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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Country Moldova
National selection
Selection processO melodie pentru Europa 2019
Selection date(s)2 March 2019
Selected artist(s)Anna Odobescu
Selected song"Stay"
Selected songwriter(s)Georgios Kalpakidis
Thomas Reil
Jeppe Reil
Maria Broberg
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (12th, 85 points)
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The song that represented Moldova was selected through the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2019, to be organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), on 2 March 2019.

Background

Main article: Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2019 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen 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 three top-ten placings at the contest, with Zdob și Zdub placing sixth with "Bunica bate toba" in 2005, Natalia Barbu placing tenth in 2007 with "Fight" and DoReDoS in 2018 performing "My Lucky Day", also placing tenth. In 2018, Moldova was represented by DoReDoS with the song "My Lucky Day". The country placed 10th in the final with 209 points.

For the 2019 Contest, the Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcast the event within Moldova and organise the selection process for the nation's entry.

Before Eurovision

O melodie pentru Europa 2019

O melodie pentru Europa 2019 is the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

Competing entries

Interested artists and composers had until 18 January 2019 to submit their entries to the Moldovan broadcaster.[2] On 21 January 2019 it was announced that 28 entries were submitted to the national selection.[3] On 2 February 2019, the jury selected 10 songs to compete in the national final.

Artist Song Composer(s)
Anna Odobescu "Stay" Georgios Kalpakidis, Thomas Reil, Jeppe Reil, Maria Broberg
Aurel Chirtoacă "La cinema" Aurel Chirtoacă, Dumitru Rau
Che-MD feat. Elizaveta Ivasiuk "Sub Pământ" Michael Smolenko
Diana Brescan "Lies" Samuel Bugia Garrido, Roxana Elekes
Lemonique "Gravity" Anton Ragoza, Dumitru Golban, Maria Gospodinova, Sergiu Ionas
Marcela Scripcaru "Meteor" Rob Price
Maxim Zavidia "I Will Not Surrender" Primož Poglajen, Michael James Down, Jonas Gladnikoff, Will Taylor
Siaj "Olimp" Siaj, Victor Nguyen, Ruslan Ciotu, Stefan Postoronca, Dumitru Rusu, Marian Ungur
Tinna Gi "Virus" Cristina Coșciug
Vera Țurcanu "Cold" David Gällring, Karl Sahlin, Vera Țurcanu, Nikos Sofis

Final

The final took place on 2 March 2019 at the TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Elena Bancila, Iurie Gologan and Doina Stimpovschii.[4] Ten 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, Ilona Stepan, Eugen Damaschin, Andrei Tostogan, Iurie Mahovici, Bruno and Nelly Ciobanu. "Stay" performed by Anna Odobescu was selected as the winner.

Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Aurel Chirtoacă "La cinema" 35 3 53 2 5 8
2[a] Vera Țurcanu "Cold" 44 8 140 7 15 4
3 Marcela Scripcaru "Meteor" 37 4 40 1 5 7
4 Siaj "Olimp" 34 2 70 3 5 9
5 Maxim Zavidia "I Will Not Surrender" 38 5 938 12 17 2
6 Diana Brescan "Lies" 52 10 103 5 15 3
7 Tinna Gi "Virus" 41 6 119 6 12 6
8 Lemonique "Gravity" 42 7 261 8 15 5
9 Anna Odobescu "Stay" 75 12 264 10 22 1
10 Che-MD feat. Elizaveta Ivasiuk "Sub Pământ" 8 1 81 4 5 10
  1. ^ Due to technical difficulties in the performance, Vera Țurcanu was allowed to perform again after all the performances.

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big 5" (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 ten 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 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Moldova was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 16 May 2019, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[5]

Once all the competing songs for the 2019 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Moldova was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Ireland and preceding the entry from Switzerland.[6]

Semi-final

Moldova performed third in the second semi-final, following the entry from Ireland and preceding the entry from Switzerland. At the end of the show, Moldova was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Moldova placed twelfth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 85 points: 27 points from the televoting and 58 points from the juries. With the old voting system, Moldova would have ranked 13th with 32 points.

Voting

Voting during the three shows involved each country awarding two sets of points from 1-8, 10 and 12: one from their professional jury and the other from televoting. Each nation's jury consisted of five music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury judged each entry based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.[7]

Points awarded to Moldova

Points awarded to Moldova (Semi-final 2)
Televote
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Jury
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Moldova

Split voting results

The following five members comprised the Moldovan jury:[7]

  • Corneliu Botgros – Chairperson – musician
  • Vasile Olaru – composer, producer, singer
  • Otilia Lozovanu – TV producer
  • Igor Munteanu – dancer
  • Geta Burlacu – singer, represented Moldova in the 2008 contest
Split voting results from Moldova (Semi-final 2)
Draw Country Jury Televote
C. Botgros V. Olaru O. Lozovanu I. Munteanu G. Burlacu Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Armenia 10 7 5 5 11 7 4 9 2
02  Ireland 5 3 14 8 10 6 5 14
03  Moldova
04   Switzerland 17 11 15 7 15 14 5 6
05  Latvia 16 10 16 14 8 15 10 1
06  Romania 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 12
07  Denmark 6 15 13 16 3 10 1 15
08  Sweden 12 17 8 9 17 13 13
09  Austria 8 9 17 15 9 11 17
10  Croatia 15 16 10 13 12 17 12
11  Malta 7 2 6 2 16 4 7 8 3
12  Lithuania 14 12 12 10 13 16 6 5
13  Russia 4 6 2 3 6 3 8 2 10
14  Albania 11 5 7 6 14 9 2 16
15  Norway 3 13 11 12 5 8 3 7 4
16  Netherlands 13 14 9 17 7 12 4 7
17  North Macedonia 2 4 3 4 2 2 10 11
18  Azerbaijan 9 8 4 11 4 5 6 3 8
Split voting results from Moldova (final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
C. Botgros V. Olaru O. Lozovanu I. Munteanu G. Burlacu Average Rank Points Rank Points
01  Malta 8 10 9 10 7 10 1 15
02  Albania 19 14 22 26 20 23 25
03  Czech Republic 7 3 4 8 3 3 8 9 2
04  Germany 4 18 10 12 14 12 24
05  Russia 12 11 3 2 11 6 5 1 12
06  Denmark 5 5 5 16 8 7 4 17
07  San Marino 21 22 23 25 17 25 3 8
08  North Macedonia 1 2 1 1 1 1 12 16
09  Sweden 9 6 15 3 25 9 2 14
10  Slovenia 23 25 24 24 22 26 20
11  Cyprus 22 13 11 15 9 14 26
12  Netherlands 6 7 12 7 6 8 3 5 6
13  Greece 15 24 18 21 18 22 13
14  Israel 18 12 13 23 19 17 4 7
15  Norway 2 4 6 20 4 4 7 8 3
16  United Kingdom 13 23 20 19 15 19 22
17  Iceland 25 26 25 22 10 20 10 1
18  Estonia 20 8 19 18 23 15 19
19  Belarus 26 15 21 17 24 24 12
20  Azerbaijan 11 1 16 6 5 5 6 2 10
21  France 14 16 7 9 12 13 18
22  Italy 16 21 17 14 16 18 6 5
23  Serbia 17 19 14 13 13 16 23
24   Switzerland 10 17 8 4 21 11 7 4
25  Australia 3 9 2 5 2 2 10 11
26  Spain 24 20 26 11 26 21 21

References

  1. ^ "Moldova Country Profile". EBU. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ^ Agadellis, Stratos (14 December 2018). "Moldova: O melodie pentru Europa 2019 looks for songs; to be held on 3 March". ESCToday.
  3. ^ Agadellis, Stratos (21 January 2019). "Moldova: TRM announces the 26 qualified acts for live auditions". ESCToday.
  4. ^ eurovisiontj (20 February 2019). "O Melodie Pentru Europa moved to March 2". ESCXTRA.com. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ Jordan, Paul (28 January 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Which country takes part in which Semi-Final?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Exclusive: This is the Eurovision 2019 Semi-Final running order!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Groot, Evert (30 April 2019). "Exclusive: They are the judges who will vote in Eurovision 2019!". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 30 April 2019. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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