Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Moldovan entry was selected through O melodie pentru Europa 2013, a national selection that consisted of two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM). Aliona Moon represented Moldova with the song "O mie", which qualified from the first semi-final of the competition and placed 11th in the final, with a score of 71 points.[1][2]

Eurovision Song Contest 2013
Country Moldova
National selection
Selection processO melodie pentru Europa 2013
Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
12 March 2013
14 March 2013
Final:
16 March 2013
Selected entrantAliona Moon
Selected song"O mie"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (4th, 95 points)
Final result11th, 71 points
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

O melodie pentru Europa 2013

O melodie pentru Europa 2013 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013. The event included two semi-finals and a final to be held on 12, 14 and 16 March 2013, respectively.[3]

Format

The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry took place in two rounds.[4] The first round involved a jury panel separately shortlisting twenty-four artists and sixty songs from the received submissions. Submissions were assessed on criteria such as voice quality, stage presence and strength of the composition.[4] The 24 semi-finalists were matched with the 60 songs which proceed to the second round, the televised national final.[5] 12 semi-finalists competed in each semi-final on 12 and 14 March 2013. Seven songs qualified to the final from each semi-final based on the combined votes from an expert jury and public televoting results. The fourteen qualifying entries competed in the final on 16 March 2013 where the winner was selected by the 50/50 combination of an expert jury vote and a public televote. In the event of a tie, the entry that receives the highest score from the expert jury vote was declared the winner.

Competing entries

TRM opened two separate submission forms: one for artists and another for songwriters to submit their songs. Artists were required to have Moldovan citizenship. Songwriters could hold any nationality, but songs were required to be performed in either Romanian or English. The submission deadline for both applications concluded on 10 January 2013.[6] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 49 artist applications and 126 valid songs were received by the broadcaster.[7] A jury consisting of Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vladimir Beleaev (composer), Geta Burlacu (singer, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vali Boghean (instrumentist, actor, composer), Tatiana Cergă (performer), Valentin Dînga (composer), Victoria Tcacenco (professor at the Music, Theatre and Fine Arts Academy) and Nicu Țărnă (singer) selected 24 artists and 60 songs out of the received submissions on 17 January 2013 to proceed to the next round where the selected songs were allocated to each of the artists.[8]

On 6 February 2013, five of the selected songs were withdrawn from the competition and replaced with five new songs. Dara withdrew from the competition after citing a mismatch between her artistic style and the selected songs and was replaced by Diana Staver on 17 February 2013. On 3 March 2013, Denis Latîşev withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Margarita Ciorici on 9 March 2013.[9]

Artist Song Songwriter(s)
Alexandru Şendrea "In My Head" Michael James Down (m/l)
Aliona Moon "A Million" Yuliana Scutari (l), Serghei Legheida (l), Pavel Parfeni (m)
Anna Gulko "Somebody Else" Roman Lupu (m/l)
Aurel Chirtoacă "Iartă-mă" Eugenia Andries-Carabut (m/l)
Boris Covali "Runaways" Hanif Sabzevari (m/l), Frederik Akerlund (m), Michael James Down (m)
Cristina Croitoru & Karizma "Never Fall Again" Cristina Croitoru (m), Olga Fesenco (l)
Cristina Scarlat "I Pray" Ivan Aculov (m), Lidia Scarlat (l)
Cristina V. & Glam Girls "Celebrate" Hanif Sabzevari (m/l), Mike Eriksson (m), Johnny Sanekes (m), Michael James Down (m), Hitmanic (l)
Diana Staver "Underestimated" Thomas Thörnholm (m/l), Martin Englund (m/l), Danne Attlerud (m/l)
Doiniţa Gherman "Planeta e un rai" Doinița Gherman (m/l), Ricu Vodă (m), Cătălin Gondiu (l)
Felicia Dunaf "Codename Felice" Eugen Doibani (m/l)
FireLove "Just Smile" Irina Gondiu (m/l)
Inaya "I Need You Now" Ylva Persson (m/l), Linda Persson (m/l)
Irina Kitoroagă "L.o.v.e. Love" John Ballard (m/l), Ruth Mussie (m/l), Jerusalem Yemane (m/l), Irena Krsteva (m/l), Kian Fakhary (m/l)
Irina Tarasiuk "Dancing Hearts" Serghei Covalischii (m), Alina Dabija (l)
Margarita Ciorici "Coma" Hanif Sabzevari (m/l), Alexander Holmgren (m/l), Michael James Down (m)
Nicoleta Gavriliţă "Freaky Thong" Hitmanic (m/l), Henri Thiesen (m), Jimi Thiesen (m), Michael James Down (m)
Ruslan Țăranu "Amadeus" Ruslan Țăranu (m/l)
Stela Boţan "Inima mea" Constantin Dușcu (m), Stela Boţan (l)
Svetlana Bogdanova "Conquer My Heart" Christina Schilling (m/l), Camilla Gottschalck (m/l), Daniel Nilsson (m/l), Henrik Szabo (m/l), Jonas Gladnikoff (m/l)
Tatiana Heghea "A Brighter Day" Vasco Cardoso (m), Ruben Pacheco (m), Michael James Down (l)
Valeria Paşa & Alex Mataev "Show Me Your Feelings" Valeriu Pașa (m/l)
Vitalie Maciunschi "I Want You Back" Mathias Kallenberger (m/l), Andreas Berlin (m/l), Stephen Leuenberger (m/l)
Vitalie Negruţă "You'll Be Mine" Veaceslav Daniliuc (m), Andrei Hadjiu (l)

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final took place on 12 March 2013 at TRM studios in Chișinău, hosted by Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vârlan, with backstage interviews being conducted by Lucian Dumitrescu.[10] Seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.[11] The jury that voted in the first semi-final included Nicu Țărnă, Geta Burlacu, Nelly Ciobanu, Tatiana Cergă, Ludmila Climoc, Dorel Burlacu, Vali Boghean and Victoria Tcacenco.

Semi-final 1 – 12 March 2013
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Diana Staver "Underestimated" 0 6.85% 5 5 11
2 Vitalie Maciunschi "I Want You Back" 3 5.39% 2 5 10
3 Margarita Ciorici "Coma" 2 6.45% 4 6 8
4 Cristina V. & Glam Girls "Celebrate" 0 13.46% 8 8 6
5 Doiniţa Gherman "Planeta e un rai" 6 15.83% 12 18 3
6 Stela Boţan "Inima mea" 1 4.16% 1 2 12
7 Vitalie Negruţă "You'll Be Mine" 8 5.85% 3 11 4
8 Aliona Moon "A Million" 12 12.86% 7 19 2
9 Ruslan Ţaranu "Amadeus" 5 2.35% 0 5 9
10 Boris Covali "Runaways" 10 14.70% 10 20 1
11 Felicia Dunaf "Codename Felice" 4 9.21% 6 10 5
12 Svetlana Bogdanova "Conquer My Heart" 7 2.89% 0 7 7

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final took place on 14 March 2013 at TRM studios in Chișinău, hosted by Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vârlan, with backstage interviews being conducted by Lucian Dumitrescu.[10] Seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.[12] The jury that voted in the second semi-final included Nicu Țărnă, Geta Burlacu, Nelly Ciobanu, Tatiana Cergă, Ludmila Climoc, Dorel Burlacu, Vali Boghean and Victoria Tcacenco.

Semi-final 2 – 14 March 2013
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Tatiana Heghea "A Brighter Day" 4 18.09% 12 16 3
2 Aurel Chirtoacă "Iartă-mă" 6 6.01% 3 9 7
3 Inaya "I Need You Now" 3 2.57% 0 3 10
4 Anna Gulko "Somebody Else" 5 7.93% 5 10 5
5 Valeria Paşa & Alex Mataev "Show Me Your Feelings" 2 7.13% 4 6 9
6 Nicoleta Gavriliţă "Freaky Thong" 7 8.67% 6 13 4
7 Irina Tarasiuk "Dancing Hearts" 1 2.75% 1 2 11
8 FireLove "Just Smile" 0 2.40% 0 0 12
9 Irina Kitoroagă "L.o.v.e. Love" 8 5.07% 2 10 6
10 Cristina Scarlat "I Pray" 12 14.05% 8 20 2
11 Alexandru Şendrea "In My Head" 0 9.30% 7 7 8
12 Cristina Croitoru & Karizma "Never Fall Again" 10 16.03% 10 20 1

Final

The final took place on 16 March 2013 at TRM studios in Chișinău, hosted by Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vârlan, with backstage interviews being conducted by Lucian Dumitrescu.[10] The fourteen songs that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected based on the combination of a public televote and the votes of an expert jury. The jury that voted in the final included Nicu Țărnă, Adrian Beldiman, Vali Boghean, Igor Dînga, Eugen Boico, Tatiana Cergă, Mihai Moldovanu, Dorel Burlacu, Iurie Mahovici, Nelly Ciobanu and Victoria Tcacenco. "A Million" performed by Lidia Isac was selected as the winner.[1]

Final – 16 March 2013
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
1 Cristina V. & Glam Girls "Celebrate" 10 0 1.31% 1 1 12
2 Boris Covali "Runaways" 103 8 36.49% 12 20 2
3 Cristina Croitoru & Karizma "Never Fall Again" 77 7 8.51% 8 15 4
4 Svetlana Bogdanova "Conquer My Heart" 45 2 0.58% 0 2 11
5 Nicoleta Gavriliţă "Freaky Thong" 47 3 3.29% 4 7 6
6 Aurel Chirtoacă "Iartă-mă" 58 5 2.50% 2 7 7
7 Irina Kitoroagă "L.o.v.e. Love" 54 4 0.94% 0 4 10
8 Anna Gulko "Somebody Else" 40 0 0.82% 0 0 14
9 Vitalie Negruţă "You'll Be Mine" 64 6 3.24% 3 9 5
10 Cristina Scarlat "I Pray" 117 10 5.63% 7 17 3
11 Doiniţa Gherman "Planeta e un rai" 43 1 3.39% 5 6 9
12 Tatiana Heghea "A Brighter Day" 40 0 3.74% 6 6 8
13 Felicia Dunaf "Codename Felice" 39 0 1.07% 0 0 13
14 Aliona Moon "A Million" 121 12 28.49% 10 22 1

Preparation

On 18 March 2013, a meeting was held at the TRM headquarters with the resulting decision to change the language of the song from English to Romanian.[13] The Romanian version of the song was titled "O mie".[13]

At Eurovision
Aliona Moon at the first semi-final dress rehearsal in Malmö.

Moldova was allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 14 May for a place in the final on 18 May.[14] In the first semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Moldova would perform 12th, following Belarus and preceding Ireland.[15] On stage, Aliona Moon was accompanied by 2012 Moldovan entrant Pasha Parfeny on piano and three backup dancers.[16] The Moldovan performance featured Aliona Moon wearing a 5 metre long white dress that displayed projections and a rising podium that lifted the singer higher towards the end of the song.[16]

Moldova qualified from the first semi-final, placing 4th and scoring 95 points.[17][18] At the first semi-final winners' press conference, Moldova was allocated to perform in the first half of the final.[19] In the final, the producers of the show decided that Moldova would perform 3rd, following Lithuania and preceding Finland.[20] Moldova placed 11th in the final and scored 71 points.[2]

In Moldova, both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast on Moldova 1 and Radio Moldova, with commentary provided by Lidia Scarlat.[21][22]

The national jury that provided 50% of the Moldovan vote in the first semi-final and the final consisted of: Liviu Ştirbu, Adrian Beldiman, Vitalie Rotaru, Larisa Zubcu and Vlad Mircos.[23] The Moldovan spokesperson in the grand final was Olivia Furtună.[24]

Points awarded to Moldova
Points awarded to Moldova (semi-final 1)[18]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Moldova (final)[2]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Macedonia
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Moldova

See also

References
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