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Moldova at Eurovision
Moldova first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 and has entered 20 contests. It has never won; its best result is 3rd place, in 2017.
- 20
- contests
- 0
- wins
- 3rd
- best
- first song
- 2005
- contests
- 20
- wins
- none
- best result
- 3rd — 2017
- in the final
- 14 of 20 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- English (17), Romanian (6)
- not in the line-up
- 2025
Every song
All 21 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Vienna | Satoshi | “Viva, Moldova!” Romanian | 8th of 25 | 226 |
| 2024 Malmö | Natalia Barbu | “In the Middle” English | Out in semi-final 1 (13th of 15) | 20 |
| 2023 Liverpool | Pasha Parfeni | “Soarele și luna” Romanian | 18th of 26 | 96 |
| 2022 Turin | Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers | “Trenulețul” Romanian, English | 7th of 25 | 253 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Natalia Gordienko | “Sugar” English | 13th of 26 | 115 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Natalia Gordienko | “Prison” English | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Anna Odobescu | “Stay” English | Out in semi-final 2 (12th of 18) | 85 |
| 2018 Lisbon | DoReDoS | “My Lucky Day” English | 10th of 26 | 209 |
| 2017 Kyiv | SunStroke Project | “Hey Mamma” English | 3rd of 26 | 374 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Lidia Isac | “Falling Stars” English | Out in semi-final 1 (17th of 18) | 33 |
| 2015 Vienna | Eduard Romanyuta | “I Want Your Love” English | Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 16) | 41 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | Cristina Scarlat | “Wild Soul” English | Out in semi-final 1 (16th of 16) | 13 |
| 2013 Malmö | Aliona Moon | “O mie” Romanian | 11th of 26 | 71 |
| 2012 Baku | Pasha Parfeny | “Lăutar” English | 11th of 26 | 81 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Zdob și Zdub | “So Lucky” English | 12th of 25 | 97 |
| 2010 Oslo | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | “Run Away” English | 22nd of 25 | 27 |
| 2009 Moscow | Nelly Ciobanu | “Hora din Moldova” Romanian, English | 14th of 25 | 69 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Geta Burlacu | “A Century of Love” English | Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 19) | 36 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Natalia Barbu | “Fight” English | 10th of 24 | 109 |
| 2006 Athens | Arsenium Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R | “Loca” English | 20th of 24 | 22 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Zdob și Zdub | “Boonika bate doba” English, Romanian | 6th of 24 | 148 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The five acts Moldova has sent to more than one contest.
- Zdob și Zdub 2005, 2011, 2022
- Natalia Gordienko 2006, 2020 (cancelled), 2021
- Natalia Barbu 2007, 2024
- SunStroke Project 2010, 2017
- Pasha Parfeni 2012, 2023
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Moldova, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2026
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical Elena Stegari and Radu Canțîr
- 2025
- Moldova 1 Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu
- 2024
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Ion Jalbă and Elena Stegari
- 2023
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical Ion Jalbă
- 2022
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu
- 2021
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Doina Stimpovschi
- 2019
- Moldova 1
- 2018
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova
- 2017
- Moldova 1 Galina Timuș
- Radio Moldova Cristina Galbici
- Radio Moldova Tineret Cătălin Ungureanu and Maria-Mihaela Frimu
- 2016
- Moldova 1 Gloria Gorceag
- Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret Gloria Gorceag
- 2015
- Moldova 1 Daniela Babici
- Radio Moldova, Radio Moldova Muzical, Radio Moldova Tineret Daniela Babici
- 2014
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Daniela Babici
- 2013
- Moldova 1, Radio Moldova Lidia Scarlat
- 2008
- TRM
- 2007
- Moldova 1
- Radio Moldova
In our contest stories
Lines about Moldova from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 2005 Thirty-nine
Bulgaria and Moldova entered for the first time and Hungary came back after six years.
- 2005 A minimum number of votes
It happened three times in the semi-final, to Albania, Andorra and Monaco, and three times in the final, to Andorra, Moldova and Monaco.
- 2007 The semi-final
The ten that went through were Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Belarus, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Georgia, Macedonia and Moldova.
- 2010 Two footnotes
And Moldova, twenty-second, produced the night's most durable performer.
- 2017 The result
Bulgaria's second place and Moldova's third were the best results either country had had.
- 2022 Six juries
Romania, whose own jury would have given its twelve points to Moldova, accused the EBU of changing the rules and threatened to pull out of the contest.
- 2025 Who was there
Moldova had planned to come and withdrew in January, citing money and the standard of the songs in its own national final.
- 2026 What that did to the contest
Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova all returned, which kept the number from falling further.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Moldova was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.