Moldova: Listen to Anna Odobescu's new song ‘My Oh My’

Moldova: Listen to Anna Odobescu's new song ‘My Oh My’
Monday, 19 October 2020

  • Anna Odobescu, the act that represented Moldova at Eurovision 2019, is back with her new song ‘My Oh My’ .

    Anna Odobescu return with a new piece of work , her new single titled 'My Oh My'.  The Moldovan act teams up once again with the upcoming talented Greek songwriter/composer Georgios Kalpakidis who was behind Anna's Eurovision 2019 entry and has contributed in dozens of Eurovision entries over the past years. 

    G. Kalpakidis shared his thoughts with us on Anna's new song and their new collaboration. Talking about the song's meaning he states: 

    'My Oh My' is all about a woman's erotic desire, the craving for what she deeply needs and wants. The lyrics talk about a strong attraction expressed by her, an intense effort to claim what she desires that can end only in success.  

    And goes further on saying about how his new collaboration with Anna came up: 

    I had the idea to write to Anna something different from our participation in Eurovision 2019. Knowing her vocal abilities, I wanted to showcase what she can still do very well. The point was to test herself in a modern, rhythmic and full of energy song and i think the result met my expectations and  justified me. Anna had exactly the same will to record something different. The first hearing of the demo left her excited and so we proceeded with the whole thing.  After "Stay" and "Dreaming", I think that our third single completes a colorful puzzle that will continue to develop. 

    While the official music video of the song will go public on November 3, 2020 you can listen to Odobescu's new single below: 

     

    A few words about Georgios Kalpakidis

    Georgios Kalpakidis (aka Gorgi or GK)  is a Greek songwriter,composer,  former journalist, Radio & TV host, best known for having composed the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest entry for Moldova, "Stay" by Anna Odobescu.

    But even before that Kalpakidis has a long Eurovision related history and is no stranger to the Eurovision world. Georgios has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest as a journalist for radio and TV stations, magazines and newspapers from 2000 until 2008. In addition, Gorgi counts several entries in national selections, all over Europe. The following board reflects his remarkable involment in numrous ESC national selection entries across the continent. 

    YearCountryArtistSongResultMusic // Lyrics
    2004 Lithuania Lithuania EVA "Be My Baby" 10th Gorgi
    2005 Lithuania Lithuania EVA & Ceslovas Gabalis "I'll Be There"
    		 8th Gorgi
    2008 Lithuania Lithuania My Magic "Lady"
    		 5th (Semifinal) Gorgi // S. Engel
    Republic of Ireland Ireland Nikki Kavanagh "Destiny"
    		 – Gorgi
    Spain Spain Crystina Maez "Nuestro Destino" – Gorgi // Santana, Loredo
    2009 Poland Poland Nasty Ladies "For Once In My Life"
    		 – Gorgi
    Georgia (country) Georgia Tika Patsatsia "Miracle"
    		 4th Gorgi
    2010 Lithuania Lithuania Audrius Zavadskis "Right Now"
    		 8th (Semifinal) Gorgi
    Republic of Ireland Ireland Nikki Kavanagh "Sacred Fortune"
    		 – Gorgi
    2011 Switzerland Switzerland Evelyn Zangger "Who Do You Love?"
    		 – Gorgi
    Switzerland Switzerland Natalia Wohler "Voulez Vous"
    		 – Gorgi
    Moldova Moldova Marcel Rosca "Voulez Vous"
    		 – Gorgi
    Lithuania Lithuania Aurelija Slavinskaite "The End"
    		 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi
    Portugal Portugal Tania Tavares "Se Esse Dia Chegar"
    		 10th Gorgi // T. Tavares, N. Valerio
    2012 Belarus Belarus George Koldun "Heavy On My Heart"
    		 – G. Koldun // Gorgi
    Malta Malta Kaya "First Time"
    		 13th Gorgi
    Moldova Moldova Mariana Mihaila "Live On Forever"
    		 12th Gorgi // A. O' Connor
    Lithuania Lithuania Donata Virbilaite "Superman"
    		 8th (Semifinal) A. Anastasiou // Gorgi
    Lithuania Lithuania DAR "Home"
    		 2nd Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
    2013 Lithuania Lithuania DAR "Jump!"
    		 4th Gorgi, A. Martynenas // Gorgi
    Lithuania Lithuania Samanta Tina & Vudis "Hey Chiki Mama"
    		 4th (First Round) A. Martynenas, Gorgi
    Belarus Belarus Ivan Buslay "Looking For Love"
    		 – Gorgi
    2014 Lithuania Lithuania Vaidas Baumila "Worlds Apart"
    		 4th Gorgi, Y. Malachi // Gorgi
    2015 Switzerland Switzerland Kaya "In And Out Of Love"
    		 – Gorgi, E. Rydmark
    Cyprus Cyprus Anastasia Liberos "Unicorn"
    		 – Gorgi, Y. Persson, L. Persson, M. Antoniou // 
    2016 Moldova Moldova PRIZA "Rewind"
    		 11th (Semifinal) Gorgi, M. Huskic // Gorgi
    Moldova Moldova Anna Gulko "Never Let Go"
    		 12th (Semifinal) Gorgi, W. Taylor // N. Sofis
    Malta Malta Corazon "Falling Glass"
    		 8th Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
    2017 Moldova Moldova Max Fall "If I Could" – Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
    Lithuania Lithuania Virgis Valuntonis "Victorious" 12th (First Round) Gorgi, J. Gladnikoff, S. Ljunggren
    Lithuania Lithuania Audrius Janonis "Run" 8th (First Round) Gorgi, M. Huskic // N. Sofis
    2018 Armenia Armenia Suren Poghosyan "The Voice" 10th (Semifinal) Gorgi, N. Turner, J. Gladnikoff
    Lithuania Lithuania Milda Martinkėnaitė "Hurricane" 7th (First Round) Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg
    Moldova Moldova Anna Timofei "Endlessly" 11th Y. Persson, L. Persson, N. Bergqvist, S. Johansson // Gorgi
    2019 Belarus Belarus Angelika Pushnova "Stop Breathing" – Gorgi, S. Ekstrand // Gorgi, N. Sofis
    Moldova Moldova Anna Odobescu "Stay" 1st Gorgi, T. Reil, J. Reil, M. Broberg

     

    About Anna Odobescu

    Anna Odobescu was born on November 3 1991 in the city of Dubasari on the left bank of the Dniester River in Moldova. Her artistic talent was obvious from her childhood years and after losing her father at a young age she found consolation in music. 

    Anna graduated from the faculty of pop jazz vocal at the Transnistrian College of Music, named after Anton Rubinstein (Tiraspol), and the department of pop and jazz vocal at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts in Chisinau. Her collaboration on stage with Jazz Orchestra named after Victor Zelenskiy was one of her outstanding pieces of work, while later she became a vocal coach at the Chisinau School of Arts named after V. Polyakov.
     
    Anna’s vocal teacher is Cristina Pintilie. The Moldovan act has participated in several music competitions, often winning high placing prizes, such as in the music Festival in the city of  Smolensk and the Grand Prix of Discovery 2007 in the city of Tiraspol. She competed in the Martisoare Dorohoian Festival in 2012, while in 2016 she achieved a second place at the Slavic Bazaar festival in the city of Vitebsk .
     
    In 2017 she takes part in the Russian edition of  The Voice while in 2018 she competed in the Eurovision national final of “O Melodie Pentru Europa 2018” with the entry Agony, finishing in 5th place. Anna Odobescu is married to singer and composer Alexandru Vdovicenco.
     
     
    Anna in Eurovision
     
    Anna Odobescu won Moldova’s 2019  national final O Melodie Pentru Europa with her entry 'Stay' and went on representing the nation at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv. Anna gave a stunning vocal performance of her song in the second smei final but unfortunately didn't make it to the grand final. 
     
    Let remember Anna's amazing performance in ExPo Tel Aviv arena: