Moldova: TRM announces the 36 candidates for Eurovision 2020

Tuesday, 21 January 2020

• Moldova’s national broadcaster , ΤRM , has revealed the list of 36 candidate acts that ambition to represent the country in the next Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.

  36 acts are Moldova’s national selection contestants according to the list released by TRM. Check out the full list below:

  Che – MD feat Irina Revenco – Adio
  Maria Ciolac – Our home
  Viorela Moraru – Remedy
  Dima Jelezoglo – Do it slow
  LANJERON – Hi Five
  Nicolae Untilă – Call me please
  Vovian – 10 minuni în Moldova
  Maxim Zavidia – Take control
  Valentin Uzun si Irina Kovalsky – Moldoviţa
  Diana Popa – Believe me
  Danny Cruise – My love
  Olea Roşu – Alive
  Catarina Sandu – Die for you
  Ray Barc – I’m shy
  Tudor Bumbac – Te-am vazut în vis pe tine
  Georgeta Burlacu – Răspunde!
  Sasha Bognibov – Big brother
  Katerina S – We are done
  Sasha Letty – Summer of love
  Live Beat – Love me now
  Valeria Paşa – It’s time
  Liusia Znamensky – Love no more
  Julia Ilienko ft. Mishel Dar – Tears
  Natalia Gordienko – Prison
  Petronela Donciu si Portărescu Andreea – We will be legend
  Carolina Rakoviţă – Dancing in the sunrise
  Angel Kiss – My Own Queen
  Angel Kiss – You are my dance
  Lavinia Rusu – Touch
  Irina Kit – Chain Reaction
  Alexandru Cibotaru – Cine te-a facut să plîngi
  Midone Denis – Like a champion
  Pasha Parfeny – My wine
  Lave – Wildfire
  Diana Brescan – Let’s go together
  Diana Rotaru – Dale dale

  Some of the songs are already availiable on Youtube. However you can list to all the candidate songs here . Among the candidates we see a few Eurovision past participants such as Natalia Gordienko (Loca – 2006 – 20th place), Pasha Parfeny (Lăutar – 2012 – 11th place) and Geta Burlacu (Α century of love – 2008 – 12th in the semi final ).

  Behind the song Die For You by Catarina Sandu is the greekswedish composer Dimitris Stassos who had written the Greek ESC 2012 entry Aphrodisiac for Eleftheria Eleftheriou and the entry La noche es para mí for Soraya (Spain 2009).

  National selection 2020

  This year Moldova has adopted a different format to determine its Eurovision act and entry. The candidates will perform in auditions before a jury that will rate them , with 12 points being the maximum points to award. Auditions will be aired live but the public will have no role in it. Once the audition is over it will be decided wheather there will be an addtional round or the act with the highest points will be the next Moldovian representative.

  The Eurovision story so far

  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.