On Monday, Moldova has revealed the acts in the running to represent the country at Eurovision 2022. The broadcaster revealed they received 51 submission and out of those they selected 30 songs (one author sent two songs) and on Tuesday it has been revealed that Misscatylove withdrew from the selection and now the total of 28 acts are still in the running. The next stage involves the live auditions which are set to take place tomorrow, 29th of January. The auditions round “Audieri Live” will be broadcast live on Moldova 2 and online, it is expected to last around 3 hours in the time frame from 13.00 to 16.00 CET. The judges will be basing their decisions on two things the song itself and vocal of performer while the stage performance won’t be the focus of it. After the auditions jury will be deciding the results which will be announced in the evening news of Moldova 1 around 18.00 CET.
The full list of the entries competing is as follows:
- Ana Cernicova – “Silent Battlefield”
- Angel Kiss – “The Sunshine in Me”
- Annet Smirnova – “Toxic Eyes”
- Bumbac Tudor – “Iarta-ma ca te iubesc”
- Carolina Gorun & Danieli Shvets – “Take Me Anywhere”
- Denis Midone – “Run Away”
- Diana Elmas – “Spirit High”
- Dianna Rotaru – “My Time is Now”
- Emilia Vlas – “Yama”
- Ferum – “Love Is”
- Katy Rain – “Lele”
- Lanjeron – “Magic Carpet”
- LEMONIQUE – “Boys”
- Marcela Scripcaru – “Starlight”
- Maxim Zavidia – “Ready”
- Mihaela Andrei – “Libre”
- Naminal – “Stop Tonight”
- Pelageya Stefoglo – “I’m the only one”
- Ricky Ardezianu – “Cherchez la femme”
- Sasha Bognibov – “(I Just Had) Sex with Your Ex”
- Sasha Bognibov – “My Friend Is Gay”
- Sendrei – “Beginer’s Luck”
- The Tramps – “Sky Blues”
- Trio Eva – “Get A Kiss”
- Valeria Barbas – “My Tree”
- Viola Julea – “Before”
- Viorela Moraru – “Tell me that you love me”
- Y- LMIT – “Nothing More”
- Zdob si Zdub & Fratii Advahov – “Trenuletul”
There are a lot of familiar artists and returnees among the competitors including the representatives of Moldova at Eurovision 2005 and 2011, Zdob Si Zdub; Denis Midone represented Moldova at Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and some of the names which previously competed at the Moldovan national selections include: Maxim Zavidia, Pelageya Stefoglo, Dianna Rotaru, LEMONIQUE, Diana Elmas, Bumbac Tudor…
You can listen to the songs HERE or on the official website HERE
Last year, Moldova was represented by Natalia Gordienko who performed the song “Sugar” and ended the contest on 13th place with 115 points
Which of the competing entries would you like to see as the winner and representative of Moldova at Eurovision 2022? Let us know in the comments below and at our social media links!
