On February 26th, the Moldovan national final for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will take place in the studios of the public broadcaster, TRM. A total of 93 songs were entered, 60 out of which were invited to show their live singing abilities in a casting yesterday. In the end, a nine-member expert jury chose 25 finalists. Here is the list, in alphabetical order:
Anişoara Balmuş - You And I
Aurel Chirtoacă - Încă Îndrăgostit
Boris Covali & Cristina Croitoru - Break It Up
Corina Cuniuc - Şi Tac
Dana Marchitan - Lucky You Lucky Me
Diana Staver - Love Song
Doiniţa Gherman - Viaţa
Formaţia "Ion Krasnopolski" - Cu Fanfara Pînă Dimineaţa
Karizma - When Life Is Grey
Katrina - Solo Por Tu Amor
Latişev Denis - It's My First Dance With You
Mariana Mihaila - Mi Rey!
Milenium - In Memoriam
M-Studio - Night Reflection
Natalia Barbu - Let's Jazz
Natan - Dacă Dragoste Mai E
Nicoleta Gavriliţa - Just Your Friend
Odry - Doina, Dor Nemărginit
Pasha Parfeny - Dorule
Ruslan Taranu - Lumina Mea
Scarlat Cristina - Every Day Will Be Your Day
Vadim Luchin & Tamaz Djgarcava - Always
Valeria Tarasova - This Is My Life
Voloşenco Adriana - I Can Will The Game
Zdob şi Zdub - So Lucky
The list includes several well-known faces: Zdob şi Zdub and Natalia Barbu (pictured above) were the Moldovan representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 and 2007, respectively. Valeria Tarasova's song This Is My Life was composed by the "Eurovision legend" Ralph Siegel, who already took part in the Eurovision Song Contest no less than 20 times since 1974. You can check out all the songs that proceeded to the final as well as all non-qualifiers on the website of TRM.
