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Single by Lidia Isac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Released | 7 December 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format | Digital download | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Length | 2:58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Label | Ragoza Music | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Falling Stars" is a song performed by Moldovan singer Lidia Isac. The song, written by Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg and Leonid Gutkin, represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The song was released as a digital download on 28 March 2016 via Ragoza Music.
The Moldovan public broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O Melodie Pentru Europa 2016 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. An initial 47 entries competed to represent Moldova, with 24 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final after auditioning in front of a jury panel. After two semi-finals and a final which took place on 23, 25 and 27 February 2016, respectively, "Falling Stars" performed by Lidia Isac emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote. Isac performed the song during the first semi-final of the 2016 contest on 10 May, which was held at the Ericsson Globe in , Sweden. but failed to qualify to the May 14, 2016 final of the contest.