Moldova

Photo: Radu Spătaru

Countries

Moldova

Full name

Republic of Moldova

Capital

Chișinău

Participations

First participation

2005 (Zdob si Zdub)

Victories

None

Hosts

Never hosted

Broadcasters

TRM

Moldova made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, placing sixth with its first ever entry, 'Bunica Bate Toba' performed by Zdob și Zdub.

In total, Moldova has appeared in the Grand Final on 9 occasions and, in 2017, SunStroke Project took the country to the top 3 in the Grand Final for the first time ever.

In 2010, Sergey Stepanov, also from the band SunStroke Project, became an internet phenomenon when his solo saxophone performance went viral. He became known as the 'Epic Sax Guy'.

Tel Aviv 2019

Anna Odobescu

Stay

Participation history

Event	Contestant	Song	Place
Kyiv 2005	Zdob si Zdub	Boonika Bate Toba
Semi-Final			207 points 2nd
Grand Final			148 points 6th
Athens 2006	Arsenium & Natalia Gordienko	Loca
Grand Final			22 points 20th
Helsinki 2007	Natalia Barbu	Fight
Semi-Final			91 points 10th
Grand Final			109 points 10th
Belgrade 2008	Geta Burlacu	A Century Of Love
First Semi-Final			36 points 12th
Moscow 2009	Nelly Ciobanu	Hora Din Moldova
Second Semi-Final			106 points 5th
Grand Final			69 points 14th
Oslo 2010	Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira	Run Away
First Semi-Final			52 points 10th
Grand Final			27 points 22nd
Düsseldorf 2011	Zdob și Zdub	So Lucky
Second Semi-Final			54 points 10th
Grand Final			97 points 12th
Baku 2012	Pasha Parfeny	Lăutar
First Semi-Final			100 points 5th
Grand Final			81 points 11th
Malmö 2013	Aliona Moon	O Mie
First Semi-Final			95 points 4th
Grand Final			71 points 11th
Copenhagen 2014	Cristina Scarlat	Wild Soul
First Semi-Final			13 points 16th
Vienna 2015	Eduard Romanyuta	I Want Your Love
First Semi-Final			41 points 11th
Stockholm 2016	Lidia Isac	Falling Stars
First Semi-Final			33 points 17th
Kyiv 2017	Sunstroke Project	Hey Mamma
First Semi-Final			291 points 2nd
Grand Final			374 points 3rd
Lisbon 2018	DoReDoS	My Lucky Day
Second Semi-Final			235 points 3rd
Grand Final			209 points 10th
Tel Aviv 2019	Anna Odobescu	Stay
Second Semi-Final			85 points 12th
Rotterdam 2020	Natalia Gordienko	Prison	—