Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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Country | Moldova | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2015 | |||
Selection date(s) |
Semi-finals: 24 February 2015 26 February 2015 Final: 28 February 2015 |
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Selected entrant | Eduard Romanyuta | |||
Selected song | "I Want Your Love" | |||
Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
Finals performance | ||||
Semi-final result |
Failed to qualify (11th, 41 points) |
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Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "I Want Your Love", written by Erik Lewander, Hayley Aitken and Tom Andrews. The song was performed by the Ukrainian singer Eduard Romanyuta. Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2015 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Following two semi-finals and a final, Eduard Romanyuta performing the song "I Want Your Love" was selected as the winner through the 50/50 combination of jury voting and televoting. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals, Moldova failed to qualify to the final, placing eleventh out of the 16 participating countries with 41 points.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest ten times since its first entry in 2005. Its best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2005 with the song "Boonika bate toba" performed by Zdob și Zdub. Other than their debut entry, to this point, Moldova's only other top ten placing at the contest was achieved in 2007 where "Fight" performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth. In the 2014 contest, "Wild Soul" performed by Cristina Scarlat failed to qualify Moldova to compete in the final.
On 18 September 2014, Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) confirmed that they would participate in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. On 15 October 2014, the broadcaster revealed details regarding their selection procedure and announced the organization of O melodie pentru Europa 2015.