Tune in at 17:00 today as Moldova hosts its audition day for Eurovision 2025. Ten contestants will advance to the “Etapa națională 2025” final on February 22. Here’s the link to watch the broadcast.

Today at 17:00 CET, the Moldovan pre-Eurovision auditions “Etapa națională 2024” will be broadcast live. Twenty-nine artists will compete this evening with thirty songs for ten spots in the national selection. The audition results will be entirely determined by the judges’ votes. The auditions will take place at the TRM studios in Chișinău.

The Moldovan “Etapa națională 2025” is not without its dramas: Eblansh Band, who were set to perform “O, Moldova mea dragă!” (translated as: “Oh, my dear Moldova”), withdrew at the last minute due to the hospitalization of one of the band members and will not participate in the audition stage.

To watch the live broadcast starting at 17:00 and again at 22:00 – click here!

List of Contestants and Songs

1. Diana Elmas – “Fly away”
2. Sasha Khanedanyan – “Silent Hills”
3. NR.11 – “Bye”
4. NORDIKA – “LUDMILA”
5. Royals ST – “Zboară-n sus”
6. TUDOR BUMBAC – “Pace noi vrem”
7. Sasha Letty – “HAUTE COUTURE”
8. AnnaG – “Meet me in the dark”
9. Dan Alexandrov – “Can’t escape”
10. Nadya Crajevschi – “Nota shodow”
11. Sasha Bognibov – “All-night party”
12. Predein Cristian – “Moldovian Dance”
13. Chris Cross – “Eu vin”
14. Vadim Eleni – “Mamă, să fii!”
15. Rina – “Dorințele”
16. Macho & CARNIVAL BRAIN – “Semafoare”
17. Lylu – “Pop”
18. POOPS ft Zaffi – “Destinul”
19. PRIZA ft. Mc MIKE – “Kookoo”
20. Lisa Volk – “O lacrimă, un dor”
21. Y-gaga Band – “Alexia”
22. LODOS – “Sentimental”
23. Sasha Bognibov – “We Changed Our Gender”
24. Katy Rain – “Timpul”
25. Catalina Solomac – “Demons”
26. Tanya Tudor – “Bring Me Back”
27. Pavel Pașcan – “Alăturea de tine”
28. Zelorielle – “Miracle”
29. Valleria – “A Picture of Myself”

Returning Artists to the National Selection

Several artists in the current list have previously competed in Moldova’s Eurovision national selection, including:

• Sasha Bognibov – Participated in the Moldovan national selection in 2022 with two songs – “I Just Had Sex With Your Ex” and “My Friend Is Gay“, returned in 2023 with “My Favourite Schoolgirl” and 2024 with “Married to twins“, finishing last in the audition stages.
• Tudor Bumbac – Participated in the national selection in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. Last year he participated with the song “Tudorel“.
• Catalina Solomac – Participated last year with the song “Fever“.
• Diana Elmas – Participated in 2022 with “Spirit High” and 2023 with “Miracle“.
• Katy Rain – Participated in 2022 with “Lele“.
  Lisa Volk – Participated in 2023 with “Scrisoare către ţară“.
  Nordika – Participated in 2023 with “Damn and Down“.
  NR.11 – Participated in 2023 with “Adio“.
  Priza – Participated in 2016 with “Rewind“.
  MC Mike – Participated in 2012 with “The Mole Girl“.
  Sasha Letty – Participated in 2019, 2020, and 2024. Last year, she participated with the song “DNA“.

After the auditions, ten artists will be chosen to compete in the final of the national selection. The final event of “Etapa Națională 2025” will be held on February 22nd, 2025, and will be broadcast on TRM and YouTube.

Moldova in Eurovision 2024

Natalia Barbu represented Moldova in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2024 with the song “In the Middle”, after winning first place in the local national final. The song reached 13th place in the first semi-final, with only 20 points, and did not qualify for the grand final. This is Moldova’s lowest result in Eurovision since 2016, when Moldova reached 17th place in the semi-final.

Source: EurovisionMD.

Eurovision 2025: This will be Moldova’s 20th participation in Eurovision. Moldova joined the competition in 2005 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2017 when SunStroke Project finished in third place with the song “Hey Mamma”.