Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

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Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Country Moldova
National selection
Selection processSelecția națională 2022 live audition round
Selection date(s)29 January 2022
Selected entrantZdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers
Selected song"Trenulețul"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Andrei Cebotari
  • Victor Dandeș
  • Mihai Gîncu
  • Roman Iagupov
  • Valeriu Mazîlu
  • Sveatoslav Staruș
  • Vasile Advahov
  • Vitalie Advahov
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (8th, 154 points)
Final result7th, 253 points
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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TeleRadio-Moldova
(TRM) selected the Moldovan entry for the 2022 contest by organising a live audition on 29 January 2022, where "Trenulețul" was selected by an expert jury.

Moldova was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2022. Performing during the show in position 9, "Trenulețul" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 14 May. It was later revealed that Moldova placed eighth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 154 points. In the final, Moldova performed in position 19 and placed seventh out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 253 points, 239 of them which came from the public televote.

Background

Main article: Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2022 contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2005.

Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth, and in 2018 where "My Lucky Day" performed by DoReDoS also placed tenth. In the 2021 contest, "Sugar" performed by Natalia Gordienko
qualified Moldova to compete in the final and placed thirteenth.

For the 2022 contest, 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 2022 Eurovision Song Contest on 20 October 2021.[2] Moldova has 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 on 5 March 2022 to select Moldova's entry, but on 28 January 2022 it was revealed the entry will be selected during the auditions following the cancellation of the final due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3]

Before Eurovision

Artist selection

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 20 December 2021 and 24 January 2022.[4] Artists could submit more than one song, and an international act was allowed to compete only if they were part of a duo or group where 50% of the lead vocalists were of Moldovan nationality. Songwriters could hold any nationality.[5] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 29 valid entries were received by the broadcaster and among the artists that submitted a song were 2005 and 2011 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Zdob și Zdub and 2012 Moldovan Junior Eurovision entrant Denis Midone.[6][7] On 25 January 2022, "Intro" performed by Misscatylove was withdrawn from the selection.[8] A selection show named Selecția națională 2022 was to be held on 5 March 2022 to select Moldova's entry, with an audition round to be held on 29 January 2022 to select the entries to compete in the final. However, on 28 January 2022, it was revealed that the entry will be selected during the auditions following the cancellation of the planned national selection due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3]

The live audition round took place on 29 January 2022 at the TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău and an expert jury selected "Trenulețul" performed by Zdob și Zdub and Frații Advahov as the Moldovan entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The auditions were broadcast on Moldova 1, Moldova 2 and Radio Moldova as well as online via trm.md and via TRM's Facebook and YouTube pages.[3][9] Entries were assessed on criteria such as voice quality and strength of the composition.[10] The jury panel that evaluated the songs consisted of Geta Burlacu (singer, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vali Boghean (singer-songwriter), Cristina Scarlat (singer, 2014 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Victoria Cușnir (journalist) and Aliona Moon (singer, 2013 Moldovan Eurovision entrant).[11]

Results of the Live Audition Round – 29 January 2022
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Place
1 Y-Limit "Nothing More" Roman Lupu —
2 Katy Rain "Lele" Ecaterina Tostogan-Condrea —
3 Zdob și Zdub and Frații Advahov "Trenulețul" Andrei Cebotari, Victor Dandeș, Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov, Valeriu Mazîlu, Sveatoslav Staruș, Vasile Advahov, Vitalie Advahov 1
4 Marcela Scripcaru "Starlight" Aaron Sibley, Nikos Sofis —
5 Naminal "Stop Tonight" Vadim Luchin, Timofei Tregubenco, Marcel Ștefăneț, Ghenadie Cubasov —
6 Dianna Rotaru "My Time Is Now" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Rickard Bonde Truumeel —
7 The Tramps "Sky Blues" Ruth Mussie, Jerusalem Yemane, Irena Krsteva, Kian Fakhary —
8 Trio Eva "Get a Kiss" Mădălina Țurcan, Michael Ra —
9 Denis Midone "Run Away" Denis Midone, Olga Fesenco —
10 Sasha Bognibov "(I Just Had) Sex with Your Ex" Jacob Jonia —
11 Annet Smirnova "Toxic Eyes" Mădălina Țurcan, Michael Ra 4
12 Ricky Ardezianu "Cherchez la femme" Ion Istrati, Tatiana Postolache —
13 Tudor Bumbac "Iartă-mă că te iubesc" Tudor Bumbac —
14 Lemonique "Boys" Michael Ra, Sergiu Ionaș, Mary Vegga, Fox Banger, einn. (Theodoros Xiromeritis) 3
15 Carolina Gorun and Danieli Shvets "Take Me Anywhere" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson, Rickard Bonde Truumeel —
16 Mihaela Andrei "Libre" Paul Gamurari, Anatolie Vornicescu —
17 Maxim Zavidia "Ready" Pasha Rudenko, Arina Berezhnaya, Alexey Streltsov, Nikos Sofis 4
18 Emilia Russu "Yama" Emilia Russu 5
19 Lanjeron "Magic Carpet" Serghei Forman, Ana Colesnicov 5
20 Pelageya Stefoglo "I'm the Only One" Yuliya Ogiokhyna —
21 Sendrei "Beginner's Luck" Elviss Pētersons, Elad Lahmany —
22 Viola Julea "Before (Twin Flame)" Ylva Persson, Linda Persson —
23 Angel Kiss "The Sunshine in Me" Jacob Jonia —
24 Valeria Barbas "My Tree" Valeria Barbas, Frank Schulte —
25 Diana Elmas "Spirit High" Jacob Jonia —
26 Ana Cernicova "Silent Battlefield" Þórhallur Halldórsson, Nikos Sofis 2
27 Ferum "Love Is" Dmitrii Jelezoglo 6
28 Viorela Moraru "Tell Me That You Love Me" Eugen Doibani, Radmila Popovici-Paraschiv —
— Sasha Bognibov[a] "My Friend Is Gay" Sasha Bognibov —
  1. ^ Due to undisclosed reasons, Sasha Bognibov only performed one of his two selected songs.

Preparation

Following the selection of the Moldovan entry, Vasile Advahov of the Advahov Brothers revealed that changes would be made to "Trenulețul" including added English lyrics.[12] On 27 March, Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers was a guest during the Moldova 1 programme Cine vine la noi where they performed the final version of the song.[13]

Promotion

Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Trenulețul" as the Moldovan Eurovision entry. On 5 March, the artists performed the Moldovan entry as a guest during the final of the Romanian Eurovision national final.[14] On 7 April, the artists performed during the Israel Calling event held at the Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel.[15] On 9 April, the artists performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the AFAS Live venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Edsilia Rombley.[16] On 16 April, the artists performed during the PrePartyES 2022 event which was held at the Sala La Riviera venue in Madrid, Spain and hosted by Ruth Lorenzo.[17]

At Eurovision

The city of Urbino in the Province of Marche was the location of Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers' postcard.
A video postcard introduced the Moldovan performance in the first semi-final and final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. The postcard was filmed in the Italian city of Urbino and featured virtual projections of Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers across the location.

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 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 25 January 2022, an 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 first semi-final, which was held on 10 May 2022, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[18]

Once all the competing songs for the 2022 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 9, following the entry from the Netherlands and before the entry from Portugal.[19]

The two semi-finals and the final were televised in Moldova on Moldova 1 as well as broadcast via radio on Radio Moldova. All broadcasts featured commentary by Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu.[20] The Moldovan spokesperson, who announced the top 12-point score awarded by the Moldovan jury during the final, was Elena Băncilă.

Semi-final

Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers performing during the first semi-final

Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers took part in technical rehearsals on 30 April and 4 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 9 and 10 May. This included the jury show on 9 May where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.

The Moldovan performance featured the members of Zdob și Zdub dressed in colourful outfits and the Advahov Brothers dressed in white suits with black patterns and lines. The LED screen projected ethnic patterns that resemble a train map with the stage waterfall lit in yellow and green colours and the secondary stage featuring light and strobe effects throughout.[21][22]

At the end of the show, Moldova was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the grand final. It was later revealed that Moldova placed eighth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 154 points: 135 points from the televoting and 19 points from the juries.

Final

Shortly after the second semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries appeared in the semi-final running order. Moldova was drawn to compete in the second half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Moldova was subsequently placed to perform in position 19, following the entry from Iceland and before the entry from Sweden.

Zdob și Zdub and the Advahov Brothers once again took part in dress rehearsals on 13 and 14 May before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. They performed a repeat of their semi-final performance during the final on 14 May. Moldova placed seventh in the final, scoring 253 points: 239 points from the televoting and 14 points from the juries.

Voting

See also: Voting at the Eurovision Song Contest

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Moldova during the first semi-final and final. 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.[23] The exact composition of the professional jury, and the results of each country's jury and televoting were released after the final; the individual results from each jury member were also released in an anonymised form.[24][25] The Moldovan jury consisted of Adriano Marian, Cristina Scarlat, who represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Ilona Stepanov, Natan, and Radmila Popovici.[24][25] In the first semi-final, Moldova finished in eighth place out of seventeen entries, marking Moldova's second consecutive qualification to the grand final. The final of the contest saw Moldova receive twelve points from Romania and Serbia in public televoting. Over the course of the contest, Moldova awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in both the jury and televote in the first semi-final and the final.[26][27]

Points awarded to Moldova

Points awarded by Moldova

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Moldovan jury:[24][25]

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Semi-final 1)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Rank Points Rank Points
01  Albania 16 16 16 9 15 15 16
02  Latvia 6 10 4 10 3 7 4 14
03  Lithuania 10 15 12 13 8 11 5 6
04   Switzerland 2 2 2 5 1 2 10 15
05  Slovenia 11 11 9 11 13 10 1 13
06  Ukraine 1 1 1 1 2 1 12 1 12
07  Bulgaria 14 9 15 12 14 13 6 5
08  Netherlands 12 8 10 7 6 9 2 3 8
09  Moldova
10  Portugal 5 6 3 8 5 6 5 7 4
11  Croatia 15 12 13 14 10 14 11
12  Denmark 8 13 11 15 12 12 8 3
13  Austria 13 14 14 16 16 16 9 2
14  Iceland 9 7 8 6 11 8 3 12
15  Greece 3 3 6 2 9 3 8 10 1
16  Norway 4 5 7 4 4 4 7 2 10
17  Armenia 7 4 5 3 7 5 6 4 7
Detailed voting results from Moldova (Final)
Draw Country Jury Televote
Juror 1 Juror 2 Juror 3 Juror 4 Juror 5 Rank Points Rank Points
01  Czech Republic 20 20 20 21 20 21 21
02  Romania 12 10 10 17 10 12 2 10
03  Portugal 10 8 12 9 9 9 2 11
04  Finland 9 23 13 23 17 15 15
05   Switzerland 6 4 5 8 3 4 7 20
06  France 19 24 24 24 24 24 9 2
07  Norway 8 6 16 14 15 11 5 6
08  Armenia 15 13 14 15 14 14 13
09  Italy 18 19 18 10 18 18 18
10  Spain 7 7 15 7 7 8 3 3 8
11  Netherlands 13 14 9 11 12 13 14
12  Ukraine 1 1 1 2 1 1 12 1 12
13  Germany 11 21 17 20 19 19 16
14  Lithuania 23 12 21 19 16 20 7 4
15  Azerbaijan 14 11 8 13 6 10 1 19
16  Belgium 4 9 4 6 11 7 4 10 1
17  Greece 17 15 11 16 21 16 17
18  Iceland 21 22 22 18 22 22 24
19  Moldova
20  Sweden 2 5 3 4 5 3 8 6 5
21  Australia 16 2 7 3 8 5 6 23
22  United Kingdom 3 3 2 1 2 2 10 8 3
23  Poland 22 16 19 12 13 17 22
24  Serbia 24 17 23 22 23 23 12
25  Estonia 5 18 6 5 4 6 5 4 7

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