Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Moldovan entry was selected through the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2014, organised by the Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM). Cristina Scarlat performed the Moldovan entry "Wild Soul" written by Ivan Akulov and Lidia Scarlat. The song failed to qualify from the first semi-final, placing 16th (last) with a score of 13 points.

O melodie pentru Europa 2014 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. TRM released the rules and regulations regarding the competition on 26 December 2013. Artists and composers could submit their entries until 23 January 2014 after which a jury shortlisted forty entries for a live audition on 1 February 2014. Following a technical error by TRM, all submitted entries were allowed to participate in the audition. Twenty-four entries qualified from the auditions to compete in two semi-finals on 11 and 13 March 2014, where sixteen qualified to compete in the final on 15 March 2014.

The competition took place in three stages. The first stage involved a jury panel selecting candidates from the received submissions based on criteria such as the quality of the melody and composition, vocals and manner of the performance and the originality of the song. Forty entries were initially selected to proceed to the second stage, however, after a technical error by TRM, all entries submitted to the broadcaster were allowed to proceed to the second stage where the artists auditioned in front of a selection committee on 1 February 2014. Twenty-four entries qualified to the third stage which was the live televised semi-finals followed by the final. Twelve songs competed in each of the two semi-finals on 11 and 13 March 2014. Eight songs qualified from each semi-final; seven of the qualifiers qualified based on the combined votes from the jury and televoting results, while the eighth qualifier in each semi-final was the entry that achieved the highest televoting score from the remaining entries after a second round of public televoting. The sixteen qualifying entries competed in the final on 15 March 2014 where Moldova’s representative in Copenhagen was selected.

Artists and composers had the opportunity to submit their applications until the 23 January 2014 deadline. The performing artists were required to have Moldovan citizenship; however, collaborations with foreign composers were permitted. At the conclusion of the submission deadline, 64 entries performed by 58 different artists were received by the Moldovan broadcaster. On 25 January 2014, a jury panel convened and selected forty entries to proceed to the live audition round. However, following an appeal by three candidates regarding the rules of the competition, TRM admitted that there was a technical mistake in their initial screening process and decided to include the previously eliminated entries in the audition round. Out of the 64 entries that were received, 62 competed in the audition round; "Is This The Way (You Want Me)" performed by Ray Gligor and "Take A Look At Me Now" performed by Nicollette were withdrawn as both songs were already competing in the Lithuanian national final for the 2014 contest. The live audition round took place on 1 February 2014 at Casa Radio in Chișinău and was webcast online by TRM. The jury panel that evaluated the songs during the live auditions consisted of Anatol Chiriac (composer), Valentin Dânga (composer), Nelly Ciobanu (singer and 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Aliona Triboi (singer and musicologist), Andrei Sava (composer), Alex Calancea (instrumentalist and producer), Ilona Stepan (conductor), Igor Cobileanski (director) and Tatiana Postolachi (lyricist). Boris Covali was originally selected among the twenty-four semi-finalists with the song "Flying", however the song was replaced with the other song Covali had performed during the audition, "Perfect Day", after a decision by the singer's management.

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