three contests
Zdob și Zdub
Zdob și Zdub sang at three Eurovision Song Contests, in 2005, 2011 and 2022, for Moldova. The best result was 6th place in 2005, with “Boonika bate doba”.
- what
- Moldovan band
- formed
- 1994, Moldova
- contests
- 2005, 2011, 2022
- best result
- 6th, 2005
- music
- folk rock
- active
- since 1994
- members
- Roman Iagupov past and present
- sang for
- Moldova
Biography
Zdob și Zdub is a Moldovan folk punk band from Chișinău, and has sung for Moldova three times. “Boonika bate doba” finished sixth in Kyiv in 2005, at Moldova’s first contest. “So Lucky” finished twelfth in Düsseldorf in 2011, and “Trenulețul”, with the Advahov Brothers, finished seventh in Turin in 2022.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Zdob și Zdub”.
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At Eurovision
Three songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2005 Kyiv
“Boonika bate doba”
6th of 24 Finished 6th of 24 in the final, with 148 points.
- Sung in
- English, Romanian
- Written by
- Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov
- Running order
- 7th of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 2nd of 25, 207 points
- Won that year
- Greece: Helena Paparizou, “My Number One”
The story of Eurovision 2005: The fiftieth contest, and the Big Four at the bottom
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2011 Düsseldorf
“So Lucky”
12th of 25 Finished 12th of 25 in the final, with 97 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Marc Elsner, Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov, Andy Schuman
- Running order
- 15th of 25 in the final
- Semi-final
- 10th of 19, 54 points
- Won that year
- Azerbaijan: Ell and Nikki, “Running Scared”
The story of Eurovision 2011: Italy comes back, the champion defends, and Azerbaijan wins
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2022 Turin
“Trenulețul”
7th of 25 Finished 7th of 25 in the final, with 253 points.
- Billed as
- Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers
- With
- Advahov Brothers
- Sung in
- Romanian, English
- Written by
- Vasile Advahov, Vitalie Advahov, Andrei Cebotari, Mihai Gîncu, Roman Iagupov, Sveatoslav Staruș
- Running order
- 19th of 25 in the final
- Semi-final
- 8th of 17, 154 points
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra, “Stefania (Стефанія)”
The story of Eurovision 2022: Russia is excluded, and Ukraine wins with the biggest public vote ever
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