After a spectacular show in Chisinau, complete with a firework trumpet, a lazy susan and a hand theatre, Moldova has chosen its first eight finalists for Saturday’s O melodie pentru Europa final. Twelve acts competed in tonight’s first semi-final, with the result being determined by a mixture of jury and public votes.

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Jury scores

Valeria Pasa

Valeria Pasa stole the hearts of the jury members, who awarded her the highest number of points. Doinita Gherman followed her in second, with DoReDos in third place.

Jury votes 1st semifinal Moldova 2016

The televotes

Viewers saw things quite differently. Maxim Zavidia scored highest with the televotes, Valentin Uzun was second and Che-Md were third.

Televotes Moldova 1st semi-final 2016

Combined results

Combined results Moldova 1st semifinal 2016

The first eight finalists

Maxim Zavidia 1st semi-final 2016

  1. Maxim Zavidia – “La La Love”
  2. Valeria Pasa – “Save Love”
  3. Doinita Gherman – “Irresistible”
  4. DoReDos – “FunnyFolk”
  5. Viola – “In The Name Of Love”
  6. Valentin Uzun – “Mine”
  7. Che-MD – “Voda e cu noi”
  8. Emilia Russu – “I Am Not The Same”  (saved by televoting during the aftershow)

The seven direct finalists drew the running order for Saturday onstage: Maxim Zavidia: 2, Valeria Pasa: 15, Doinita Gherman: 3, DoReDos: 13, Viola: 12, Che-MD: 6 and Valentin Uzun: 1. Emilia Russu later drew number 11.

Valentina Nejel, Chris Maroo, Chriss Jeff, and PRIZA will miss the final.

Aliona Moon was the interval act. She had a 40-minutes recital with her recently formed band, which included her 2013 Eurovision hit “O mie”, but also four new songs. She also performed two Romanian old traditional songs, “Lume, lume” and “Canta cucul”.

The second semi-final will take place on Thursday 25 February starting 18:40 CET. The National Final of O melodie pentru Europa 2016 will be broadcast on Saturday, 27 February.

Did you watch the semi-final? Did your favourites go through? Sound off below!

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Photos: TRM

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Donatas
Donatas
8 years ago

Line 12 was blocked for the most of the time.. that’s why the 13.. I know it from people who tried to vote but they couln’t!!!! TRM should probably give some explanations on this. The song was actually really brilliant live!

Tim
Tim
8 years ago

So glad Valentin Uzun made it through!

Luis Fuster
Editor
8 years ago

With only 13 votes, PRIZA’s next family meeting will be interesting XD

mawnck
mawnck
8 years ago

I *tried* to watch the semifinal, but all attempts to find a stream that worked worth a dang in California were thwarted. The parts I could see were a huge improvement over last year in every possible respect (with one glaring exception that the jury obviously picked up on).

MTD, put down the ganja.

MTD
MTD
8 years ago

The televoting winner got #2 in the Final, while the jury winner got #15 in the Final (of 16 total).

Moldova, your tricky games again, ha?

YoungsterJoey
YoungsterJoey
8 years ago

40 minute interval act?!

Although, remember when Ruslana gave, what I believe was, 30 minutes interval for the Romanian final? That was entertaining hahaha!

MarioMario
8 years ago

Last place has no family or friends. It seems quite sad.

Ben Rafter
Ben Rafter
8 years ago

Omg 13 televotes for last?! That’s kinda sad.

Thiefo
Thiefo
8 years ago

Didn’t watch the show, but I’m stocked Maxim came on top! I love his song.