Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Country  Moldova
National selection
Selection process Selecţia Naţională 2012
Selection date(s) 11 March 2012
Selected entrant Pasha Parfeny
Selected song "Lăutar"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (5th, 100 points)
Final result 11th, 81 points
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Moldovan entry was selected through a national final, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM). Pasha Parfeny represented Moldova with the song "Lăutar", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 11th in the final, scoring 81 points.[1][2]

Selecţia Naţională 2012

On 28 December 2011, TRM confirmed their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and invited artists and composers to submit their entries.[3] On 3 January 2012, TRM announced that the Moldovan national final would take place on 10 March 2012 and that the submission period would come to a close on 16 January.[4] Only Moldovan artists were eligible to compete, however, up to two band members could be of foreign origin and collaboration with foreign songwriters was also allowed.[5]

From 14-18 January 2012, TRM released the submitted entries to the public online.[6] In total, 85 entries were received, with submissions from 2008 entrant Geta Burlacu, 2009 entrant Nelly Ciobanu and 2010 entrants Olia Tira and SunStroke Project.[7] On 21 January, a jury panel listened to the 85 submitted entries and shortlisted 60 for a live audition phase on 29 January.[8] 20 entries were selected at the audition phase to compete in the national final.[9] The jury panel that selected the finalists consisted of Olga Ciolacu (singer), Igor Dinga (producer and composer), Valentin Boghean (instrumentist, actor and composer), Tatiana Cerga (singer), Andrei Sava (composer), Victoria Tcacenco (professor at the Music, Theatre and Fine Arts Academy) and Dana Argint (Orange Moldova representative).[10]

An additional wildcard was also awarded through internet voting that was held between 1-12 February.[11] 33 entries which failed to be among the 20 finalists were in contention for the wildcard and on 20 February, Mariana Mihaila and the song "Live On Forever" was awarded the wildcard for the final.[12]

Final

Selecţia Naţională 2012 was held on 11 March 2012 at TRM Television Studios in Chisinau, hosted by Marcel Spataru, Evelina Vârlan and Dorina Gherganov with backstage interviews conducted by Anatol Melnic. The draw for running order took place on 20 February, where Nelly Ciobanu and the song "Turn On The Light" were withdrawn from the competition due to personal reasons.[12] On 5 March, as the runner-up in the internet wildcard voting, the song "Live the show" performed by Akord replaced Ciobanu.[13] A combination of televoting (50%) and jury voting (50%) resulted in Pasha Parfeny winning the competition with the song "Lăutar".[2]

The jury panel consisted of Olga Ciolacu (singer), Igor Dinga (producer and composer), Valentin Boghean (instrumentist, actor and composer), Tatiana Cerga (singer), Andrei Sava (composer), Victoria Tcacenco (professor at the Music, Theatre and Fine Arts Academy), Angela Brasoveanu (journalist), Nicu Țărnă (singer), Anatol Chiriac (composer), Igor Cobileanski (director) and Ludmila Climoc (Orange Moldova representative).

National Final - 11 March 2012
Draw Artist Song Composer (m) – Lyricist (l) Jury Public Total Place
Televote Points
1 Ruslan Taranu "Blanche" Ruslan Taranu (m/l) 0 0.48% 0 0 14
2 Irina Tarasiuc & MC Gootsa "Save a little sunshine" Ralph Siegel (m), John O’Flynn (l) 0 6.82% 8 8 6
3 Pasha Parfeny "Lăutar" Pavel Parfeni (m/l), Alex Brașoveanu (m) 12 20.44% 10 22 1
4 Alexandru Manciu "If you leave" Alexandru Manciu (m), Mihai Teodor (l) 1 5.02% 4 5 10
5 Paralela 47 "Arde" Paralela 47 (m), Alecu Mătrăgună (l) 0 1.43% 0 0 15
6 Ksenya Nikora "You better rush" Serghei Bilcenco (m), Roman Lupu (l) 0 2.02% 0 0 16
7 Leria "A ray of sun" Michalis Antoniou (m), Alexandru Buşă (l) 0 0.88% 0 0 17
8 Cristina Croitoru "Fight for love" Doina Sclifos (m/l) 4 23.68% 12 16 2
9 Mariana Mihăilă "Live on forever" Gorgi (m), Aidan O'Connor (l) 0 3.93% 2 2 12
10 MC Mike & Human Place "Moll girl" Ilie Gorincioi (Tadevs) (m/l) 0 1.29% 0 0 18
11 Nicoleta Gavriliţa "Crazy little thing" Nicoleta Gavriliţa (m), Serghei Bilcenco (m), Liuba Perciun (l) 6 1.86% 0 6 8
12 Geta Burlacu "Never ever stop" Valentin Şchirca (m), Alexandru Aquilar (l) 7 2.57% 0 7 7
13 Adrian Ursu "Be yourself" Adrian Ursu (m), Vica Demici (l) 2 6.62% 7 9 5
14 Doiniţa Gherman "Welcome to Moldova" Vadim Luchin (m/l), T.Tregubenco (m), Doiniţa Gherman (l) 0 2.90% 1 1 13
15 M Studio "Open your eyes" M Studio (m/l) 0 1.54% 0 0 19
16 Anna Gulko "Ballad of love" Anna Gulko (m/l) 0 0.64% 0 0 20
17 Transbalcanica "Balkan Riders" Marcel Stefanet (m), Ghenadie Cubasov (l) 8 6.03% 6 14 4
18 Dara "Open your eyes" Eugen Doibani (m/l) 10 5.89% 5 15 3
19 Univox "Moody Numbers" Nicolai Andrus (m), Renata Platon (l) 5 0.61% 0 5 11
20 Akord "Live the show" Igor Stribiţchi (m), Vica Demici (l) 3 4.12% 3 6 9
21 INAYA "Lights" Max Chissaru (m), Mihai Teodor (l) 0 1.23% 0 0 21

At Eurovision

Moldova competed in the second half of the first semi-final (17th on stage), on 22 May 2012, following Austria and preceding Ireland. Moldova received 100 points and placed 5th, thus qualifying for the final on 26 May.[14]

In the final, Moldova was drawn to close the final and perform 26th, following Ukraine. The Moldovan entry scored a total of 81 points and placed 11th in the final.[1]

Split Results

Points Awarded to Moldova

Points Awarded to Moldova (Semi-Final 1)[14]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points Awarded to Moldova (Final)[1]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points Awarded by Moldova

First Semi final

Points awarded in first semi-final:[14]

12 points Romania
10 points Greece
8 points  Switzerland
7 points San Marino
6 points Russia
5 points Hungary
4 points Latvia
3 points Cyprus
2 points Iceland
1 point Albania

Final

Points awarded in the final:[1]

12 points Romania
10 points Azerbaijan
8 points Ukraine
7 points Sweden
6 points Russia
5 points Italy
4 points Greece
3 points Serbia
2 points Estonia
1 point Hungary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final". Eurovision.tv.
  2. 1 2 Brey, Marco (11 March 2012). "It's Pasha Parfeny for Moldova!". Eurovision.tv.
  3. ↑ Hondal, Victor (28 December 2011). "Moldova: TRM calls for songs". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Hondal, Victor (3 January 2012). "Moldova: National final on March 10th". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Brey, Marco (4 January 2012). "Moldova: National final on March 10th". Eurovision.tv.
  6. ↑ Hondal, Victor (14 January 2012). "Moldova: First 23 songs available online". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
  7. ↑ Brey, Marco (19 January 2012). "Moldova: Listen to 85 songs online!". Eurovision.tv.
  8. ↑ Hondal, Victor (21 January 2012). "Moldova: Sixty acts proceed to the auditions phase". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012.
  9. ↑ Brey, Marco (29 January 2012). "Moldova: Jury picks 20 national final entries". Eurovision.tv.
  10. ↑ Mikheev, Andy. "Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012". ESCKaz.
  11. ↑ Hondal, Victor (2 February 2012). "Moldova: Online voting open". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
  12. 1 2 Fajgelj, Milica (20 February 2012). "Moldova: National final running order decided". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2012.
  13. ↑ Hondal, Victor (20 February 2012). "Moldova: National final line-up is set". Esctoday.com. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 "Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final (1)". Eurovision.tv.
  15. 1 2 Siim, Jarmo (18 June 2012). "Eurovision 2012 split jury-televote results revealed". Eurovision.tv.

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