Moldovan broadcaster TRM has revealed the longlist of acts still in contention to compete in its national final – Selecţia Naţională 2026.
Selecţia Naţională 2026 longlist features returnees
Revealing the acts still in contention to feature in the national final, TRM’s music producer for the show Roman Burlaca said that those included on the longlist will be invited to take part in live auditions, held on Tuesday (December 16th) at 11:00 EET. He added that his vision is to directly communicate with acts and help them with their vision. The songs qualified for the audition stage will be revealed on TRM’s dedicated Eurovision page.
The acts qualified for Moldova’s Selecţia Naţională 2026 are:
| Artist | Song |
| Adelisha | “Alegria” |
| Adelina | “Putere în durere” |
| Adrian Sîrbu | “Ne-am stins” |
| Sasha Flowers | “Can Do More” |
| Sasha Flowers | “We Fight Til The End” |
| Alexei Legasi | “Rebel” |
| Annet Smirnova | “Sunt femeia” |
| Artyom Topal | “Money” |
| Catalina Solomac | “Pink Margarita” |
| Chris Cross | “Close My Eyes” |
| Chris Cross feat. Radco | “Taci” |
| Cristy Rouge | “Bliss” |
| Dana Marchitan | “Cry” |
| DAYANA | “Doina” |
| DAYANA | “Cry a River” |
| Bacho | “Tata” |
| Lisa Volk | “Dragostea Mea” |
| Emphoria | “Tipare” |
| Evghenii Avramov & ALenin Ivan | “Foc la ghete” |
| Ilinca Siviroveanu | “Running Through the Rain” |
| Curly | “Respir liber” |
| Iulia Teleuca | “Luna Mea” |
| Katy Rain | “Dance & Cry” |
| Moniq Monua | “Like I Do” |
| August Black | “You Make Me Crazy” |
| Maxim Zavidia | “Alo” |
| MOLDIE | “Moldova Mea” |
| Nadezhda Rotaru | “Winter Story” |
| Pavel Orlov | “Can’t Say Goodbye” |
| Rodica Jabinschi | “Dependentă” |
| Oliv Sky | “Bad Dream” |
| Sasha Bognibov | “On the Right Path” |
| Satoshi | “Viva, Moldova” |
| L-ERA | “Friends” |
| Valleria | “Vallerian Steel rai di rai di dam” |
| Zeleno | “No Pain, No Gain” |
Nikko had also been put on the longlist to sing “Falling In Love”, but has since been disqualified for unknown reasons. The national selection will take place on January 17th at Arena Chişinău, in a huge overhaul of the selection format. The winner will go on to represent Moldova at Eurovision 2026.
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. They were dethroned by returners Sunstroke Project and the song ‘Hey Mamma’, which finished in 3rd place. At the close of voting, Moldova received 374 points.
After representing Moldova in 2007, Natalia Barbu returned to Eurovision in 2024 with the song “In the Middle”. She received 20 points in the first semifinal, ultimately placing thirteenth and missing out on the grand final.
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News Source: TRM
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