Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Moldova was one of the countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, hosted by Russia. TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) held a national final to select its 2009 entry for the contest. Nelly Ciobanu with the song "Hora din Moldova" qualified in the second semi-final in Moscow on 14 May, and represented Moldova in the final on 16 May.

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country Moldova
National selection
Selection processO melodie pentru Europa 2009
Selection date(s)14 February 2009
Selected entrantNelly Ciobanu
Selected song"Hora din Moldova"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (5th, 106 points)
Final result14th, 69 points
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2008 • 2009 • 2010►

Before Eurovision

O melodie pentru Europa 2009

O melodie pentru Europa 2009 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

Format

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry took place in two rounds. The first round involved a jury panel selecting twenty finalists from the received submissions to proceed to the second round, the televised national final. 20 finalists competed in the final on 14 February 2009 where the winner was selected based on the combined votes from an expert jury vote, a TRM committee vote and a public televote.

Competing entries

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their entries between 10 November 2008 to 20 December 2008. At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 39 entries were received by the broadcaster, two of which came from foreign composers.[1][2] A jury panel evaluated the submitted songs and selected 20 finalists for the competition.[3] The list of competing artists and songs were released on 9 January 2009.[4][5] The running order was revealed on 2 February 2009.[6][7] On 7 February 2009, "So Alive" performed by Natalia Gordienko, "Run Away" performed by Edict and "Love Is In the Air" performed by Olia Tira were withdrawn from the competition and replaced with the songs "Hei! Exploadează!" performed by Doiniţa Gherman, "Lerui - ler" performed by Veronica Stolli and "7 Days" performed by Corbus Albus.[8]

Final

The four-hour long final took place on 14 February 2009 at the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Chişinău, hosted by Rusalina Rusu and Serj Kuzenkoff.[9] The winner was selected based on the combination of votes from a public televote (1/3), an expert jury (1/3) and a TRM committee (1/3). "Hora din Moldova" performed by Nelly Ciobanu was selected as the winner, winning 61% of the televote and receiving top marks from both the jury and committee.[10] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, 2009 Romanian Eurovision entrant Elena Gheorghe with "The Balkan Girls" and singer Ionel Istrati with "Uita-ma" performed as guests. 2009 Azerbaijani Eurovision entrant AySel also premiered a teaser of her Eurovision entry during the show.[11]

Final – 14 February 2009
Draw Artist Song Jury TRM
Committee		 Televote Total Place
1 Doiniţa Gherman "Hei! Exploadează!" 7 6 0 13 8
2 Corbus Albus "7 Days" 5 7 0 12 10
3 Veronica Stolli "Lerui - ler" 0 0 0 0 20
4 Cristy Rouge "Women's Winner" 6 7 2 15 6
5 Elena Buga "Queen" 5 4 0 9 14
6 Cristina Croitor "First Chance" 5 1 3 9 15
7 Galina Şcoda "Joc de noroc" 5 6 4 15 7
8 Ayra "Call Me A Liar" 5 2 5 12 11
9 SunStroke Project "No Crime" 8 10 8 26 3
10 Marius "We'll Gonna Rock" 6 0 0 6 18
11 Brand "Simt că este timpul" 5 2 1 8 16
12 Dana Marchitan "Doar un pas" 5 3 0 8 17
13 Dianna "I'm Missing You" 5 7 0 12 12
14 Olia Tira "Unicul meu" 6 8 10 24 4
15 Anişoara Balmuş "Adrenalina" 5 0 0 5 19
16 Cezara "Tu, tată" 6 1 4 11 13
17 Slavici "O fată cu părul de aur" 5 5 3 13 9
18 Katalina Rusu "Sparky Lady" 6 8 6 20 5
19 Alexa "A Flight to the Light" 10 10 7 27 2
20 Nelly Ciobanu "Hora din Moldova" 12 12 12 36 1

At Eurovision

Moldova had to compete in one of the two semi-finals after Geta Burlacu came 12th in the 2008 semi-final. It qualified from the second semi-final and eventually finished 14th.

Points awarded by Moldova[12]
Points awarded to Moldova (Semi-final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Moldova (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
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  2. Calleja Bayliss, Marc (23 December 2008). "Moldova: TRM gets 39 songs for 2009 Eurovision". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2008.
  3. "Moldova 2009".
  4. Kalimeris, Aris (9 January 2009). "Moldova: The 20 finalists are revealed". Oikotimes. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  5. Konstantopoulos, Fotis (9 January 2009). "Moldova: TRM reveals complete line up". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2009.
  6. van Tongeren, Mario (27 January 2009). "Moldova: National final on February 14th". Oikotimes. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2009.
  7. Floras, Stella (2 February 2009). "Moldova: Final to take place on 14th February". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  8. Floras, Stellas (7 February 2009). "Moldova:Gordienko and Edict withdraw from final". Esctoday.
  9. Klier, Marcus (14 February 2009). "Tonight: National final in Moldova". ESCToday. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  10. "Eurovision 2009". TRM Teleradio-Moldova. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  11. Aris kalimeris (2 February 2009). "Romania: Elena starts promo tour from Moldova and Greece". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 February 2009.
  12. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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