Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country Moldova
National selection
Selection processO melodie pentru Europa 2018
Selection date(s)24 February 2018
Selected entrantDoReDoS
Selected song"My Lucky Day"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 235 points)
Final result10th, 209 points
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal. The artist and song that represented Moldova in the 2018 contest was selected through the national final, O melodie pentru Europa 2018, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), on 24 February 2018.

Background[]

Main article: Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2018 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2005.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was third, which it achieved in 2017 with the song "Hey Mamma!" performed by SunStroke Project. To this point, Moldova have another two top ten placing at the contest were achieved in 2005 thanks the song "Bunica bate toba" performed by Zdob și Zdub placed sixth and 2007 where "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth.

For the 2018 Contest, the Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), will broadcast the event within Moldova and organise the selection process for the nation's entry. TRM confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 8 November 2017.[2] Moldova has selected their entry via a national selection show since 2008, a procedure that was continued for their 2018 participation.[3]

Before Eurovision[]

O melodie pentru Europa 2018[]

O melodie pentru Europa 2018 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The event took place at the TRM Studio in Chișinău, hosted by Sergiu Beznițchi and Evelina Vîrlan with Djulieta Gînu-Ardovan reporting from the green room, and included a final to be held on 24 February 2018. The show was broadcast on Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Actualități, Radio Moldova Tineret and Radio Moldova Muzical as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trm.md.[3][4]

Format[]

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry took place over two rounds. The first round was a live audition of the received submissions in front of a jury panel that took place on 24 January 2018. Entries were assessed on criteria such as voice quality, stage presence and strength of the composition. The panel selected 16 finalists to proceed to the second round, the televised national final. 16 finalists competed in the final on 24 February 2018 where the winner was selected by the 50/50 combination of an expert jury vote and a public televote. In the event of a tie, the entry that receives the highest score from the public televote was declared the winner.[3][5]

Competing entries[]

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 1 December 2017 and 15 January 2018. International artists were allowed to compete only if they were part of a duo or group where 50% of the lead vocalists were of Moldovan nationality. Songwriters could hold any nationality.[3] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 27 valid entries were received by the broadcaster.[6] Pelageya Stefoglo was disqualified from the competition as her song "Let's Start Together Right Now" was participating in the 2018 Belarusian national selection.[7]

The live audition round took place on 24 January 2018 at Karaoke Concert Hall Atrium in Chișinău, broadcast on online via trm.md as well as via TRM's Facebook and YouTube pages, where 16 finalists were selected to advance.[8] The jury panel that evaluated the songs during the live auditions and selected the 16 finalists consisted of Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Anatol Chiriac (composer), Alexandru Gorgos (composer), Valeria Barbas (singer/composer) and Victoria Cuşnir (director and journalist).[4]

Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s)
Anna Odobescu "Agony" Valeriu Pașa
Anna Timofei "Endlessly" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Georgios Kalpakidis
BellaLuna "Moments" Mitya Effterman, Maxim Safrin
Che-MD "Inima-n stîngă" (Heart on the left) Michael Smolenko
Constantin Cobîlean "Numai tu" (Only you) Constantin Cobîlean
Doinița Gherman "Dance in Flames" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson
DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" Philipp Kirkorov, John Ballard
Felicia Dunaf "Alien" Primož Poglajen, Will Taylor, Michael James Down
Ilia Sorocean & Dasha DaGro "Minds & Veins" Ilia Sorocean
Lavinia Rusu "Altundeva" (Somewhere else) Alkemics Sound, Eugeniu Doibani
Nicoleta Sava "Esencia del Sur" (Essence of the South) Rafael Artesero, Jose Juan Santana, Viorica Atanasov
Ruslan Tsar "Come to Life" Ruslan Țăranu
Sandy C & Aaron Sibley "Once Upon a Time" Aaron Sibley
Tolik "Broken Glass" Leah Muscat, Malin Johansson, Rickard Bonde Truumeel
Vera Țurcanu "Black Heart" David Gällring, Karl Sahlin, Vera Țurcanu, Nikos Sofis
Viorela "The Gates of Love" Viorela Moraru

Final[]

The final took place on 24 February 2018. Sixteen songs competed and the winner was selected based on the combination of a public televote and the votes of an expert jury. The jury that voted in the final included Anatol Chiriac (composer), Pavel Gamurari (lecturer and member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists in Moldova), Nicu Țărnă (singer), Victoria Cușnir (director and journalist), Sandu Gorgos (composer), Ivan Aculov (singer-songwriter), Liviu Știrbu (composer), Lilia Șolomei (soloist at the National Opera and Ballet Theater) and Andrei Tostogan (composer and producer). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2010 and 2017 Moldovan Eurovision entrant SunStroke Project performed as a guest.[9] "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS was selected as the winner.[10]

Final – 24 February 2018
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Tolik "Broken Glass" 30 3 385 10 13 4
2 Lavinia Rusu "Altundeva" 30 4 59 2 6 10
3 Bella Luna "Moments" 14 0 34 0 0 13
4 Anna Timofei "Endlessly" 28 2 39 0 2 11
5 Ilia Sorocean & Dasha DaGro "Minds & Veins" 25 1 54 0 1 12
6 Che-MD "Inima-n stîngă" 3 0 26 0 0 16
7 Constantin Cobîlean "Numai tu" 8 0 134 7 7 9
8 DoReDoS "My Lucky Day" 104 12 3,813 12 24 1
9 Sandy C & Aaron Sibley "Once Upon a Time" 36 5 113 4 9 6
10 Anna Odobescu "Agony" 54 8 62 3 11 5
11 Nicoleta Sava "Esencia del Sur" 16 0 171 8 8 7
12 Doinița Gherman & One Voice "Dance in Flames" 52 7 134 6 13 3
13 Felicia Dunaf "Alien" 40 6 56 1 7 8
14 Viorela "The Gates of Love" 5 0 25 0 0 15
15 Vera Țurcanu "Black Heart" 69 10 123 5 15 2
16 Ruslan Tsar "Come to Life" 8 0 32 0 0 14

At Eurovision[]

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 29 January 2018, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Moldova was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 10 May 2018, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[11]

Once all the competing songs for the 2018 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Moldova was set to perform in position 7, following the entry from Russia and preceding the entry from Netherlands.[12]

Semi-final[]

It was later revealed that Moldova had placed third in the second semi-final, receiving a total of 235 points, 153 points from the televoting and 82 points from the juries.[13]

Voting[]

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

Points awarded to Moldova[]

Points awarded by Moldova[]

Detailed voting results[]

The following members comprised the Moldovan jury:[16]

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Semi-final 2)[14] hide
Draw Country Jury Televote
A. Chiriac C. Scarlat V. Țurcanu V. Catană R. Aculova Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Norway 9 5 4 5 9 7 4 5 6
02  Romania 1 1 5 3 1 1 12 1 12
03  Serbia 15 6 13 13 10 13 2 10
04  San Marino 12 12 17 17 17 17 17
05  Denmark 6 9 8 16 12 10 1 7 4
06  Russia 2 4 16 7 2 4 7 3 8
07  Moldova
08  Netherlands 5 2 6 12 6 6 5 8 3
09  Australia 4 3 9 2 5 2 10 6 5
10  Georgia 7 13 14 10 8 12 12
11  Poland 11 14 12 15 16 16 16
12  Malta 16 8 11 9 4 9 2 14
13  Hungary 17 10 15 11 13 15 10 1
14  Latvia 8 15 2 4 14 8 3 13
15  Sweden 14 16 7 6 11 11 9 2
16  Montenegro 13 17 10 14 7 14 15
17  Slovenia 10 11 1 1 15 5 6 11
18  Ukraine 3 7 3 8 3 3 8 4 7
Detailed voting results from Moldova (Final)[15] hide
Draw Country Jury Televote
A. Chiriac C. Scarlat V. Țurcanu V. Catană R. Aculova Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Ukraine 5 3 8 11 8 6 5 2 10
02  Spain 17 19 6 10 16 14 20
03  Slovenia 16 18 9 9 17 15 22
04  Lithuania 18 10 13 7 14 13 17
05  Austria 3 11 14 3 15 8 3 13
06  Estonia 1 1 4 16 1 1 12 10 1
07  Norway 12 2 7 17 11 9 2 6 5
08  Portugal 19 24 18 18 18 24 24
09  United Kingdom 20 12 24 20 12 21 23
10  Serbia 21 15 11 12 10 16 14
11  Germany 14 7 10 1 13 7 4 7 4
12  Albania 22 16 17 21 2 11 19
13  France 8 17 16 19 19 18 11
14  Czech Republic 4 23 15 8 21 12 5 6
15  Denmark 13 6 23 25 24 17 12
16  Australia 2 8 5 5 6 4 7 18
17  Finland 23 25 22 24 9 22 25
18  Bulgaria 6 14 1 4 5 3 8 8 3
19  Moldova
20  Sweden 15 13 19 13 22 20 15
21  Hungary 25 20 25 22 25 25 9 2
22  Israel 24 4 3 2 3 2 10 1 12
23  Netherlands 7 5 12 15 7 10 1 16
24  Ireland 9 22 21 14 20 19 21
25  Cyprus 10 9 2 6 4 5 6 4 7
26  Italy 11 21 20 23 23 23 3 8

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