Moldova: TRM opens submission window for Eurovision 2022 national selection

Monday, 20 December 2021

• Moldova's national broadcaster, TRM, has opened the submission window for the Eurovision 2022 national selection. 

  Moldova is kicking off the national selection process for next year's Eurovision Song Contest, with Teleradio-Moldova opening the submission period for acts that ambition to represent the country at the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest. 

  Interested acts should send in their songs to TRM either through Eurovision.md or directly at the TRM studios in Chisinau. The deadine for submissions closes on January 24, 2022 at 17:00 local time. All applicants should be 16 years old at least in order to have the right to compete in the national selection. 

  Once the submissions are completed the special jury will assess the entries from 25 January to 28, in order for auditions to take place on January 29, 2022. From the auditions it will be decided which acts will advance to the national final which could be decide for  March 5, 2022. 

   

  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. 

   

  News Source: TRM

  Image: THOMAS HANSES/EBU