The next stage of Moldovan national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be the live audition which will be held this Saturday, 18th of January starting at 17.00 CET in the Studio 2 of TRM and the live broadcast will be available HERE. A total of 30 acts competing for a chance to secure their 10 spots for the final which is set for 22nd of February has been revealed.

The list includes 29 artists and 30 sons as Sasha Bognibov traditionally applied with two entries. The full list is as follows:

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. Eblansh Band – “O, Moldova mea dragă!”
12. Sasha Bognibov – “All-night party”
13. Predein Cristian – “Moldovian Dance”
14. Chris Cross – “Eu vin”
15. Vadim Eleni – “Mamă, să fii!”
16. Rina – “Dorințele”
17. Macho & CARNIVAL BRAIN – “Semafoare”
18. Lylu – “Pop”
19. POOPS ft Zaffi – “Destinul”
20. PRIZA feat Mc MIKE – “Kookoo”
21. Lisa Volk – “O lacrimă, un dor”
22. Y-gaga Band – “Alexia”
23. LODOS – “Sentimental”
24. Sasha Bognibov – “We changed our gender”
25. Katy Rain – “Timpul”
26. Catalina Solomac – “Demons”
27. Tanya Tudor – “Bring me back”
28. Pavel Pașcan – “Alăturea de tine”
29. Zelorielle – “Miracle”
30. Valleria – “A picture of myself”

The decision about the 10 finalists will be made solely by the jury while in the final the audience will also have their say as 50% of the votes will be done by the jury and 50% by the televote. In the case of a tie, organizers will be having the right to decide the winner.

Last years edition of the show was won by another Moldovan returnee to ESC stage, Natalia Barbu whose entry “In The Middle” left her at the end of the scoreboard as she received only 20 points and placed her as 13th in the first semi-final. You can check out her performance below.