Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Moldova
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	9 February 2008
Selected entrant	Geta Burlacu
Selected song	"A Century of Love"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Failed to qualify (12th)

Despite early rumors that Moldova would withdraw due to lack of financial support, the broadcaster, TRM, confirmed the Moldovan entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.^[1] Geta Burlacu and the song "A Century of Love" has won the right to represent the nation.

National final

The national final took place on 9 February 2008 at the Palatul National - "National Palace" in Chişinău. Songwritiers and artists had the chance to submit their proposals and compositions to the channel "Moldova 1" by 11 December 2007.^[2] 27 songs were received and released for public hearing via website so that opinions could be collected on the songs and taken into account by the jury when choosing finalists for the national selection.^[3] Twelve songs were then shortlisted with the voting results showing that singer Olia Tira and her song "Always Will Be" was favored by the internal jury's opinion.^[4]

The competition was broadcast on the terrestrial channel, Moldova 1, as well as the satellite channel TV Moldova International and radio coverage by Radio Moldova.^[5] The winner of the competition was decided by a jury, a televote, and a referee committee from TRM.^[6]

The results revealed the following: Galina Scoda and early favorite Olia Tira received maximum points from the TRM jury; Alexa and her song "We Are One" was the landslide victor of the televoting; eventual winner, Geta Burlacu, was the Specialist jury favorite.

Draw	Artist	Song	Specialist Jury	TRM Jury	Televotes		Total	Place
1	Liusia Znamensky	"Don't deceive my heart"	3	2	410	0	5	11
2	Elena Dermidjean	"Living creatures"	5	10	1,350	7	22	5
3	Scroom	"Jane"	1	4	458	0	5	12
4	Galina Scoda	"Your own vision"	6	12	1,329	6	24	4
5	Dana Marchitan	"Your name"	4	3	1,223	5	12	8
6	Jay Mon	"Point of view"	2	6	773	2	10	9
7	Catrina Pislaru	"Dance with me"	7	5	644	1	13	7
8	Cristina Rujitcaia	"You make me feel crazy"	3	2	829	3	8	10
9	Geta Burlacu	"A century of love"	12	8	4,923	10	30	1
10	Edict	"I believe"	6	7	1,124	4	17	6
11	Alexa	"We are one"	8	7	7,665	12	27	3
12	Olia Tira	"Always will be"	10	12	2,603	8	30	2

Eurovision

Moldova took part in the first semi-final on 20 May 2008, but failed to qualify for the final. The song reached 12th place, with 36 points. The country received 1 point from Andorra; 4 points from Greece; 5 points from Russia, Azerbaijan and San Marino; 6 points from Armenia; 10 points from Romania.

References

1. ^ "Moldova to take part in 2008 Eurovision Song Contest". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9559.  Esctoday (English)
2. ^ "Moldova: TRM call for songs". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9733.  Esctoday (English)
3. ^ "Moldova: Listen to the 27 submitted songs". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9867.  Esctoday (English)
4. ^ "Exclusive: 12 songs for Moldova national final". http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/9881.  Esctoday (English)
5. ^ "TRM decides for Eurovision on February 9th". http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=2231.  Oikotimes (English)
6. ^ "Moldova 2008 / Молдова 2008". http://esckaz.com/2008/mol.htm.  Esckaz (English) (Russian)

See also

• Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest