TRM the national broadcaster of Moldova has released the names of the artists and their songs that will take part in the audition round of the upcoming national final Selecția Națională 2026.
🇲🇩 33 artists for Moldova’s Selecția Națională 2026
Following the surprising news recently that Moldova will return to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, TRM have confirmed the artists and songs that will perform at the live auditions on December 16.
- Adelisha – ‘Alegria’
- Adelina – ‘Putere în durere’
- Adrian Sîrbu – ‘Ne-am stins’
- Sasha Flowers – ‘Can do more’
- Sasha Flowers – ‘We fight till the end’
- Alexei Legasi – ‘Rebel’
- Annet Smirnova – ‘Sunt femeia’
- Artiom Topal – ‘Money’
- Catalina Solomac – ‘Pink Margarita’
- Chris Cross ft Radco – ‘Taci’
- Chris Cross – ‘Close my eyes’
- Cristy Rouge – ‘Bliss’
- Dana Marchitan – ‘Cry’
- DAYANA – ‘Doina’
- DAYANA – ‘Cry a river’
- Bacho – ‘Tata’
- Lisa Volk – ‘Dragostea Mea’
- Emforia – ‘Tipare’
- Evghenii Avramov & ALenin Ivan – ‘Foc la ghete’
- Ilinca Siviroveanu – ‘Running through the rain’
- Curly – ‘Respir liber’
- Iulia Teleuca – ‘Luna Mea’
- Katy Rain – ‘Dance & Cry’
- Moniq Monua – ‘Like I do’
- MOLDIE – ‘Moldova mea’
- August Black – ‘You make me crazy’
- Maxim Zavidia – ‘Alo’
- Nadejda Rotaru – ‘Winter story’
- Pavel Orlov – ‘Can’t say goodbye’
- Rodica Jabinschi – ‘Dependentă’
- Oliv Sky – ‘Bad dream’
- Sasha Bognibov – ‘On the right path’
- Satoshi – ‘Viva, Moldova’
- L-ERA – ‘Friends’
- Valleria – ‘Valerian Steel rai di ri di dam’
- Zeleno – ‘No pain no gain’
Today, TRM confirmed the disqualification of Nikko and his song, ‘Falling In Love’ for as yet unspecified reasons. All of the entries can be listened to on the TRM online portal.
From these auditions, 5-10 acts will be chosen for the live broadcast of the national final on January 17. During the show, a national jury (20 members), international jury (5 members) and the voting public will each get a third of the say in the final results. The winner will represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria next May. In another twist, TRM will offer financial support to the winning act. Moldovan artists have often been asked to pay many expenses themselves, when wealthier broadcasters are usually able and willing to cover them as part of their delegation’s budget.
Serghei Orlov and Roman Burlaca are set to oversee the selection process. Both have worked with Moldovan Eurovision artists in the past, Orlov having been (among other things) the agent of Lidia Isaac (2016). Meanwhile, Roman Burlaca directed the video for ‘Wild Souls’ (2014), having also directed many videos for Moldovan and Romanian artists.
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
Moldova made their Eurovision debut in 2005 with Zdob și Zdub’s ‘Boonika bate doba‘. With a successful sixth place, this was the start of things to come. Overall Moldova has participated in the contest 19 times and have reached the final on 13 occasions. As well as reaching the top 10 five times. Their best ever result came in 2017 with SunStroke Project’s energetic, ‘Hey Mamma‘ achieving third place. They have also finished second in the televote at the 2022 contest in Turin with Zdob și Zdub and Advahov Brothers’ ‘Trenulețul‘.
In 2024, former Eurovision 2007 representative, Natalie Barbu took to the Eurovision stage once more. During the first Semi-Final, ‘In The Middle’ placed 13th with 20 points. Thus, becoming Moldova’s first non-qualification since 2019.
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