Moldova: 33 Songs for Etapa Naţională Live Auditions revealed

• Moldova's national broadcaster TRM has announced the participants of Etapa Naţională's live auditions.

  A total of 32 participants will take part in live auditions of  Etapa Naţională . The list of the contestants includes Sunstroke Project, who represented Moldova two times in Eurovision Song Contest of 2010 and 2017, Aliona Moon as a second lead singer in 2012 and then by herself in 2013. Also Pasha Parfeny who participated at Eurovision 2012.

   

  The national broadcaster received 60 submissions but here are the 33 songs that will compete to represent Moldova this year:

  1. Formaţia Vele – “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” 
  2. Corina Ivanov – “When Love’s Real”
  3. NÖRDIKA – “Skueeze Paradise”
  4. Nihilist & Lisa Nicky – “Final Destination”
  5. NÖRDIKA – “Damn and Down”
  6. Victor Gulick – “Let’s Dance”
  7. Donia – “Red Zone”
  8. Surorile Osoianu – “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” 
  9. OL – “Why You Play It Cool”
  10. Adelina Iordachi – “Deja Vu”
  11. Nikko T. – “Destiny”
  12. Y-Limit – “Live in Harmony”
  13. Crista – “Pădure verde pădure” 
  14. Sunstroke Project – “Yummy Mommy”
  15. NR 11 – “Adio”
  16. VERA – “Vremea ta” 
  17. Massimo Sinceri – “In questo domani” 
  18. Sasha Bognibov – “My Favourite Schoolgirl”
  19. Rise – “Don’t Trumble”
  20. Lisa Volk – “Scrisoare către ţară” 
  21. ADA DEEA – “Mystic Rose”
  22. COSMINA – “Indestructible”
  23. Angel Kiss – “Now I Know”
  24. Gesica Sîrbu – “I’m in Love”
  25. Aliona Moon – “Du-mă” 
  26. Tania Pituşcan – “Mioriţa” 
  27. Pasha Parfeni – “Soarele şi luna” 
  28. Ricky Ardezianu – “Una rosa rossa” 
  29. Harmony Scuffle – “Favourite One”
  30. Valeria Condrea – “We’re Now Different”
  31. LOLA – “Temperatura” 
  32. Diana Elmas – “Miracle”
  33. Nino – “It Would Be Nice”

   

  The selection process

  The national selection will take place in three stages:

  Step 1: examination of the files at a meeting established between 17 January and 28 January 2023;

  Stage 2: live hearing of the songs, from January 28 to February 5, 2023. The score will be awarded 100% by the jury.

  Stage 3: The National Final held between February 25 and March 5, 2023 and broadcasted live on TV Moldova 1 and other services of Teleradio Moldova. The way of judging in the final will be: 50% jury and 50% viewers, and the winner will be designated the performer / band that will accumulate the maximum score.

   

  Moldova in Eurovision 

  Moldova participated in Eurovision for the first time in 2005 and hasn’t missed a year since then. Its best results came in 2017 when Sunstroke Project with Hey Mama finished 3rd. In 2018 the country was represented by DoReDos anf their entry Lucky Day, which finished 10th in the final. In 2019 Anna Odobescu flew the flag in Tel Aviv performing her power ballad “Stay” but despite her amazing vocal performance didn’t make it to the grand final.

  In 2020, Natalia Gordienko was set to represent the country with the song 'Prison' but unfortunately the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak. Natalia however was invited back for Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam, where she competed with her song "Sugar" which after qualifying to the Grand final finished 13th with 115 points in total. 

  Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers represented Moldova at Eurovision 2022  with their entry ‘Trenuletul’ finishing in 7th place.

   

  News Source/Image: TRM

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