Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
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Moldova| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) | |||
| Country | Moldova | |||
| Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2010 | |||
| Selection date | 6 March 2010 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Run Away" | |||
| Artist | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | |||
| Songwriters |
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 52 points) | |||
| Final result | 22nd, 27 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Moldova was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Run Away", written by Anton Ragoza, Sergey Stepanov, and Alina Galetskaya, and performed by the group SunStroke Project and Olia Tira. The Moldovan participating broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2010 in order to select its entry for the contest. 83 entries competed to represent Moldova, with 30 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February and March 2010, "Run Away" performed by SunStroke Project and Olia Tira emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.
Moldova was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Run Away" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Moldova placed tenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 52 points. In the final, Moldova performed in position 4 and placed twenty-second out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 27 points.
Prior to the 2010 contest, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Moldova five times since its first entry in 2005.[1] Its best placing in the contest was sixth, achieved in 2005 with the song "Boonika bate doba" performed by Zdob și Zdub. Other than its debut entry, to this point, its only other top ten placing at the contest was achieved in 2007 with "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placing tenth. In 2009, "Hora din Moldova" performed by Nelly Ciobanu qualified Moldova to compete in the final and placed fourteenth.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, TRM organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. The broadcaster confirmed its intentions to participate at the 2010 contest on 18 November 2009.[2] TRM has selected its entry via a national selection show since 2008, a procedure that was continued for their 2010 participation.[3]
Before Eurovision
O melodie pentru Europa 2010
O melodie pentru Europa 2010 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The event included two semi-finals and a final to be held on 27 February, 28 February and 6 March 2010, respectively.[4][5] All shows in the competition were broadcast on Moldova 1 and TV Moldova Internațional as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trm.md.[6]
Format
The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry took place over three rounds. The first round occurred on 16 January 2010 where a jury panel selected 25 semi-finalists from the received submissions based on criteria such as the quality of the melody and composition, vocals and lyrics of the song and style of the performance.[7] The second round was a public wildcard vote held between 29 January and 14 February 2010, which selected an additional 5 semi-finalists out of 50 entries not selected from the first round to proceed to the third round, the televised national final. 15 semi-finalists competed in each semi-final on 27 and 28 February 2010. Seven songs qualified to the final from each semi-final based on the combined votes from an expert jury and public televoting results. The fourteen qualifying entries competed in the final on 6 March 2010 where the winner was selected by the 50/50 combination of an expert jury vote and a public televote. In the event of a tie, the entry that receives the highest score from the expert jury vote was declared the winner.[4][5]
Competing entries
Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 15 December 2009 and 8 January 2010.[8] Artists were required to be of Moldovan nationality and could submit more than one song, while an international act was able to compete only if they were part of a duo or group with at least a member who was of Moldovan nationality. Songwriters could hold any nationality.[9] Artists were also able to apply without a song, and in such cases they were able to select one of the songs submitted by international songwriters.[7][10] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 83 valid entries were received by the broadcaster.[11] A jury consisting of Ion Suruceanu (singer), Lidia Panfil (lecturer at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts), Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vitalia Rotaru (producer, composer), Sergiu Gavriliţă (VIP Magazin editor-in-chief), Vlad Costandoi (producer), Liviu Știrbu (composer), Anatol Chiriac (composer), Marcel Ștefăneț (conductor and instrumentalist) and Anatol Caciuc (programme director of Radio Moldova) selected 25 semi-finalists out of the 83 received entries, while an additional five semi-finalists were selected from 50 of the remaining entries by a public televote that ran between 29 January and 14 February 2010.[12][13] On 15 February 2010, the 30 semi-finalists were allocated to one of the two semi-finals, each containing 15 entries.[14]
On 25 January 2010, "Lady Gaga" performed by Akord was withdrawn from the competition. On 23 February 2010, "Towards the Sky" performed by Alex White, "Wait!" performed by Ionel Istrati, "Goodbye" performed by Olia Tira, "Believe" performed by SunStroke Project and "Padure, verde padure" performed by Victoria Mahu were withdrawn and replaced with the songs "The Robbery" performed by Constantinova and Fusu, "Day and Night" performed by Dana Marchitan, "So Many Questions" performed by JJ Jazz, "Poza ta" performed by Veronica Lupu and "Ţi-aduci aminte" performed by Vitalie Toderascu.[7]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Selection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandru Manciu | "Rămîi lîngă mine" | Alexandru Manciu | Jury |
| Boris Covali | "No Name" | Zaza Hubuscalasvili, Anastasia Larionova | |
| Brand | "S.O.S." | Andrey Rajecki | Public vote |
| Carolina Gorun | "Addicted" | Anna Gulko, Mircea Gutu | Jury |
| Constantinova and Fusu | "The Robbery" | Leonard Fusu, Anna Constantinova | |
| Corina Cuniuc and Denis Latâşev | "Forever" | Elena Buga, Ilie G. Jr. | |
| Cristina Croitoru | "My Heart" | Valentin Dînga, Elena Buga | |
| Cristy Rouge | "Don't Break My Heart" | Cristy Rouge, Sandu Gorgos | |
| Dana Marchitan | "Day and Night" | Andrej Hadjiu, Veaceslav Daniliuc | |
| Doinița Gherman | "Meloterapia" | Eugeniu Condiu, Populara | Public vote |
| Dyma | "Manipulate" | Alexandru Brașoveanu, Aris Kalimeris | Jury |
| Eugen Doibani | "Love Sweet Love" | Eugen Doibani | |
| Gicu Cimbir | "Cine sunt eu" | Gicu Cimbir | |
| Gloria | "I'm Not Alone" | Gloria Gorceag, Alexandru Brașoveanu | |
| Irina Tarasiuc | "Lucky Star" | Mirela Bazelyuk, Mariana Styrchi | |
| JJ Jazz | "So Many Questions" | Pavel Barabanshchikov, Inga Milosavljevic | |
| MBeyline | "Never Step Back" | Mariana Berdianu | Public vote |
| Marcel Roșca | "If Love Is the Thing" | Patrycja Kawecka, Pawel Jurczak | Jury |
| Mariana Mihăilă | "Say I'm Sorry" | Marc Paelinck, Michael Garvin | |
| Mihai Teodor | "Ai-Ai-Ai" | Mihai Teodor | |
| Millennium | "Before You Go" | Olga Gorcinschi, Vica Demici | |
| Monkey Mind and Daniela | "Smile" | Mitelea Daniela, Igor Mura | |
| Nicoleta Gavrilita | "De tristețe" | Marian Stîrcea, Radmila Popovici-Paraschiv | |
| Pasha | "You Should Like" | Pavel Parfeni | Jury |
| Pavel Turcu | "Imn Eurovision" | Pavel Turcu | Public vote |
| SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | "Run Away" | Anton Ragoza, Sergey Stepanov, Alina Galetskaya | Jury |
| Todo | "Dance 4 Life" | Radu Lepadatu | Public vote |
| Valeria Tarasova | "See You Soon" | Mia, Marian Stîrcea | Jury |
| Veronica Lupu | "Poza ta" | Viorel Burlacu | |
| Vitalie Toderascu | "Ţi-aduci aminte" | Vitalie Toderascu |
Shows
Semi-finals
The two semi-finals took place on 27 and 28 February 2010 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Dianna Rotaru and Iurie Gologan with Lucian Dumitrescu reporting from the green room. In each semi-final fifteen songs competed and the top seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.[15][16]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Nelly Ciobanu, rock band Cezara and the ballet company Teodor performed as guests in the first semi-final, while 2006 Moldovan Eurovision entrants Arsenium and Natalia Gordienko, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Arsenium, singers Serj Kuzencoff and Elena Demirdjean, and the ballet company Teodor performed as guests in the second semi-final.[17][18]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mihai Teodor | "Ai-Ai-Ai" | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Corina Cuniuc and Denis Latâşev | "Forever" | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Doinița Gherman | "Meloterapia" | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | "Run Away" | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Millennium | "Before You Go" | 20 | 2 |
| 6 | Marcel Roșca | "If Love Is the Thing" | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | Nicoleta Gavrilita | "De tristețe" | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Dyma | "Manipulate" | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | JJ Jazz | "So Many Questions" | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Todo | "Dance 4 Life" | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Eugen Doibani | "Love Sweet Love" | 10 | 6 |
| 12 | Monkey Mind and Daniela | "Smile" | 11 | 4 |
| 13 | Dana Marchitan | "Day and Night" | 7 | 8 |
| 14 | Constantinova and Fusu | "The Robbery" | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Carolina Gorun | "Addicted" | 11 | 4 |
| R/O | Artist | Song | Points | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Covali | "No Name" | 11 | 5 |
| 2 | Pavel Turcu | "Imn Eurovision" | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Gloria | "I'm Not Alone" | 7 | 9 |
| 4 | Pasha | "You Should Like" | 17 | 2 |
| 5 | Alexandru Manciu | "Rămîi lîngă mine" | 13 | 3 |
| 6 | Mariana Mihăilă | "Say I'm Sorry" | 9 | 8 |
| 7 | Vitalie Toderascu | "Ţi-aduci aminte" | 0 | 12 |
| 8 | Gicu Cimbir | "Cine sunt eu" | 9 | 7 |
| 9 | Irina Tarasiuc | "Lucky Star" | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Cristy Rouge | "Don't Break My Heart" | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Veronica Lupu | "Poza ta" | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Valeria Tarasova | "See You Soon" | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | MBeyline | "Never Step Back" | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Brand | "S.O.S." | 2 | 10 |
| 15 | Cristina Croitor | "My Heart" | 24 | 1 |
Final
The final took place on 6 March 2010 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Dianna Rotaru and Iurie Gologan with Lucian Dumitrescu reporting from the green room. The fourteen songs that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected based on the combination of a public televote and the votes of an expert jury. The jury that voted in the final included Jerome Poulain (marketing, communication and sales director of Orange Moldova), Angela Sârbu (director of Moldova 1), Ana Diubeli (programme director of Radio Moldova), Marcel Ștefăneț (conductor and instrumentalist), Svetlana Bivol (director of the National Philharmonic Concert Hall), Liviu Știrbu (composer) and Vlad Costandoi (producer). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, singer InGrid and the ballet company Teodor performed as guests.[19] "Run Away" performed by SunStroke Project and Olia Tira was selected as the winner.[20]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Percentage | Points | |||||
| 1 | Doinița Gherman | "Meloterapia" | 27 | 0 | 6.23% | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Valeria Tarasova | "See You Soon" | 46 | 5 | 3.43% | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | "Run Away" | 78 | 12 | 17.85% | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 4 | Pasha | "You Should Like" | 71 | 10 | 10.57% | 7 | 17 | 3 |
| 5 | Dyma | "Manipulate" | 31 | 2 | 5.82% | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| 6 | Pavel Turcu | "Imn Eurovision" | 1 | 0 | 9.30% | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Eugen Doibani | "Love Sweet Love" | 29 | 1 | 4.34% | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Boris Covali | "No Name" | 60 | 8 | 3.31% | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | Carolina Gorun | "Addicted" | 8 | 0 | 1.82% | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Gicu Cimbir | "Cine sunt eu" | 38 | 3 | 1.94% | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Millennium | "Before You Go" | 55 | 7 | 17.39% | 10 | 17 | 2 |
| 12 | Cristina Croitoru | "My Heart" | 53 | 6 | 10.91% | 8 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | Monkey Mind and Daniela | "Smile" | 5 | 0 | 3.06% | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Alexandru Manciu | "Rămîi lîngă mine" | 44 | 4 | 4.03% | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| R/O | Song | J. Poulain |
A. Sârbu |
A. Diubeli |
M. Ștefăneț |
S. Bivol |
L. Știrbu |
V. Costandoi |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Meloterapia" | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 2 | "See You Soon" | 5 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 46 | |
| 3 | "Run Away" | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 78 |
| 4 | "You Should Like" | 12 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 71 |
| 5 | "Manipulate" | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | "Imn Eurovision" | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | "Love Sweet Love" | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | "No Name" | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 60 |
| 9 | "Addicted" | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 10 | "Cine sunt eu" | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 38 |
| 11 | "Before You Go" | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 55 |
| 12 | "My Heart" | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 53 | |
| 13 | "Smile" | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 14 | "Rămîi lîngă mine" | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 44 |
Ratings
| Show | Air date | Viewers | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Final | 6 March 2010 | 450,000 | [21] |
Promotion
SunStroke Project and Olia Tira made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Run Away" as the Moldovan Eurovision entry. On 4 April, SunStroke Project and Olia Tira performed during an event held at the Place Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijneplein in Brussels, Belgium.[22] The performers also took part in promotional activities in Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Romania, Russia and Ukraine which included television, radio and concert appearances.[7][23]
