After a long three hours of live auditions and the reveal of the contenders for Moldova this year, TRM has revealed that the final of this year’s Moldovan selection will take place on the 4th of March.
Etapa Națională 2023
The competing artists and entries competing in the Moldovan selection are:
| Artist | Song Title | Songwriter(s) |
| Aliona Moon | “Du-mă“ | Ștefan Burlacu, Vlad Subujac, Aliona Munteanu |
| Corina Ivanov | “When Love’s Real“ | Mike Connaris, Mia Nicolai |
| COSMINA | “Indestructible“ | Cosmina Cotoros, Shawn Myers, Jonas Gladnikoff |
| Donia | “Red Zone“ | Donia Ianculescu, Robert Andrei Niculae |
| NÖRDIKA | “Damn and Down“ | Ruslan Țăranu |
| OL | “Why You Play It Cool“ | Olga Lisicova |
| Pasha Parfeni | “Soarele și luna“ | Pavel Parfeni, Andrei Vulpe, Iuliana Perfeni |
| Sunstroke Project | “Yummy Mommy“ | Mihai Teodor, Sergei Ialovițski |
| Surorile Osoianu | “Bade, bădișor, bădiță“ | Elena Ioniță, Jonathan Alexandru |
| Victor Gulick | “Let’s Dance“ | Victor Gulick, Serghei Lututovici |
All songs made it to the audition stage can be listened to at eurovision.md. 33 songs were originally selected for the audition process, but two were disqualified before the live auditions. One of NÖRDIKA’s entries, “Squeeze Paradise”, was disqualified due to having been performed before 1st September 2022, making it ineligible for Eurovision. Massimo Sinceri and DA-MUSE were also disqualified due to not meeting the required threshold for performers and composes being at least 50% Moldovan. Furthermore, LOLA was unable to perform at the live auditions and was therefore ineligible for consideration.
Of the 10 competing entries in the final, three previous Moldovan representatives are returning. Pasha Parfeni represented Moldova with “Lăutar” in 2012, whilst Aliona Moon sang “O mie” for Moldova in 2013. The Sunstroke Project have represented the nation on two separate occasions – first in 2010 with the song “Run Away”, and then in 2017 singing “Hey Mamma”.
Moldova’s Eurovision journey
Moldova is relatively new to the Eurovision Song Contest, joining in 2005. Their debut entry, Zdob si Zdub, finished in 6th place, which had remained their highest scoring entry up until 2017. This was thanks to the Sunstroke Project performing ‘Hey Mamma’, finishing in 3rd place. At the close of voting, Moldova received 374 points.
In 2022, Zdob si Zdub came back to the Eurovision stage with the Advahov Brothers and represented Moldova at the Contest in Turin. Performing their song “Trenuletul”, Moldova qualified for the final and finished in 7th place. Following the jury and televote points, Moldova had received 253 points.
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News Source: TRM
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