Moldova

Liverpool live: about sparks, costumes and a lightbox

We’ve had the second half of today’s rehearsals. Here is what we saw and heard today. photo credits: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett/Corinne Cummings Ireland Spotlights are on Conor, the singer of Wild Youth. He has a rock gold catsuit with flares. There are stairs on stage. And there will be pyro technics. A lot of sparkles are visible by the end of the performance. Eurovision.tv is enthousiastic about the singalong capacities of the song. “Even on the first rehearsal, it’s easy to imagine the crowd in the Liverpool Arena singing along to this euphoric chorus.” Croatia As expected, the members of Let3 wear the costumes they also had in the national final. At eurovision.tv they speak about ‘high fashion hat/dress combo’s’. However, we do not reccomend you wearing this to a party. At the end of the song, they strip down to their underwear and they wave with huge missiles. On the LED-screen you see the faces of the band members. The missiles emit a shower of sparks over the Let3 members! Switzerland As in 2021 and 2022 it is Sacha Jean-Baptiste who is responsible for the Swiss staging. Where you would expect Remo Forrer alone on stage with a spotlight on it, nothing less is true. There are dancers with Remo on stage and he also dances himself. There’s also pyro technics: a short interlude of smoke and red fireworks raining down from the roof. Moldova For the second time, Pasha Parfeni enters the Eurovision stage. We saw him for the first time in 2012. He is surrounded by huge drums, a flutist and two backing singers with horned headdresses. A lot to see and a completely different act from what we saw 11 years ago. Sweden Loreen currently tops the bookmakers. She has the same act as in Melodifestivalen, herself sitting under the huge lightbox. The one from Melodifestivalen however was too heavy, so a lighter version can be seen in Liverpool. It is also lifted a little bit off the ground. The catsuit, the long nails and everything else is the same as in Melodifestivalen, including Loreen’s strong vocals.

Pasha Parfeny will return to the contest for Moldova

Pasha Parfeny won Etapa Națională, the Moldovan national final. He will therefore represent Moldova in the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool. The song is called “Soarele şi luna”and was written by Iuliana Parfeni and composed by Pasha himself and Andrei Vulpe. It is not the first time represents Moldova. did it before in and became. Moldova will sing in the second half of the first semifinal. Here are the full results: Pasha Parfeny, “Soarele şi luna”, 24 pts. Sunstroke Project, “Yummy mommy”, 18 pts. Aliona Moon, “Du-mă”, 17 pts. Surrorile Oroianu, “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă”, 15 pts. Donia, “Red zone”, 11 pts. OL, “Why you play it cool”, 7 pts. Corina Ivanov, “When love is real”, 7 pts. Cosmina, “Indestructible”, 7 pts. Victor Gulick, “Let’s dance”, 5 pts. Nördika, “Damn and down”, 5 pt. Here you’ll find the video of the live performance:

Moldova selects a song

Tonight Moldova will select an entry. Will it be one of the returning artists we see back in Liverpool? Ten songs will compete in Etapa Națională. The show starts at 18:00 CET and you can watch it here, on YouTube and on Facebook. These are the participants: 1 Donia Red zone 2 OL Why you play it cool 3 Victor Gulick Let’s dance 4 Surrorile Osoianu Bade, bădişor, bădiţă 5 Cosmina Indestructible 6 Nördika Damn and down 7 Aliona Moon Du-mă 8 Sunstroke Project Yummy mommy 9 Pasha Parfeny Soarele şi luna 10 Corina Ivanov When love’s real Surorile Osoianutook part in 2017 together with Ethno Republic. They were the winners together with Sunstroke Project, but televoting decided that Sunstroke Project was the entry.Aliona Moon represented Moldova in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with “A milllion”.Sunstroke Projectrepresented Moldova in 2010 with Olia Tira and the song “Run away”, and in 2017 with “Hey mamma!”. Beside, they took part in the 2015 national selection with Michael Ra (3rd).Pasha Parfeni took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (2nd), 2012 (1st, represented Moldova with the song “Lautar”), 2020 (2nd). Besides, he wrote the Eurovision entry for Aliona Moon (2013).

Moldova: former ESC participants all qualified

There are 10 qualifiers in Moldova. They have just been anounced on Moldovan television. Note that one of the songs that we mentioned among the auditioners, “Temperatura” sung by Lola, was disqualified. That makes the total of participants 30. In bold letters, the qualifiers. All the former Eurovision participants, Pasha Parfeni, Aliona Moon and Sunstroke Project, qualified. A date for the final is not yet set. Ada Deea sings “Mystic rose” Adelina Iordachi sings “Déjà vu” Aliona Moon sings “Du-mă” Angel Kiss sings “Now I know” Corina Ivanov sings “When love’s real” Cosmina sings “Indestructable” Crista sings “Pădure verde pădure” Diana Elmas sings “Miracle” Donia sings “Red zone” Formaţia Vele sings “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” Gesica Sîrbu sings “I’m in love” Harmony Scuffle sings “Favourite one” Lisa Volk sings “Crisoare către ţară” Nihilist & Lisa Nicky sing “Final destination” Nikko T sings “Destiny” Nino sings “It would be nice” NR sings “Adio” NÖRDIKA sings “Damn and down” OL sings “Why you play it cool” Pasha Parfeni sings “Soarele si luna” Ricky Ardezianu sings “Una rosa rossa” Rise sings “Don’t trumble” Sasha Bognibov sings “My favourite schoolgirl” Sunstroke Project sing “Yummy mommy” Surorile Osoianu sings “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” Tania Pituşcan sings “Mioriţa” Valeria Condrea sings “We’re now different” Vera sings “Vremea ta” Victor Gulick sings “Let’s dance” Y-Limit sings “Live in harmony”

Moldova: live auditions are on the way

Today, you can watch the live auditions of the Moldovan national selection Etapa Națională 2023. 31 songs will compete. There are 10 tickets for the national final, which is to be held at the end of February. The show starts at 13:00 CET and can be seen here. The participants are: Ada Deea sings “Mystic rose” Adelina Iordachi sings “Déjà vu” Aliona Moon sings “Du-mă” Angel Kiss sings “Now I know” Corina Ivanov sings “When love’s real” Cosmina sings “Indestructable” Crista sings “Pădure verde pădure” Diana Elmas sings “Miracle” Donia sings “Red zone” Formaţia Vele sings “Jocul neamului moldovenesc” Gesica Sîrbu sings “I’m in love” Harmony Scuffle sings “Favourite one” Lisa Volk sings “Crisoare către ţară” Lola sings “Temperatura” Nihilist & Lisa Nicky sing “Final destination” Nikko T sings “Destiny” Nino sings “It would be nice” NR sings “Adio” NÖRDIKA sings “Damn and down” OL sings “Why you play it cool” Pasha Parfeni sings “Soarele si luna” Ricky Ardezianu sings “Una rosa rossa” Rise sings “Don’t trumble” Sasha Bognibov sings “My favourite schoolgirl” Sunstroke Project sing “Yummy mommy” Surorile Osoianu sings “Bade, bădişor, bădiţă” Tania Pituşcan sings “Mioriţa” Valeria Condrea sings “We’re now different” Vera sings “Vremea ta” Victor Gulick sings “Let’s dance” Y-Limit sings “Live in harmony” Aliona Moon represented Moldova in the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with “A milllion”.Angel Kiss took part in the audition rounds in 2020 and 2022.Diana Elmas took part in the audition round in 2022.Pasha Parfeni took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (2nd), 2012 (1st, represented Moldova with the song “Lautar”), 2020 (2nd). Besides, he wrote the Eurovision entry for Aliona Moon (2013).Ricky Ardezianu took part in the 2022 auditions.Sasha Bognibov took part in 2007 (internal selection), 2010 (auditions), 2012 (semifinal), 2020 (auditions) and 2022 (auditions).Sunstroke Project represented Moldova in 2010 with Olia Tira and the song “Run away”, and in 2017 with “Hey mamma!”. Beside, they took part in the 2015 national selection with Michael Ra (3rd).Surorile Osoianu took part in 2017 together with Ethno Republic. They were the winners together with Sunstroke Project, but televoting decided that Sunstroke Project was the entry.Vera took part in 2015 with Diana Popa (10th), in 2018 (2nd) and in 2019 (3rd).Y-Limit took part in the 2022 auditions.

Advahov Brothers

© Marian Medregoniu, Wikimedia Commons About Quick Facts MembersVitalie AdvahovVasile Advahov Born2003 Nationality🇲🇩 Moldovan National SelectionO melodie pentru Europa 2022 In Eurovision2022 Turin SongTrenulețul (2022, & Zdob şi Zdub) Biography Fraţii Advahov ( Brothers Advahov) stands for the two Moldovan musicians Vitalie Advahov (born January 18, 1978) and Vasile (born April 26, 1979 in Cahul, Soviet Union). The two brothers jointly lead an orchestra known for folk music. Vitalie and Vasile played in an orchestra when they were still at school and took part in music competitions. After high school, the two went to the Academy for Music, Theater and Fine Arts in Chisinau and studied accordion and violin. They finished their training and at first didn’t know what to do. They met up with other former students to make music, which resulted in the “Orchestra Fraților Advahov” in 2003. The orchestra gained national fame and the two brothers were awarded the title “Maeștri în Artă” by President Vladimir Voronin in 2007 — followed in 2016 by President Nicolae Timofti with the award Ștefan cel Mare. In 2022 they were selected by Moldovan Radio to represent Moldova with the song “Trenulețul” in the Eurovision Song Contest, together with Zdob și Zdub. Entries Trenulețul (& Zdob și Zdub) Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2022 LanguageRomanian LyricsMihai GîncuRoman IagupovSviatoslav StaruşAndrei CebotariVitalie AdvahovVasile Advahov MusicMihai GîncuRoman IagupovSviatoslav StaruşAndrei CebotariVitalie AdvahovVasile Advahov Backings– Results Semi Points: 154Position: 8Running order: 9 Results Finals Points: 253Position: 7Running order: 19 https://youtu.be/DUqf_zO2QaI

And this is what we know about the following order

Tonight, during the winners’ press conference, every artist had to draw a ballot for the final. Will they perform in the 1st or in the 2nd half? Last week, the Big 5 already had their draw. However, there is one exception. The organizing country, in this case Italy, had already drawn for the 9th place on an earlier stage. As you notice, most of the countries drew a place in the first half. That means, next Thursday there will be a lot of places available in the 2nd half. 1st half: Armenia France Germany Italy (9th place) Norway Portugal Spain Switzerland The Netherlands Ukraine 2nd half: Iceland Lithuania Moldova United Kingdom

Day 5: A sun that doesn’t move, a Greek tavern and COVID19

Today we saw the second rehearsals for the first 14 countries from the first semifinal. For the first time the press was allowed to see the rehearsals on large TV screens in the press center. It is now certain that the kinetic sun does not rotate. During the first rehearsals it turned out that the time between performances was too short to move the center part of the sun. As a result, several countries had to adjust their graphics, because they were not or only partially visible ALBANIA: The outfit had been changed and Ronela Hajati also had her own blond hair again, instead of the pink hair she had during the first rehearsal. It was a dynamic performance, in which there was almost constant dancing, together with her four dancers and a dancer. After the first rehearsal, there were some comments about an allegedly offensive dance move by Ronela with her dancer, but she kept it in anyway. LATVIA: The six were wearing the familiar colorful suits and the decor was also very colorful. Various types of vegetables were displayed on the LED screen. In the middle of the song there was a moment for the saxophonist. The performance ended with the singer making a split. LITHUANIA: Monika Liu stood alone on the big stage in Turin and mainly sang her song into the camera. She moved elegantly and attracted all the attention. The song doesn’t really need anything more. SWITZERLAND: Dressed all in black, Marius Bear was on stage and a broken heart was visible on his face and on the floor. So emotions abound. SLOVENIA: As said before, it was a big disco ball that mainly caught the attention of the Slovenian act. The boys wore 1970s-style velvet suits and the drummer appeared to be drumming above the disco ball. Compared to the previous rehearsal, there was little change. UKRAINE: There was a lot to see on stage, besides the colorful costumes there was a lot of visual spectacle. It was traditional, ethnic with a modern twist, just like last year’s contribution. Because of the war in Ukraine, this performance has something emotional and that is subtly reflected in the visual spectacle. BULGARIA: The performance started with a split screen, showing the drummer on one side and another member of the group. A small rock concert with all the trimmings, including a lot of fire(work). THE NETHERLANDS: There were few noticeable changes from the first rehearsal of S10. In the Netherlands, there was some fuss about the singer’s bare belly, but it is still naked for a while. A lot has been taken out of the lighting of S10. MOLDOVA: After the intimate moment of the Netherlands, a party erupted on stage with the contribution of Zdob şi Zdub, who are participating for the third time. They used the entire stage for their folklore song: Hey ho, let’s go…, but no train on stage. Lots of color, matching the contribution. CROATIA: During rehearsals today, Mia had problems with her in-ears. No surprises at Mia’s performance. The postcards were also shown to the press today. A drone searches for the location where the artist of the country in question can be seen and we see the visual artist in the area. DENMARK: The beginning was just like in the national final, Siggy starts alone at the piano, with her quieter part of the song and then the rock show starts. Last year we went back to the eighties with Denmark, now it seems back to the nineties. In case you don’t remember the name of the band, REDDI appeared on the LED screen. AUSTRIA: Of course there is a Halo on stage. Lots of fireworks and strong staging. The vocal part of the duo was, as we can see now, quite disappointing. GREECE: For those who don’t understand the act of Greece: Amanda seems to be in a Greek tavern; hence the chairs around her. But some of the seats have fallen over. That fits with the lyrics of the song. Amanda could count on a big round of applause from the audience. PORTUGAL: A delegation member from Portugal tested positive for corona, so the entire delegation had to go back to the hotel and be tested. Fortunately none of the ladies tested positive and they were able to rehearse for their performance, but later than planned. After all the rehearsals had been completed, Portugal was allowed to go on stage after Greece. During this rehearsal it was clear that it was one of the background singers who tested positive for corona. The ladies were lined up in a circle and brought this atmospheric contribution in a good way.

Road to Rotterdam: Moldova

Natalia Gordienko was already at the Eurovision stage in 2006, with Arsenium and Connect-R. “Loca” was not a big success. She tried her luck later in a talent show as a DJ. She also released 2 albums and several singles. Last year she won the Moldovan selection for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Prison”. This year she can take her second chance with the song “Sugar”. Both songs are written by the so-called Dream Team: Dimitris Kontopoulos, Philipp Kirkorov and lyricist Sharon Vaughan.

Natalia Barbu

EBU/Alma Bengtsson About Quick Facts NameNatalia Barbu Born22 August 1979 Nationality 🇲🇩 Moldovan National SelectionEtapa națională 2024Selecția Națională 2013 (Romania)O melodie pentru Europa 2011Pentru Eurovision 2007 In Eurovision2024 Malmö2007 Helsinki SongIn The Middle (2024)Fight (2007) Biography Natalia Barbu (born August 22, 1979, in Bălți, Moldavian SSR, USSR) is a rock and pop singer from the Republic of Moldova. Natalia Barbu is the daughter of the folk music, romance, and stage music performer Ana Barbu. Career In her career, Natalia has worked with the band Trigon on a jazz-folk alternative music experiment. Natalia Barbu is a songwriter, writing the lyrics for most of her songs herself. In 2006, Natalia signed a 3-year contract with the record label Cat Music Records (Sony Music) in Romania. Among her greatest successes is the release of the single “Îngerul meu” (“My Angel”) in Romania. The song was at No. 1 in the Romanian Top 100 for 11 weeks and received extensive media coverage on MTV Romania. On December 14, 2006, Natalia Barbu won the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song “Fight.” At the contest, she qualified from the semifinal on May 10, 2007, to the final, which took place on May 12, 2007, finishing in 10th place with a total of 109 points. In 2012, she began collaborating with music producer Radu Sîrbu and composer Ana Sîrbu (Sianna) under the Rassada Music label. At the end of the summer, Natalia presented her new song, “I Said It’s Sad,” which, according to her, was a major style change for her. The new song reached No. 1 in the Top 10 Airplay in Moldova. Later in 2012, she released “Iubire cu aromă de cafea” (“Love with a Scent of Coffee”) and “Confession,” with which she participated in the national selection for Eurovision 2013. In December 2015, Natalia Barbu was named the sexiest woman alive from the Republic of Moldova in a ranking made by the American magazine Esquire. Natalia Barbu represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song “In the Middle,” after winning the National Selection that same year. Unfortunately, she didn’t manage to make it to the final. Entries In The Middle Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2024 LanguageEnglish LyricsKhris RichardsNatalia Barbu MusicNatalia Barbu Backings– Results Semi Points: 20Position: 13Running order: 11 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/evIoGkZXj2s?si=Mx5SiYe1z7rsWxvM Fight Country🇲🇩 Moldova Year2007 LanguageEnglish LyricsElena Buga MusicAlexandru Braşoveanu BackingsLudmila ZnamenskiRodica Sterbet??? Results Semi Points: 91Position: 10Running order: 9 Results Finals Points: 109Position: 10Running order: 24 https://youtu.be/SZzcIOvoIfo?si=hCvF5R5KGbtQ_JBc