🇲🇩 Natalia Barbu: “I feel I have more to share”

Ahead of her performance at the London Eurovision Party, Georgia spoke to Natalia Barbu about her participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. She will be representing Moldova in Malmö with her song “In the Middle”.

Check out our interview with Natalia Barbu here!

Together, Georgia and Natalia talk about Natalia’s love for the British capital. They also reflect on Natalia’s previous Eurovision participation in 2007, as well as how she has grown as a person. Natalia also drops some hints as to what is in store for viewers for her stage show in less than one month’s time.

Who is Natalia Barbu?

Natalia Barbu is a 44-year-old singer-songwriter born in the Moldovan city of Bălți. A prominent member of the Moldovan jazz scene, Natalia often collaborates with up-and-coming artists to help expand her own musical experimentations. In 2007, Natalia represented her nation at Eurovision in Helsinki with her song “Fight”. At the close of voting, she finished in 10th place. She then shifted her style to summer pop and was well-received in her native country. Her Eurovision song for 2024, “In the Middle”, is written by Natalia herself and Khris Richards.

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.

What do you make of our interview with Natalia? Do you think she can get Moldova into the final for the fourth year in a row? Who else would you like to see us interview? As always, let us know what you think by commenting below. Also, be sure to follow “That Eurovision Site” on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, Tumblr and BlueSky as we gear up for Eurovision 2024 in just a couple of week’s time!

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