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SunStroke Project

SunStroke Project sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2010 and 2017, for Moldova. The best result was 3rd place in 2017, with “Hey Mamma”.

what
Moldovan band
contests
2010, 2017
best result
3rd, 2017
music
pop
active
since 2007
members
Sergei Yalovitsky, Sergey Stepanov, Anton Ragoza past and present
sang for
Moldova

Biography

SunStroke Project is a Moldovan group that has sung for Moldova twice. “Run Away”, with Olia Tira, finished 22nd in Oslo in 2010. “Hey Mamma” finished third in Kyiv in 2017, the best result Moldova has had.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “SunStroke Project”.

At Eurovision

Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.

  1. 2010 Oslo

    Moldova

    “Run Away”

    22nd of 25 Finished 22nd of 25 in the final, with 27 points.

    Billed as
    SunStroke Project and Olia Tira
    With
    Olia Tira
    Sung in
    English
    Written by
    Alina Galetskaya, Anton Ragoza, Sergey Stepanov
    Running order
    4th of 25 in the final
    Semi-final
    10th of 17, 52 points
    Won that year
    Germany: Lena, “Satellite”

    The story of Eurovision 2010: Lena, a stage invader and a World Cup sold to pay for it

  2. 2017 Kyiv

    Moldova

    “Hey Mamma”

    3rd of 26 Finished 3rd of 26 in the final, with 374 points.

    Sung in
    English
    Written by
    Mihail Cebotarenco, Alina Galetskaya, Anton Ragoza, Sergey Stepanov, Sergei Yalovitsky
    Running order
    7th of 26 in the final
    Semi-final
    2nd of 18, 291 points
    Won that year
    Portugal: Salvador Sobral, “Amar pelos dois”

    The story of Eurovision 2017: Russia's singer is banned, and Portugal wins after 53 years

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.