It’s one of many national selections that’s changing it up for 2020. And on Monday 20 January, Moldova’s TRM finally revealed the 35 acts (and 36 songs) vying to represent the country in Rotterdam.
The broadcaster also announced that the winner will be solely determined by an expert jury – adding further to speculation that the long-running national selection O melodie pentru Europa will be axed for this season.
However, even though there will be no public input in the score, the stars did not shy away from the revamped process. In fact, there are several familiar faces among the submissions.
Maxim Zavidia returns after winning the 2019 televote. The juries dragged down his score, allowing Anna Odobescu to nab victory.
Also trying their luck are three former Eurovision representatives: Natalia Gordienko (Eurovision 2006), Georgeta Burlacu (Eurovision 2008) and Pasha Parfeny (Eurovision 2012). There’s also an ex-Junior Eurovision contestant — Denis Midone (Eurovision 2012).
Sasha Bognibov continues to persist, making a 14th bid to take part.
But these are just a select few. Below, we’ve listed all 36 entries along with links to their respective songs. And once you’ve had a listen, you can vote for your favourites in our poll.
Remember, you can vote for as many acts as you like but you can only vote once — so choose wisely!
Update: It has been announced that CHE-MD and Irina Revenco will no longer compete in the selection. The O Melodie Pentru Europa regulars performed their song on May 18 last year, with the performance available on their Youtube channel as of May 26. It breaches the rules of the contest stating all the song must not be performed before September 1.
They will be replaced by Pelageya Stefoglo who will sing “Empathy” at the auditions. The Ylva & Linda song was submitted during the regular submission period, however due to an error the broadcaster failed to receive it.
Moldova Eurovision 2020 selection: All songs and acts
- Pelageya Stefoglo – Empathy
- Maria Ciolac – Our home
- Viorela Moraru – Remedy
- Dima Jelezoglo – Do it slow
- LANJERON – Hi Five
- Nicolae Untilă – Call me please
- Vovian – 10 minuni în Moldova
- Maxim Zavidia – Take control
- Valentin Uzun și Irina Kovalsky – Moldovița
- Diana Popa – Believe me
- Danny Cruise – My love
- Olea Roșu – Alive
- Catarina Sandu – Die for you
- Ray Bark – I’m shy
- Tudor Bumbac – Te-am văzut în vis pe tine
- Georgeta Burlacu – Răspunde
- Sasha Bognibov – Big brother
- Katerina S – We are done
- Sasha Letty – Summer of Love
- Live Beat – Love me now
- Valeria Pașa – It’s time
- Liusia Znamensky – Love no more
- Julia Ilienko ft. Mishel Dar – Tears
- Natalia Gordienko – Prison
- Petronela Donciu și Portărescu Andreea – We will be legends
- Carolina Racoviță – Dancing in the sunrise
- Angel Kiss – My Own Queen
- Angel Kiss – You are my dance
- Lavinia Rusu – Touch
- Irina Kit – Chain Rection
- Alexandru Cibotaru – Cine te-a făcut să plângi
- Denis Midone – Like a champion
- Pasha Parfeni – My Wine
- Lave – Wildfire
- Diana Brescan – Let’s go together
- Diana Rotaru – Dale dale
- Che-MD feat Irina Revenco – Adio disqualified
Moldova at Eurovision 2020: recap video
Poll: Who should sing for Moldova at Eurovision 2020?
[crowdsignal poll=10494991]Who should sing for Moldova in 2020? Can any of them bring Moldova back to the final? Let us know in the comments below.
Natalia Gordienco
Diana Rotaru – Dale dale or Dima Jelezoglo – Do it slow
Mrs. Georgeta’s song sounds really good when you don’t understand the lyrics, because she’s got an amazing voice. Unfortunately the lyrics are kinda cringe.
Ray Bark is my winner BY VERY FAR. The only song from the whole selection that already has the whole package to go to Eurovision anytime. He even already has the concept of the staging. Hope his live vocals are just as good as his dance moves. The other 35 songs all have one or more flaws. They either have some potential but need a revamp, either are nice to listen but copied/outdated and therefore not for ESC, either have bad vocals already in the studio version, either just horrible and cringe. Unfortunately I think it’s pretty predictable that Natalia… Read more »
it has to be do it slow, it’s like a male, ethnic siren song
“Raspunde cand te suna mama/ Apasa pauza pe net/ Ea stie cum se face zeama/ S-a scris doar ieri pe internet”. You have to understand Romanian in order to realize how ridiculous, how preposterous this chorus is. It sounds approximately like this: “Answer when your momma calls/ Pause the net a little bit/ She knows how to cook broth/ It’s been written all over the internet since yesterday”. Well, your momma may know how to make broth, but it’s written on the internet already, so there is really no point in answering the phone just to get the broth recipe… Read more »
Well, there goes one of my favorite (or least bad to put it like that) songs if the lyrics are so silly. It sounds a bit… IDK, ”trivial” when you put it like that. It has the word ”mama” in it, automatically making an assumption it’s about one’s connection to their mother. Just an example of why it’s important to provide a translation. The song still has a nice melody and vocals.
Just for curiosity’s sake, is Alexandru Cibotaru’s song any better, lyric-wise?
Well, for me it is, a bit. There is no deep message and no story progression, but he just comforts his crying girlfriend through the whole lyrics. It can be somewhat touching.
Thanks, Veta. 🙂
Bloom was right! Che-MD and Irina have been DQ for an earlier release of their song. They are no longer a part of this selection on the official website. In their place, we have Pelageya Stefoglo with the song Empathy. It’s available on You Tube.
Catarina‘s ‘Die For You’ is my personal favorite, don‘t know what this duet is doing on the first place lmao
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin might have hacked this poll. Tudor Bumbac has got too many votes.
Dale dale !
PETRONELA DONCIU & ANDREEA PORT?RESCU – “WE WILL BE LEGENDS”
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Tudor Bumbac fits most of these criteria.
PETRONELA DONCIU & ANDREEA PORT?RESCU – “WE WILL BE LEGENDS”
Che-Md are out, desqualification!
who are those 9 people who voted for “call me lease”? (facepalm)
Maybe because most songs here are 3/10 or 4/10 fillers and some are appreciative of pure 1/10 gems like this. 🙂 Same goes for great old Bumbac!
*similar* would perhaps be a better expression than *same*. But both are guilty pleasures for sure.
Maybe someone doesn’t hear that Danny can’t sing?
Call Me Please has a very catchy chorus and if sung by someone with a voice could’ve actually had some potential.
Half on them can’t sing, or at least not in English. ”Call Me Please has a very catchy chorus”. Very well noted. There is something truly likable in this song. Catchy chorus, easygoing melody, voice which sounds very bored and a cute/clumsy lyrics all make this song such a guilty pleasure. It’s undoubtedly poorly made, yet there is something amazing in it. Embarrassingly, I admit this has become one of my favorites here. I like it because it’s bad, but I like it nonetheless.
OMG I was wondering where I’d heard Diana’s Dale Dale before (she gotta win this it’s banging) but it sounds like Cupcakke’s song Squidward Nose HAHAHHAA
Idk why nobody has mentioned this but Denis Midone represented Moldova in junior Eurovision 2012
Ray Bark – I’m Shy have a wrong link.
This is right:
https://youtu.be/1fK-fsfYTsg
Dianna Rotaru – Dale Dale
Yes, I think she should be a bit higher in the poll to begin with
VALENTIN UZUN & IRINA KOVALSKY – “MOLDOVI?A” the best by far!!!
not in the slightest but ok
Love Moldovita, but do you think they think Germany in German is “Germania”…?
They speak Romanian, only United Kingdom is in original language, probably because they think it’s easier to say United Kingdom than Marea Britanie or Regatul Unit. I love the song, it has nice sounds and shoud be kept in Romanian.
You mean Moldovan?
Whatever you prefer to name it.
There is a chance that they might not be in the same semi-final as the countries they greet, so their effort to steal some votes, which is an old habit specific to the Eurovision of the 2000s, would be in vain.
This seems like a really bizarre to select an entry. Don’t really understand the logic behind Moldova, Belarus or Latvia this year.
Gordienko has by far the best song: dark and modern.
Having said that I don’t know how Europe will vote for such a song coming from Moldova. They have been doing well only with ethnic dance songs.
An ethnic ballad would be interesting for once.
Isn’t “Moldovita” a rip-off of last year “Lume”?
A bad version of it though.
I’ve only watched the recap (why there’s a medical doctor between the acts?) and I hope Moldova can pick something that sounds bearable and may even become enjoyable with their staging magic. It won’t be easy though.
“Te-am vazut în vis pe tine” is my pick, it’s such a bop.
Bop indeed! Top 3 for Moldova guaranteed, but I believe that the selection of Call Me Please would probably lead to Chisnau 2021.
That’s actually very likely. Nicolae’s voice is very unique, he’s like Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley and Andrea Bocelli rolled into one. The song is definitely a standout as well, it excels at making you feel the pain (of the main character that is).
seriously wtf that song is possibly the worst out of every selection this year, surely you are joking
You think any of these songs could be a Eurovision winner? Like, winner-winner?
I think qualification would be enough of a win for Moldova. And they’re pretty good at elevating their entries, so I’m not ruling that out. I’d say there’s a number of “revampable” songs among the 36 we’ve heard.
And for the record I do really enjoy “Te-am vazut…”, but it’s “so bad it’s good” case.
I know, right? I *genuinely* enjoy both Bumbac and Nicolae, but *because* the songs are so bad. It’s way more fun than when songs are run-the-mill bland.
you’re joking right
Yes, it’s a joke. The songs are ”so bad they’re good”, though, It makes them memorable guilty pleasures. Just perhaps, a straight-up WTF entry like that would be more memorable and fun than a middle-of-the-road ”safe” entry. Neither would probably qualify, but a guilty pleasure as bad as this would make people talk.
for lack of good songs, they should indeed send Tudor Bumbac. The question is: where are they going to find him? or, better said, when?
Love Moldova. A country that always makes the right choice in the end, no matter how much you laugh. I prefer that way, instead of a NF full of gems, and a weird winner.
Voted My Wine. Will be no song like that in Rotterdam.
it sounds exactly like Lautar in 2012. I don think that it good
Valentin Uzun ?i Irina Kovalsky – Moldovi?a
Live Beat – Love me now
Irina Kit – Chain Rection
My faves:)
‘Moldovita’ will be my guilty pleasure. Dima ‘Tarkan’ Jelezoglo’s tune sounds interesting production wise, but his vocals… Love the production of Live Beat’s track. A few songs sound like they were recorded on Atari for a laugh, not for the contest. ‘Chain Rection’ in the recap is missing a letter. You pick one. 😛 Overall nothing has wowed me, unfortunately.
I actually listened to all of them in the full and most of them twice just to make sure. The situation is really not great. Latvia: We’ll have the weakest NF this season. Moldova: Hold my karaoke machine! Subjectively, my favs would be Geta and Alexandru, because their songs sound elegant and pleasant. However, I don’t see an option of either qualifying because they lack immediate impact and hook. Objectively, I guess that Prison and Dale dale would be the closest ones to give Moldova a qualification. Dale dale is really not to my liking, but I can see it… Read more »
In what world Hi Five is in the same line with those?
Like, Hi Five sounds like typical Fly Project hit from like 2011, but it’s still a bop. Much better that some songs from other selections.
I’ve already listened to these songs too many times.
For no other reason than personal taste, Alexandru Cibotaru has the best studio song for me.
I suspect that it’s going to be either Prison or Dale Dale though. They’re the two that have a chance of qualifying.
anyway i listened to the rihcap video (god bless whoever did it) after finishing halsey’s horrid new album hoping that in contrast the moldovan songs would sound better, but well, they’re all still between flat out unlistenable and moderately bad. the only one i’m intrigued to hear in full is pasha parfeny’s, it’s pretty much the unpretentious fun song i’d expect moldova to send. can’t believe natalia gordienko’s song has the nightmare team behind it, it’s too weak and outdated even for them!
Nightmare team hahaha… couldn’t have said it better xD
Lol, Dude I did the same thing! I was listening to trap before listening to this songs to trick my brain into thinking that Moldova had brought some quality this year.
NOPE. I was wrong lol
You have a thing for inserting H into words
it’s rihanna lingo, anything that has “re-” in it becomes “rih-” in her honor. rihlease, rihmix, rihveal, rihsults… it’s my way to honor the diamonds chanteuse. i’ve been doing it for so long i don’t even notice anymore haha
Nobody for me. Even the recap makes me feel guilty for wasting nine minutes of my life, even while multitasking.
watching Eurovision every year makes a lot of us feel guilty. but hey, what’s life without some infamous pleasures?
I understand you, but watch Ray Bark’s music video in the full version please, especially the dance part, hope you will change your opinion.
No, no, no, the question should be “Why will Moldova pick Natalia Gordienko’s ‘Prison’ to represent the country in Rotterdam?”
Thank god there is a recap video.
Send Pasha Parfeny again. It’s basically Lautae again but I honestly want to see at least one good-time party song like the kind Moldova used to send.
None of them
that “listen to all 36 songs” sounds like a threat
“Either we have to or you have to and we know we don’t want to. DO IT.”
I did… that was…. an experience….
RUN! Im too broken to keep on going.
I thought going through all the Supernova entries in 2018 was hard. I’m scared.
it’s the UNCUT version of a national selection. so, you have to be prepared for everything.