Moldova: Song submission window opens for Eurovision 2023 national selection

• Moldova's national broadcaster, TRM, has launched the national selection process for Eurovision 2023 opening the song submission window. 

  TRM has released the terms and regulations of the selection process of Selectia Nationala and has opened the submission period for artists and composers to send in their music proposals for Eurovision 2023. 

  The participants will submit the applications until January 16, 2023, at 17:00, either in electronic format, at the address www.eurovision.md, in the section apply, either on paper, at the Eurovision Collection Center 2023, at the address: mun. Chisinau, str. Hancesti, 64, TV Moldova 1 (anteroom TV).

  In order to enter the competition, candidates must submit the application for participation, the description of the project, the audio materials on digital media and the list of materials.

   

  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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