Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Moldova | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Etapa națională 2024 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 17 February 2024 | |||
| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Moldova is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Moldovan broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), will organise the national final Etapa națională 2024 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the contest.
Background
Prior to the 2024 contest, Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 2005.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest is third, which it achieved in 2017 with the song "Hey, Mamma!" performed by SunStroke Project. To this point, Moldova has achieved another four top 10 placings at the contest: in 2005 when "Boonika bate toba" performed by Zdob și Zdub placed sixth, in 2007 when "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth, in 2018 when "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS also placed tenth, and in 2022, when Zdob și Zdub returned to compete for a third time with the song "Trenulețul", performed with the Advahov Brothers, which finished in seventh place. In 2023, the country was represented for the second time (after 2012) by Pasha Parfeni, who performed the song "Soarele și luna"; the entry qualified for the final, where it ended in 18th position.[1]
The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcasts the event within Moldova and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Moldova selected their entry via a national selection show between 2008 and 2020, while their entry in 2021 was selected via an internal selection. A selection show was to be held in 2022 to select Moldova's entry, but it was ultimately cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and the entry was internally selected during the audition round.[2] In 2023, the new national final format Etapa națională was organised.
TRM confirmed its intention to participate at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 13 June 2023,[3] announcing in November that Etapa națională would be held again to select its entry for 2024.[4]
Before Eurovision
Etapa națională 2024
Etapa națională 2024 is set the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The event will take place at the TRM Studio 1 in Chișinău and will include a final held on 17 February 2024.[4]
Format
The selection will take place in three stages: the received entries will first be assessed by an expert committee between 22 and 29 December 2023; a number of them will be selected to be performed at a live audition on 13 January 2024, where a jury will select ten finalists by assigning each entry a score from 0 to 12; at the final, which will be held on 17 February 2024, the winner will be determined by a 50/50 combination of jury votes and a televote.[4]
Competing entries
On 22 November 2023, TRM published the rules of the competition, opening a window for interested artists and composers to submit their entries until 22 December 2023.[4]
At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw will be held, which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, and determined which half of the show they would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) splits up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Moldova". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Granger, Anthony (28 January 2022). "Moldova: TRM to Select Eurovision 2022 Representative Tomorrow". Eurovoix. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ Carros, David (13 June 2023). "Moldavia confirma su participación en Eurovisión 2024" [Moldova confirms its participation in Eurovision 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Regulament cu privire la desfășurarea Selecției Naționale și desemnarea reprezentantului Republicii Moldova la concursul internațional Eurovision Song Contest 2024" [Regulation on how the National Selection and the designation of the representative of the Republic of Moldova at the international Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will be conducted] (PDF) (in Moldavian). TRM. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
- ^ Van Dijk, Sem Anne (13 December 2023). "Eurovision 2024: Semi-Final Allocation Draw on January 30". Eurovoix. Retrieved 13 December 2023.