| Moldova | |
| Contest: | ESC |
| Broadcaster: | Teleradio-Moldova (TRM) |
| Apps: | 19 (13 finals) |
| Highest: | 3rd: |
| Current: | 2024 |
Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 19 times, debuting in . The Moldovan participant broadcaster in the contest is Teleradio-Moldova (TRM). The country's best result is a third-place finish with "Hey Mamma" by SunStroke Project in .
Moldova's debut in the contest in 2005 was successful, with "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Boonika bate doba|i=unset" by Zdob și Zdub finishing sixth. The country also reached the top ten with "Fight" by Natalia Barbu, "My Lucky Day" by DoReDoS, and "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Trenulețul]]|i=unset" by Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers . In total, Moldova has reached the final twelve times, failing to qualify from the semi-finals in,,,,, and .
Teleradio-Moldova (TRM) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Moldova since its in 2005.
Following Moldova's 20th-place finish in the contest, TRM announced that it would not participate in, 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".[1] She achieved 10th place.
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 2009 Moldova achieved 14th place with Nelly Ciobanu. In 2010, saxophonist Sergey Stepanov of SunStroke Project became the internet phenomenon ("Epic Sax Guy") with his 30-second saxophone solo.
In 2011, Zdob și 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 and 2013, Moldova achieved 11th place with Pasha Parfeny and Aliona Moon respectively.
In 2014-2016 Moldova failed to qualify for the final coming last in 2014, 11th in 2015 and pre-last in 2016. In 2017, Moldova achieved its best result at the contest, when SunStroke Project finished third in the final with the song "Hey, Mamma!". The streak of top 10 results continued in 2018 with the band DoReDos finishing 10th in Lisbon. However in 2019, Moldova failed to qualify for the first time since 2016, finishing 12th in the semi-final.
In 2020, Natalia Gordienko, who represented Moldova in 2006, was set to represent the country with the song "Prison", however the contest was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. She instead represented Moldova in 2021 with the song "Sugar". She eventually qualified to the grand final and achieved a 13th place with 115 points.[2] Her 17-second note at the end of "Sugar" was reported to be the longest note in Eurovision history.[3]
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| Year | Entrant | Song | Language | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| Zdob și Zdub | "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Boonika bate doba|i=unset" | English, Romanian | 6 | 148 | 2 | 207 | |
| Arsenium Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R | "Spanish; Castilian: Loca|i=unset" | English | 20 | 22 | colspan="2" | ||
| Natalia Barbu | "Fight" | English | 10 | 109 | 10 | 91 | |
| Geta Burlacu | "A Century of Love" | English | 12 | 36 | |||
| Nelly Ciobanu | "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Hora din Moldova|i=unset" | Romanian, English | 14 | 69 | 5 | 106 | |
| SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | "Run Away" | English | 22 | 27 | 10 | 52 | |
| Zdob și Zdub | "So Lucky" | English | 12 | 97 | 10 | 54 | |
| Pasha Parfeny | "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Lăutar|i=unset" | English | 11 | 81 | 5 | 100 | |
| Aliona Moon | "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: O mie|i=unset" | Romanian | 11 | 71 | 4 | 95 | |
| Cristina Scarlat | "Wild Soul" | English | 16 ◁ | 13 | |||
| Eduard Romanyuta | "I Want Your Love" | English | 11 | 41 | |||
| Lidia Isac | "Falling Stars" | English | 17 | 33 | |||
| SunStroke Project | "Hey Mamma" | English | 3 | 374 | 2 | 291 | |
| DoReDoS | "My Lucky Day" | English | 10 | 209 | 3 | 235 | |
| Anna Odobescu | "Stay" | English | 12 | 85 | |||
| Natalia Gordienko | "Prison" | English | colspan="4" X | ||||
| Natalia Gordienko | "Sugar" | English | 13 | 115 | 7 | 179 | |
| Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers | "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Trenulețul]]|i=unset" | Romanian | 7 | 253 | 8 | 154 | |
| Pasha Parfeni | "Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[Soarele și luna]]|i=unset" | Romanian | 18 | 96 | 5 | 109 | |
| Natalia Barbu | "In the Middle" | English | 13 | 20 |
For the show's broadcast on TRM, various commentators have provided commentary on the contest in the Romanian language. At the Eurovision Song Contest after all points are calculated, the presenters of the show call upon each voting country to invite each respective spokesperson to announce the results of their vote on-screen.
| Year | Television | Radio | Spokesperson | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commentator | Channel | Commentator | Channel | |||
| Vitalie Rotaru | Vitalie Rotaru | Elena Camerzan | ||||
| Svetlana Cocoș | ||||||
| Andrei Porubin | ||||||
| Lucia Danu and Vitalie Rotaru | rowspan="3" colspan="2" | Vitalie Rotaru | ||||
| Rosalina Rusu and Andrei Sava | Sandu Leancă | |||||
| Tania Cerga | ||||||
| Marcel Spatari | Radio Moldova | |||||
| Moldova 1 | Olivia Furtună | |||||
| Lidia Scarlat | Lidia Scarlat | |||||
| Daniela Babici | Daniela Babici | |||||
| Gloria Gorceag | ||||||
| Galina Timuș | Cristina Galbici (Radio Moldova) Cătălin Ungureanu and Maria-Mihaela Frimu (Radio Moldova Tineret) | Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Tineret | Gloria Gorceag | |||
| Djulieta Ardovan | Djulieta Ardovan | Radio Moldova | Djulieta Ardovan | |||
| Doina Stimpovschi and Daniela Crudu | Doina Stimpovschi and Daniela Crudu | Doina Stimpovschi | ||||
| Doina Stimpovschi | Doina Stimpovschi | |||||
| Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu | Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu | Elena Bancila | ||||
| Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical | Doina Stimpovschi | |||||
| Ion Jalbă and Elena Stegari | Angela Rudenco | Radio Moldova | ||||