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BREAKING NEWS: Moldova withdraws from Eurovision 2025!

In an unexpected turn of events, TRM has announced that Moldova will withdraw from the 69th Eurovision Song Contest. The decision came during a press conference earlier today, surprising many fans who had anticipated an announcement regarding a potential shift to an internal selection process.

Why did Moldova decide to withdraw?

According to TRM, the withdrawal was the result of a thorough analysis of the current situation, taking into account several key factors including economic, administrative, and artistic challenges. The broadcaster cited a reduction in public interest in the selection process, as well as concerns about the quality of submitted entries. Additionally, TRM acknowledged the need for a “refresh” in the country’s approach to Eurovision participation.

In the press release, TRM stated:

We consulted music specialists, and most of them expressed serious reservations about Moldova’s participation this year, in exact agreement with the opinion of the jury that TRM selected for this edition. We respect the opinions of professionals and the general public, and we understand that we must make responsible decisions.

The broadcaster also pointed to rising participation costs as a significant factor in the decision. Due to the combination of these financial strains and the perceived low quality of the entries, TRM felt it was in the best interest of the country to step back this year.

The official statement emphasized that the costs allocated for Eurovision participation in 2025 will instead be redirected to other projects, and TRM reassured the public that this break would provide an opportunity for creative reflection, promising that Moldova would return to Eurovision in the future with renewed strength.

Despite withdrawing from the competition, TRM confirmed that Moldova would still follow the Eurovision contest and broadcast all three live shows.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: moldova1

Moldova: The results of the auditions are OUT!

The live stream of the Etapa Națională 2025 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 event together with embedded performances:

  1. Diana Elmas – Fly Away
  2. Sasha Khanedanyan – Silent Hills
  3. NR.11 – Bye
  4. NORDIKA – Ludmila
  5. Royals ST – Zboară-n Sus
  6. TUDOR BUMBAC – Pace Noi Vrem
  7. Sasha Letty – Haute Couture
  8. Nadya Crajevschi – Nota Shodow
  9. Sasha Bognibov – All-Night Party
  10. Predein Cristian – Moldovian Dance
  11. Chris Cross – Eu Vin
  12. Vadim Eleni – Mamă, Să Fii!
  13. Rina – Dorințele
  14. Βacho & CARNIVAL BRAIN – Semafoare
  15. Lylu – Pop
  16. POOPS ft Zaffi – Destinul
  17. PRIZA feat Mc MIKE – Kookoo
  18. Lisa Volk – O Lacrimă, Un Dor
  19. Y-gaga Band – Alexia
  20. LODOS – Sentimental
  21. Sasha Bognibov – We Changed Our Gender
  22. Katy Rain – Timpul
  23. Catalina Solomac – Demons
  24. Tanya Tudor – Bring Me Back
  25. Pavel Pașcan – Alăturea De Tine
  26. Zelorielle – Miracle

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 twelve finalists who will compete to represent Moldova at Eurovision 2025 are:

  1. Zelorielle – Miracle
  2. Vadim Eleni – Mamă, Să Fii!
  3. LODOS – Sentimental
  4. Sasha Bognibov – We Changed Our Gender
  5. Katy Rain – Timpul
  6. Catalina Solomac – Demons
  7. PRIZA feat Mc MIKE – Kookoo
  8. Βacho & CARNIVAL BRAIN – Semafoare
  9. Chris Cross – Eu Vin
  10. Rina – Dorințele
  11. Nadya Crajevschi – Nota Shodow
  12. Royals ST – Zboară-n Sus

The national final is scheduled for February 22. In the final, ten artists will compete for the honor of representing Moldova at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2025!

Source: TRM

Moldova: Watch the auditions of Etapa Nationala 2025!

The live stream of the Etapa Națională 2025 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 event together with embedded performances:

  1. Diana Elmas – Fly Away
  2. Sasha Khanedanyan – Silent Hills
  3. NR.11 – Bye
  4. NORDIKA – Ludmila
  5. Royals ST – Zboară-n Sus
  6. TUDOR BUMBAC – Pace Noi Vrem
  7. Sasha Letty – Haute Couture
  8. Nadya Crajevschi – Nota Shodow
  9. Sasha Bognibov – All-Night Party
  10. Predein Cristian – Moldovian Dance
  11. Chris Cross – Eu Vin
  12. Vadim Eleni – Mamă, Să Fii!
  13. Rina – Dorințele
  14. Βacho & CARNIVAL BRAIN – Semafoare
  15. Lylu – Pop
  16. POOPS ft Zaffi – Destinul
  17. PRIZA feat Mc MIKE – Kookoo
  18. Lisa Volk – O Lacrimă, Un Dor
  19. Y-gaga Band – Alexia
  20. LODOS – Sentimental
  21. Sasha Bognibov – We Changed Our Gender
  22. Katy Rain – Timpul
  23. Catalina Solomac – Demons
  24. Tanya Tudor – Bring Me Back
  25. Pavel Pașcan – Alăturea De Tine
  26. Zelorielle – Miracle

The results of the auditions will be announced this evening on TV Moldova 1. The national final is scheduled for February 22. In the final, ten artists will compete for the honor of representing Moldova at Eurovision 2025 in Basel, Switzerland.

Last year, Moldova was represented by Natalia Barbu, marking her second Eurovision appearance (following her 2007 debut). Her song “In The Middle” failed to qualify for the Grand Final, finishing 13th in the first semi-final with a total of 20 points.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Eurovision 2024!

Source: TRM

Moldova: Present in Eurovision 2025| The representative will be selected through a national final!

As it seems, one more country will join the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place next year in Basel!

We’re talking about Moldova, which will participate in the contest in Switzerland, hoping to return to the positive results of previous years after last year’s elimination. The submission window is expected to open in the coming days.

The country’s official Eurovision website has been updated, featuring a special section about artist wanting to participate in the national selection for Eurovision 2025, which will once again include a national final as Moldova has done in recent years! The application form and regulations are expected to be posted HERE.

Moldova is the 37th country to confirm its participation in Eurovision 2025, meaning that, in the worst-case scenario, the contest will feature 37 entries, as it has in the past two years.

The only country that has not made any announcement about its participation is Armenia, which will most likely be present, as it usually announces its plans for the contest after the conclusion of Junior Eurovision. Therefore, its current silence is not unusual. The countries confirmed so far are:

  • Switzerland
  • Spain
  • Malta
  • Denmark
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Austria
  • Portugal
  • Croatia
  • Serbia
  • Germany
  • Israel
  • Finland
  • Albania
  • Lithuania
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Italy
  • Cyprus
  • Latvia
  • United Kingdom
  • San Marino
  • France
  • Azerbaijan
  • Montenegro
  • Georgia
  • Czechia
  • Ukraine
  • Iceland
  • Slovenia
  • Greece
  • Estonia
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
  • Australia
  • Poland
  • Moldova

If we take Armenia’s participation for granted, all 37 broadcasters from Eurovision 2024 will return, along with Montenegro’s comeback after two years. This would bring the number of participants to 38, the highest since 2022, when 40 countries participated. It remains to be seen if any other countries will join, further increasing the total.

In Eurovision 2024, Moldova was represented by Natalia Barbu with the song “In the Middle” which placed 13th in the first semi-final:

https://youtu.be/evIoGkZXj2s

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Moldovan participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, in Basel!

Source: eurovision.md

Moldova: TRM Denies Signing Unsigned Statement Regarding Eurovision 2024!

In recent hours, an unsigned statement has been circulating online, purportedly sent by delegation members and artists who participated in the Eurovision 2024. According to ESC Gabe, this statement involves several participants expressing concerns about backstage events.

However, the Moldovan public broadcaster TRM has firmly denied any involvement in signing this statement. In a direct communication with the Eurovisionfun team, TRM officials stated:

We haven’t signed anything in that regard. We had not faced any problems with any representative, and Israeli delegation members are not an exception.

This statement from TRM comes in response to the claims made by the ESC Gabe account, which exclusively published the unsigned declaration. The statement purportedly signed by various delegation members and artists reads:

In recent days, we have seen a series of inaccurate reports about what happened backstage during the Eurovision 2024 contest, the alleged behavior of artists towards the Israeli delegation, and the events surrounding the EBU’s decision to move the Israeli delegation to other backstage areas.

We are concerned about the inaccuracies being published. During the Eurovision 2024 contest, several artists and national delegations submitted complaints to the EBU regarding inappropriate behavior and rule violations by members of the Israeli delegation.

We are cooperating with the EBU and expect these complaints to be duly examined, in line with the commitment of EBU officials. While the process is ongoing, it would be inappropriate to publicly comment on specific incidents, but we will do so in due course.

As of now, the ESC Gabe account has not disclosed the names of those who allegedly signed the statement, as requested. The veracity of this unsigned declaration remains uncertain, and it is yet to be seen if other delegations will refute or confirm their involvement.

https://x.com/esc_gabe/status/1797962245991023026

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Eurovision 2024 and beyond!

Moldova: The viewership of Etapa Națională 2024!

About a week ago, the national final of Moldova took place, with Natalia Barbu being the winner, and on the same time the country’s representative in Eurovision 2024! Read more

Moldova: TRM responds to Valeria Pasha’s accusations

Moldovan public television TRM responded to Valeria Pasha’s accusations regarding the results of Etapa Națională, which put her in second place, even though she tied with Natalia Barbu, having won the televote.

TRM has confirmed that the winner of Etapa Națională and representative of Moldova in Eurovision 2024 is Natalia Barbu, despite Valeria Pasha challenging the result.

Valeria Pasha, who performed ‘Anti-Princess’ in the final, won the televote with 4771 votes – almost double that of Natalia Barbu, who came second in the public vote. However, Barbu’s song “In The Middle” won the most points from the jury, with Pasha coming second in this vote.

As a consequence of the above, they tied for first place with 22 points. While in most national finals in the event of a tie, what is done in Eurovision is followed – i.e. the public’s preference prevails, TRM decided to give the first word to the jury, thus giving the victory and representation to Natalia Barbu.

In its relevant announcement, TRM explains how the result in Etapa Națională was achieved:

“Teleradio Moldova” company mentions that in accordance with the regulations of the European Union for Radio and Television, each country is de facto represented by the public broadcaster and it is up to the exclusive discretion of the broadcaster to determine who will represent their country at the Eurovision contest and how to organize the selection .

The Regulation regarding the conduct of the national selection and the appointment of the representative was approved, it was brought to the attention of all competitors registered for the contest.

According to the provisions of the document, by registering for the competition, the contestants confirm that they agree with all the provisions of this regulation and all the conditions established by the Organizing Committee.

Following the voting procedure, the performer Natalia Barbu accumulated 12 points from the professional jury and 10 points from the viewers.

For her part, the performer Valeria Pasha obtained 10 points from the jury and 12 points from the viewers.

After establishing that both artists had accumulated the same score, the Organizing Committee made the decision, in an extraordinary meeting, to designate as the winner the contestant who obtained the highest score from the professional jury.

The decision was adopted according to the Regulation which provides that at any stage of the contest, “Teleradio-Moldova” has the right to decide whether it will organize and conduct the next stage and/or whether it will otherwise designate the representative of the Republic of Moldova at Eurovision.

The organizing committee points out that there were reasonable suspicions from the very beginning regarding televoting, as there were in previous years notifications, including public ones, from some competitors involved in the contest, about attempts to falsify this procedure.

Since last year, “Teleradio-Moldova” has created, with the help of some of its partners, a software dedicated to the Eurovision contest, so that votes can be verified.

The company verified, through its experts and specific procedures, the validity of the numbers from which Valeria Pasha received votes and found that approximately 950 votes came from phone numbers that are currently invalid.

Moreover, a certain number of votes came from 48 countries, including exotic ones – Aruba, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Indonesia or Vietnam, probably using the VPN program.

Moldova participates in the second half of the first semi-final with Natalia Barbu and the song In The Middle. Natalia Barbu returns to the competition stage, 17 years after her previous participation, when with the song Fight she brought her country to tenth place.

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the updates!

Moldova: VOVI ROBIAN withdraw from Etapa Națională 2024!

TRM announced two weeks ago that Aliona Moon and Milla had decided to withdraw from the national selection for undisclosed reasons. There is one more withdrawal today, with only a few days until the Etapa Națională 2024 auditions, which will determine the ten finalists in the selection.

The VOVI ROBIAN band has decided to withdraw from the competition and will not be participating in the auditions scheduled for January 13. The band’s withdrawal, which was submitted to the broadcaster by its frontman, Vladimir Ciubotaru, is due to a member’s health issues.

We remind you that the band was advanced to the auditions’ stage of the competition with their song “Robotul Vovi“.

Etapa Națională 2024

The now remaining thirty artists who will participate in Etapa Națională 2024 Auditions are:

  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”

Among the 31 artists, there are familiar names, like Natalia Barbu, who represented Moldova in Eurovision 2007 with the song “Fight” ending up in 10th place. Also, for the first time, a Moldovan representative from Junior Eurovision, submits a song, and that is Denis Midone, who took part in 2012.

The announcement of the finalists

The thirty long-listed artists will perform the songs live in front of an expert committee in order to receive a golden ticket for Etapa Națională 2024 final.

The Moldovan broadcaster, TVR, has announced that the Etapa Națională 2024 auditions will take place on January 13 at 15:00 CET, with the results being announced the same evening on TV Moldova 1.

The national final will then take place on February 17, where ten artists will claim the Moldovan representation in Eurovision 2024.

The previous winner of Etapa Națională and Moldova’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Pasha Parfeni with the song “Soarele și luna” who ended up in 18th place of the Grand Final.

https://youtu.be/SABOfYgGk8M

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: TRM

Moldova: Aliona Moon feat Milla withdraw from Etapa Națională 2024!

The 32 artists and their song titles that will take part in the Etapa Națională 2024 Auditions were revealed by TRM, the Moldovan broadcaster, yesterday.

Aliona Moon, the Moldovan representative in 2013, was among the 32 artists. For the second year in a row she submitted a song to the national selection, this time in collaboration with  Milla.

However, TRM has just announced that Aliona Moon and Milla have withdrawn from Etapa Națională 2024. The reason behind their withdrawal has not yet been disclosed.

You can listen to “Obosit” by Aliona Moon feat Milla, which was also one of the favorites to represent Moldova in Eurovision 2024, below:

Etapa Națională 2024

The 31 artists who will participate in the Etapa Națională 2024 Auditions are:

  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. TRUPA VOVI ROBIAN – “Robotul Vovi”
  27. Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
  28.  Spînu Oleg – “Jungle”
  29. Y-Limit – “What’s the Fun”
  30. Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
  31. Nino – “Up again”

Among the 31 artists, there are familiar names, like Natalia Barbu, who represented Moldova in Eurovision 2007 with the song “Fight” ending up in 10th place. Also, for the first time, a Moldovan representative from Junior Eurovision, submits a song, and that is Denis Midone, who took part in 2012.

We remind you that the Live Auditions, are set to take place in January 13, where the 31 artists will perform their songs live in front of a expert committee vying to get a ticket to the national final. The national final will then take place on February 17, where ten artists will claim the Moldovan representation in Eurovision 2024.

The previous winner of Etapa Națională and Moldova’s representative in Eurovision 2023, was Pasha Parfeni with the song “Soarele și luna” who ended up in 18th place of the Grand Final.

https://youtu.be/SABOfYgGk8M

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news!

Source: moldova1-md

Moldova: These are the 32 artists that qualify for the Auditions of Etapa Națională 2024!

A few minutes ago, TRM, the public broadcaster of Moldova, announced the 32 artists and their respective songs that qualify to the live auditions of Etapa Națională 2024.

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