Natalia Gordienko has a different strategy for Eurovision 2021. Until then, let’s remember the Prison, with which she would have represented her country ,Moldova, in this year’s competition:

Sources: Realitatea, pavelzingan

 

Moldova: Listen “Prison”‘s final version | Watch the video clip!

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Only six hours left until Moldova’s live audition and the national selection of the song that will represent the country at the 65th Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

The final version of Natalia Gordienko’s song “Prison“ was released today, the video clip of which was made in Greece. The song is signed by Dimitris Kontopoulos and Philip Kirkorkov, while lyrics by Sharon Vaughn.

“Dream Team” says about their participation in the moldovan selection with Prison and Natalia Gordienko:

Natalia Gordienko is one of the most popular artists in Moldova and the only singer that has managed to win the two most important festivals in Eastern Europe : Slavianski bazaar and New Wave.

In 2008, when she was just 21 years old, she received the prestigious “National artist” award for her contribution in promoting Moldova around the world. At the National selection Natalia Gordienko is participating with the song “Prison”, a powerful Avant Garde ballad with strong ethnic elements.

The song describes the extreme emotions in a passionate relationship. The track is composed by the “dream team” Phillip Kirkorov and Dimitris Kontopoulos while the lyrics are written by Sharon Vaughn. In case Natalia Gordienko wins the national selection, Fokas Evangelinos is going to be the creative director of her stage presentation in Eurovision.

The video clip of the song was shot in Athens and shows the way Natalia is trying to escape from the “prison” of her passionate lover.

Dream Team for Prison.

Prison is a very different type of music from what Natalia Gordienko has done so far. She says it was a dream of a lifetime to be back on the Eurovision stage, having already participated in 2006 as a duo at that time, of course, but had not attempted so far, as she wanted to be with the ‘Dream Team’.

This will be the second time the ‘Dream Team’ will represent Moldova, if Natalia wins in tomorrow’s Moldova’s national selection. In 2018, the Greek- Russian team was behind DoReDoS, where the song My Lucky Day put the country in the 10th place with 209 points.

Moldova: Direct assignment for Rotterdam-An inactive method since 2007

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The news is already on Twitter and we can confirm it here at EurovisionFun based on our exclusive information. Moldovan Public Television will directly select its participation in Eurovision 2020.

The first discussions have already begun and obviously the artist, but also the creator chosen with direct assignment and not through a national final (O melodie pentru Europa), as Moldova has always chosen for the contest, are both widely recognised.The country uses this method constantly since 2007, when it selected its  representative internally for last time.

Any announcements, however, are not expected to be made soon. As for the rumors about the return of the DoReDos, it doesn’t seem to be the case.

In Tel Aviv the country was represented by Anna Odobescu with “Stay”, composed by Greek artist George Kalpakidis. Unfortunately, with the 85 points the song gathered failed to qualify for the second semifinal, finishing 12th.