Moldova in the Turkvision Song Contest

Moldova
Moldova
Member station	KTRK
National selection events	Internal selection; 2016; 2020;
Participation summary
Appearances	1
First appearance	2020
Best result	7th: 2020

Moldova has never participated in the Turkvision Song Contest. Moldova was expected to participate in the 2016 contest in Istanbul, Turkey, however the 2016 contest was subsequently cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings. Moldova had selected the song "Yallah Yallah!", performed by Pelageya Stefoglo (then known as Polina Stefoglo), as their debut entry.^[2] Moldova are expected to participate in the upcoming 2020 contest, held online in Istanbul. Pelageya Stefoglo was again internally selected as the Moldovan artist.^[3]

The national broadcaster responsible for the selection process of Moldova's participants is unknown, save for the initials "KTRK".

History[]

2016[]

On 25 November 2016, it was announced that Moldova would participate in the contest for the first time in 2016, and had internally selected Polina Stefoglo. Stefoglo had unsuccessfully competed to represent Găgăuzia in the contest before her selection as the Moldovan artist.^[4] "Yallah Yallah!" was announced as the Moldovan entry for the contest on 5 December 2016.^[2] However, the contest was later cancelled due to the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.^{[citation needed]}

2020[]

Moldova's participation in the 2020 contest, with Pelageya Stefoglo as their artist, was confirmed in November 2020.^[3]

Participation[]

Table key
X	Entry selected but did not compete

Year	Artist	Song	Language	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2016	Polina Stefoglo^[2]	"Yallah Yallah!"^[2]	Turkish^[2]	Contest cancelled X
2020	Pelageya Stefoglo^[3]	"Ateş Gibi"^[5]	Turkish^[5]	7	191	No semi-final

References[]

^ "Moldova". Turkvizyon.tv. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Granger, Anthony (5 December 2016). "Moldova: "Yallah Yallah!" Title of First Turkvision Song Contest Entry". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Granger, Anthony (13 November 2020). "Moldova: Pelageya Stefoglo to Compete in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ Granger, Anthony (25 November 2016). "Moldova: Polina Stefoglo To Turkvision 2016". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Granger, Anthony (23 November 2020). "Moldova: Pelageya Stefoglo to Compete in Turkvision With "Ateş Gibi"". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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[1] "Moldova". Turkvizyon.tv. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[yallah_yallah-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Granger, Anthony (5 December 2016). "Moldova: "Yallah Yallah!" Title of First Turkvision Song Contest Entry". Eurovoix World. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[pelageya-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Granger, Anthony (13 November 2020). "Moldova: Pelageya Stefoglo to Compete in Turkvision 2020". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[4] Granger, Anthony (25 November 2016). "Moldova: Polina Stefoglo To Turkvision 2016". eurovoix-world.com. Eurovoix. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.

[ateş_gibi-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Granger, Anthony (23 November 2020). "Moldova: Pelageya Stefoglo to Compete in Turkvision With "Ateş Gibi"". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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