The Moldovan broadcaster TRM has released the 30 acts and songs, who are set to take part in the auditions of their national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2022, Selecția Națională.
- Ana Cernicova – “Silent Battlefield”
- Angel Kiss – “The Sunshine in Me”
- Annet Smirnova – “Toxic Eyes”
- Carolina Gorun & Danieli Shvets – “Take Me Anywhere”
- Denis Midone – “Run Away”
- Diana Elmas – “Spirit High”
- Dianna Rotaru – “My Time is Now”
- Emilia Vlas – “Yama”
- Ferum – “Love Is”
- Katy Rain – “Lele”
- LEMONIQUE – “Boys”
- Lanjeron – “Magic Carpet”
- Marcela Scripcaru – “Starlight”
- Maxim Zavidia – “READY”
- Mihaela Andrei – “Libre”
- Misscatylove – “Intro”
- Naminal – “Stop Tonight”
- Pelageya Stefoglo – “I’m The Only One”
- Ricky Ardezianu – “Cherche La Femme”
- SENDREI – “Beginner’s Luck”
- Sasha Bognibov – “(I Just Had) Sex with Your Ex”
- Sasha Bognibov – “My Friend is Gay”
- The Tramps – “Sky Blues”
- Trio EVA – “Get A Kiss”
- Tudor Bumbac – “larta-ma ca te iubesc”
- Valeria Barbas – “My Tree”
- Viola Julea – “Before (Twin Flame)”
- Viorela Moraru – “Tell Me That You Love Me”
- Y-LIMIT – “Nothing More”
- Zdob şi Zdub & Fraţii Advahov – “Trenuleţul”
You can listen to all the songs on eurovision.md. Among the artists we find Zdob și Zdub, who have represented Moldova twice in the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2005 they represented the country with “Boonika bate doba” and finished sixth in the final. They returned in 2011, when they finished 12th with “So Lucky”.
The live auditions will take place on 29th of January. Before that, the broadcaster will go through the submissions and make sure they meet the requirements.
After the auditions, it will be decided if a national final will be organized. In case the jury of the auditions decide not to hold a national final, the winner of the auditions will represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. There is a possibility that both, semifinal and final, will be held, if the jury believes there are enough songs to be passed through.
Most recently Moldova chose their Eurovision representative through a national final in 2020, when Natalia Gordienko was selected to represent the country with “Prison”. After the contest was cancelled, Natalia Gordienko was selected to represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 internally. She represented the country with the song “Sugar” and finished 13th in the grand final.
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