Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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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
. Geta Burlacu
and the song "A Century of Love" has won the right to represent the nation.
. Songwritiers and artists had the chance to submit their proposals and compositions to the channel "Moldova 1
" by 11 December 2007. 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. 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.
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. The winner of the competition was decided by a jury, a televote, and a referee committee from TRM.
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.
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
would withdraw due to lack of financial support, the broadcaster, TRM
TeleRadio-Moldova
TeleRadio-Moldova is the state-owned national radio-TV broadcaster. It owns the TV channels Moldova 1 and TVMI and the radio channels Radio Moldova and Radio Moldova Internaţional...
, confirmed the Moldovan entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
. Geta Burlacu
Geta Burlacu
Geta Burlacu is a Moldovan jazz singer. Burlacu represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "A Century Of Love" but failed to get past the semi-finals...
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 ChişinăuChisinau
Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...
. Songwritiers and artists had the chance to submit their proposals and compositions to the channel "Moldova 1
Moldova 1
Moldova 1 is the national Moldovan television channel, operated by the national public broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova.- Directors :* Andrei Timuş * Mihail Onoicenco...
" by 11 December 2007. 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. 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.
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. The winner of the competition was decided by a jury, a televote, and a referee committee from TRM.
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.See also
- Moldova in the Eurovision Song ContestMoldova in the Eurovision Song ContestMoldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times, debuting in 2005. Following the poor result in the 2006 contest, the Moldovan broadcaster, Teleradio-Moldova announced that it would withdraw from participation and did not allocate a budget for the 2007 Contest...