The artists that will take part in the audition stage of Etapa Națională on January 13th have been revealed.
Artists taking part in Etapa Națională auditions are….
As previously reported TRM received 55 applications for this year’s national final. Panellists have listened to the entries and the following entries have progressed to the audition stage for Etapa Națională. All the songs can be listened to at Eurovision.md.
| Artist | Song Title |
| Aliona Moon feat Milla | Obosit |
| Anna G | Ay ay ay |
| Anna Gulko | Perfect Place |
| Bumbac Tudor | Tudorel |
| Cătălina Solomac | Fever |
| Denis Midone | Back To Me |
| DPSTP | RISE UP |
| Formația Vele | Carnaval |
| Iulia Teleucă | Runaway |
| LAURA | Spune-mi |
| Maria Ciolac | Break free |
| Max Cara | Broke the chain |
| Natalia Barbu | In the middle |
| Nicoleta Sava | Bravo |
| Nino | Up again |
| O L | No Time No Space |
| Oliv Sky | Another Universe |
| Oliv Sky | Loud and clear |
| POLI | Lui |
| Reghina Alexandrina | Contrasens |
| Sasha Bognibov | Married To Twins |
| Sasha Letty | DNA |
| Spînu Oleg | Jungle |
| TRUPA VOVI ROBIAN | Robotul Vovi |
| Valeria Pasha | Anti-Princess |
| Valleria | RULE (Rai di ri di) |
| Valleria | Run |
| Victor Gulick | Fever |
| Victor Lozinsky | Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley move |
| Viola Julea | Light up! |
| Y-Limit | REVOLUTION |
| Y-Limit | What’s the Fun |
Returning Moldova Eurovision artists include Aliona Moon who sang “O mie” for Moldova in 2013, and Natalia Barbu who represented Moldova with “Fight” in 2007. Denis Midone also represented Moldova at Junior Eurovision 2012 with the song “Toate vor fi”.
The artists that progress from the auditions will go on to perform at the live final on February 17th. The winner of Etapa Națională will represent Moldova in Malmö in May.
What is Etapa Națională?
Like most things Moldova do, Etapa Națională is frequently one of the more chaotic national selections of the season. Famed for its live auditons stage, Moldova’s selection in the last couple years has consisted of around 30 songs, of which a jury will assess and advance the songs they approve of to the live final stage. You don’t have to win the selection to become a hero, the likes of Tudor Bumbac and Misscatylove have worked their way into Eurovision folklore from their entries.
Moldova’s Eurovision Journey
Moldova is relatively new to the Eurovision Song Contest, joining in 2005. Their debut entry, Zdob și 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 2023, Pasha came back to the Eurovision stage to represent Moldova at the Contest in Liverpool. Performing his song “Soarele și luna”, Moldova qualified for the final, finishing in 5th place. Following the jury and televote points in the final, Moldova received 96 points, finishing in 18th place. Of the 96 points, 20 were given by the jury, while the remaining 76 is given by the televote.
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News Source: TRM
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