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| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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| Country |  Moldova | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2013 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 12 March 2013 14 March 2013 Final: 16 March 2013 | |||
| Selected entrant | Aliona Moon | |||
| Selected song | "O mie" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (4th, 95 points) | |||
| Final result | 11th, 71 points | |||
| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "O mie" written by Iuliana Scutari and Pasha Parfeny. The song was performed by Aliona Moon. Songwriter Pavel Parfeni represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Lăutar" where he placed eleventh in the grand final of the competition. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2013 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden. 49 artists and 126 songs competed to represent Moldova in Malmö, with 24 artists and songs being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in March 2013, "A Million" performed by Aliona Moon emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. The song was later translated from English to Romanian for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "O mie". This was the first time that the Moldovan song was performed entirely in the Romanian language at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Moldova was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2013. Performing during the show in position 12, "O mie" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 18 May. It was later revealed that Moldova placed fourth out of the 16 participating countries in the semi-final with 95 points. In the final, Moldova performed in position 3 and placed eleventh out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 71 points.
Background
Prior to the 2013 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eight times since its first entry in 2005.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2005 with the song "Boonika bate doba" performed by Zdob și Zdub. Other than their debut entry, to this point, Moldova's only other top ten placing at the contest was achieved in 2007 where "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth. In the 2012 contest, "Lăutar" performed by Pasha Parfeny qualified Moldova to compete in the final and placed eleventh.
The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcast the event within Moldova and organised the selection process for the nation's entry. TRM confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest on 18 September 2012.[2] Moldova has selected their entry via a national selection show since 2008, a procedure that was continued for their 2013 participation.[3]
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.[4][5] All shows in the competition were broadcast on Moldova 1, Radio Moldova and Radio Moldova Tineret as well as online via the broadcaster's official website trm.md.[6] The final was broadcast online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[7]
Format
The selection of the competing entries for the national final and ultimately the Moldovan Eurovision entry took place over two rounds. The first round occurred on 17 January 2013 where a jury panel shortlisted twenty-four artists and sixty songs from the received submissions to proceed to the second round, the televised national final. Submissions were assessed on criteria such as voice quality and manner of the performer, originality of the song and quality of the melody and composition.[8] Each of the 24 semi-finalists selected one of the 60 songs to perform during the national final, with 12 competing 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.[9]
Competing entries
Artists and composers had the opportunity to separately submit their applications and entries between 13 December 2012 and 10 January 2013. Artists were required to be of Moldovan nationality, while songwriters could hold any nationality and submit more than one song, which could only be performed in either English or Romanian.[10] At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 49 artist applications and 126 valid songs were received by the broadcaster.[11] A jury consisting of Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vladimir Beleaev (composer), Geta Burlacu (singer, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vali Boghean (singer-songwriter), Tatiana Cergă (performer), Valentin Dânga (composer), Victoria Tcacenco (professor at the Music, Theatre and Fine Arts Academy) and Nicu Țărnă (singer) selected 24 semi-finalists out of the 49 received applications, each of them which subsequently selected one of the 60 songs shortlisted by the jury panel out of the 126 received and announced on 18 January 2013.[8][12]
On 17 February 2013, Dara withdrew from the competition due to artistic mismatch and was replaced with the song "Underestimated" performed by Diana Staver. On 3 March 2013, "Hi-Ho" performed by Denis Latîşev was withdrawn from the competition and replaced with the song "Coma" performed by Margarita Ciorici.[13][better source needed]
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandru Şendrea | "In My Head" | Michael James Down |
| Aliona Moon | "A Million" | Iuliana Scutari, Serghei Legheida, Pavel Parfeni |
| Anna Gulko | "Somebody Else" | Roman Lupu |
| Aurel Chirtoacă | "Iartă-mă" | Eugenia Andries-Carabut |
| Boris Covali | "Runaways" | Hanif Sabzevari, Frederik Akerlund, Michael James Down |
| Cristina Croitoru and Karizma | "Never Fall Again" | Cristina Croitoru, Olga Fesenco |
| Cristina Scarlat | "I Pray" | Ivan Aculov, Lidia Scarlat |
| Cristina V. and Glam Girls | "Celebrate" | Hanif Sabzevari, Mike Eriksson, Johnny Sanekes, Michael James Down |
| Denis Latîşev | "Hi-Ho" | N/A |
| Diana Staver | "Underestimated" | Thomas Thörnholm, Martin Englund, Danne Attlerud |
| Doiniţa Gherman | "Planeta e un rai" | Doinița Gherman, Ricu Vodă, Cătălin Gondiu |
| Felicia Dunaf | "Codename Felice" | Eugen Doibani |
| FireLove | "Just Smile" | Irina Gondiu |
| Inaya | "I Need You Now" | Ylva Persson, Linda Persson |
| Irina Kitoroagă | "L.o.v.e. Love" | John Ballard, Ruth Mussie, Jerusalem Yemane, Irena Krsteva, Kian Fakhary |
| Irina Tarasiuk | "Dancing Hearts" | Serghei Covalischii, Alina Dabija |
| Margarita Ciorici | "Coma" | Hanif Sabzevari, Alexander Holmgren, Michael James Down |
| Nicoleta Gavriliţă | "Freaky Thong" | Hanif Sabzevari, Henri Thiesen, Jimi Thiesen, Michael James Down |
| Ruslan Țăranu | "Amadeus" | Ruslan Țăranu |
| Stela Boţan | "Inima mea" | Constantin Dușcu, Stela Boţan |
| Svetlana Bogdanova | "Conquer My Heart" | Christina Schilling, Camilla Gottschalck, Daniel Nilsson, Henrik Szabo, Jonas Gladnikoff |
| Tatiana Heghea | "A Brighter Day" | Vasco Cardoso, Ruben Pacheco, Michael James Down |
| Valeria Paşa and Alex Mataev | "Show Me Your Feelings" | Valeriu Pașa |
| Vitalie Maciunschi | "I Want You Back" | Mathias Kallenberger, Andreas Berlin, Stephen Leuenberger |
| Vitalie Negruţă | "You'll Be Mine" | Veaceslav Daniliuc, Andrei Hadjiu |
Shows
Semi-finals
The two semi-finals took place on 12 and 14 March 2013 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vârlan with Lucian Dumitrescu reporting from the green room. In each semi-final twelve songs competed and the top seven songs qualified to the final based on the combination of votes from a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.[14] The jury that voted in the semi-finals included Nicu Țărnă (singer), Geta Burlacu (singer, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Tatiana Cergă (performer), Ludmila Climoc (Orange Moldova representative), Dorel Burlacu (composer and conductor), Vali Boghean (singer-songwriter) and Victoria Tcacenco (professor at the Music, Theatre and Fine Arts Academy).
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, guest performances featured during the shows, with 2005 and 2011 Moldovan Eurovision entrants Zdob şi Zdub and 2012 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Pasha Parfeny performed as guests in the first semi-final, while 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant Geta Burlacu and 2013 Russian Eurovision entrant Dina Garipova performed as guests in the second semi-final.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 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. and 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 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Points | ||||||
| 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 and 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 | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Moldova_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2013||||