Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
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Moldova| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2018 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) | |||
| Country | Moldova | |||
| Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2018 | |||
| Selection date | 24 February 2018 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "My Lucky Day" | |||
| Artist | DoReDoS | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 235 points) | |||
| Final result | 10th, 209 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Moldova was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "My Lucky Day" written by Philipp Kirkorov and John Ballard. The song was performed by the group DoReDoS. Songwriter Philipp Kirkorov represented Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Kolybelnaya dlya vulkana" where he placed seventeenth. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2018 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. 27 entries competed to represent Moldova in Lisbon, with 16 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final which took place on 24 February 2018 after auditioning in front of a jury panel. "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS 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 second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2018. Performing during the show in position 7, "My Lucky Day" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Moldova placed third out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 235 points. In the final, Moldova performed in position 19 and placed tenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 209 points.
Prior to the 2018 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirteen times since its first entry in 2005.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was third, which it achieved in 2017 with the song "Hey, Mamma!" performed by SunStroke Project. To this point, Moldova have achieved another two top ten placings at the contest: in 2005 where "Boonika bate toba" performed by Zdob și Zdub placed sixth, and in 2007 where "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth.
The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcast the event within Moldova and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. TRM confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest on 8 November 2017.[2] Moldova has selected their entry via a national selection show since 2008, a procedure that was continued for their 2019 participation.[3]
Before Eurovision
O melodie pentru Europa 2018
O melodie pentru Europa 2018 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The event took place at the TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Sergiu Beznițchi and Evelina Vîrlan with Djulieta Gînu-Ardovan reporting from the green room, and included a final to be held on 24 February 2018. The show was broadcast on Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Actualități, Radio Moldova Tineret and Radio Moldova Muzical as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trm.md.[3][4]
Competing entries
Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 1 December 2017 and 15 January 2018. Artists could submit more than one song, and an international act was able to compete only if they were part of a duo or group where 50% of the lead vocalists were of Moldovan nationality.[3] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 27 valid entries out of 28 were received by the broadcaster; "Let's Start Together Right Now" performed by Pelageya Stefoglo was disqualified as the song had also been submitted for the 2018 Belarusian Eurovision national final.[5][6] The live audition round took place on 1 February 2018 at the Karaoke Concert Hall Atrium in Chișinău where 16 finalists were selected to advance. The auditions were broadcast online via trm.md and via TRM's Facebook and YouTube pages.[7] The jury panel that evaluated the songs during the live auditions and selected the 16 finalists consisted of Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Anatol Chiriac (composer), Alexandru Gorgos (composer), Valeria Barbas (singer and composer) and Victoria Cușnir (journalist).[4][8]
| Artist | Song | Songwriters(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Odobescu | "Agony" | Valeriu Pașa |
| Anna Timofei | "Endlessly" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson, Georgios Kalpakidis |
| BellaLuna | "Moments" | Mitya Effterman, Maxim Safrin |
| Che-MD | "Inima-n stîngă" | Michael Smolenko |
| Constantin Cobîlean | "Numai tu" | Constantin Cobîlean |
| Doinița Gherman | "Dance in Flames" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Niklas Bergqvist, Simon Johansson |
| DoReDoS | "My Lucky Day" | Philipp Kirkorov, John Ballard |
| Felicia Dunaf | "Alien" | Primož Poglajen, Will Taylor, Michael James Down |
| Ilia Sorocean and Dasha DaGro | "Minds & Veins" | Ilia Sorocean |
| Lavinia Rusu | "Altundeva" | Alkemics Sound, Eugeniu Doibani |
| Nicoleta Sava | "La esencia del sur" | Rafael Artesero, Jose Juan Santana, Viorica Atanasov |
| Ruslan Tsar | "Come to Life" | Ruslan Țăranu |
| Sandy C and Aaron Sibley | "Once Upon a Time" | Aaron Sibley |
| Tolik | "Broken Glass" | Leah Muscat, Malin Johansson, Rickard Bonde Truumeel |
| Vera Țurcanu | "Black Heart" | David Gällring, Karl Sahlin, Vera Țurcanu, Nikos Sofis |
| Viorela | "The Gates of Love" | Viorela Moraru |
Final
The final took place on 24 February 2018. Sixteen songs 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 Anatol Chiriac (composer), Pavel Gamurari (lecturer and member of the Union of Composers and Musicologists in Moldova), Nicu Țărnă (singer), Victoria Cușnir (journalist), Sandu Gorgos (composer), Ivan Aculov (singer-songwriter), Liviu Știrbu (composer), Lilia Șolomei (soloist at the National Opera and Ballet Theater) and Andrei Tostogan (singer, composer and producer). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2010 and 2017 Moldovan Eurovision entrant SunStroke Project performed as a guest.[9] "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS was selected as the winner.[10]
| R/O | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Tolik | "Broken Glass" | 30 | 3 | 385 | 10 | 13 | 4 |
| 2 | Lavinia Rusu | "Altundeva" | 30 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Bella Luna | "Moments" | 14 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Anna Timofei | "Endlessly" | 28 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Ilia Sorocean and Dasha DaGro | "Minds & Veins" | 25 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Che-MD | "Inima-n stîngă" | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Constantin Cobîlean | "Numai tu" | 8 | 0 | 134 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | DoReDoS | "My Lucky Day" | 104 | 12 | 3,813 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 9 | Sandy C and Aaron Sibley | "Once Upon a Time" | 36 | 5 | 113 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | Anna Odobescu | "Agony" | 54 | 8 | 62 | 3 | 11 | 5 |
| 11 | Nicoleta Sava | "La esencia del sur" | 16 | 0 | 171 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| 12 | Doinița Gherman and One Voice | "Dance in Flames" | 52 | 7 | 134 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 13 | Felicia Dunaf | "Alien" | 40 | 6 | 56 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 14 | Viorela | "The Gates of Love" | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Vera Țurcanu | "Black Heart" | 69 | 10 | 123 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| 16 | Ruslan Tsar | "Come to Life" | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| R/O | Song | A. Chiriac |
P. Gamurari |
N. Țărnă |
V. Cușnir |
S. Gorgos |
I. Aculov |
L. Solomei |
L. Știrbu |
A. Tostogan |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Broken Glass" | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30 | |||
| 2 | "Altundeva" | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 30 | |||
| 3 | "Moments" | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | ||||||
| 4 | "Endlessly" | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 28 | |||
| 5 | "Minds & Veins" | 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |||
| 6 | "Inima-n stîngă" | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 7 | "Numai tu" | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 8 | "My Lucky Day" | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 104 |
| 9 | "Once Upon a Time" | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 36 | |
| 10 | "Agony" | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 54 |
| 11 | "Esencia del Sur" | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |||||
| 12 | "Dance in Flames" | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 52 | ||
| 13 | "Alien" | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 40 | |
| 14 | "The Gates of Love" | 5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 15 | "Black Heart" | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 69 |
| 16 | "Come to Life" | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Promotion
DoReDoS made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "My Lucky Day" as the Moldovan Eurovision entry. On 5 March, DoReDoS performed the Moldovan entry as a guest during the final of the Romanian Eurovision national final.[11] On 24 March, DoReDoS performed during the Eurovision PreParty Riga, which was organised by OGAE Latvia and held at the Crystal Club Concert Hall in Riga.[12] On 7 April, DoReDoS performed during the Eurovision Pre-Party, which was held at the VEGAS Kuntsevo shopping mall in Moscow, Russia.[13] Between 8 and 11 April, DoReDoS took part in promotional activities in Tel Aviv, Israel and performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Rabin Square.[14] On 14 April, DoReDoS performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Edsilia Rombley and Cornald Maas.[15] On 21 April, DoReDoS performed during the ESPreParty event on 21 April which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Soraya Arnelas.[16]
