After a year of absence, Moldova will take part in Eurovision 2026
TRM will select the country’s artist and song via a national selection: “Selecția Națională 2026”.
A long list of artists has performed in the live auditions, and the professional jury chose the qualifiers to the final.
TRM revealed the qualifiers on the morning show “Bună Dimineaţa“:
The Finalists
16 artists made it to the final:
- Adelisha – “Alegria” (Eng: Joy)
- Artiom Topal – “Money”
- Bacho – “Tata” (Father)
- Catalina Solomac – “Pink Margarita”
- Cristy Rouge – “Bliss”
- Curly – “Intro“
- DAYANA – “Doina”
- Emforia – “Tipare” (Patterns)
- Evghenii Avramov & ALenin Ivan – “Foc la ghete” (Eng: Fire In The Boots)
- Ilinca Siviroveanu – “Running Through The Rain”
- Katy Rain – “Dance & Cry”
- Maxim Zavidia – “Alo” (Eng: Hello)
- Pavel Orlov – “Can’t Say Goodbye”
- Sasha Flowers – “We Fight Till The End”
- Satoshi – “Viva, Moldova”
- Valleria – “Valerian Steel rai di ri di dam”
This means that the following act ended their road to Eurovision 2026:
- Adelina – “Putere în durere” (Eng: Strength in pain)
- Adrian Sîrbu – “Ne-am stins” (Eng: We have passed away)
- Alexei Legasi – “Rebel”
- Annet Smirnova – “Sunt Femeia” (Eng: I am the woman)
- August Black – “You Make Me Xrazy”
- Chris Cross ft Radco – “Taci” (Eng: Be quiet)
- Iulia Teleuca – “Luna” (Eng: My Moon)
- Lisa Volk – “Dragostea Mea” (Eng: My love)
- Moniq Monua – “Like I Do”
- Nadejda Rotaru (NR 11) – “Winter Story”
- Oliv Sky – “Bad Dream”
- Rodica Jabinschi – “Dependentă” (Eng: Dependence)
- Sasha Bognibov – “On the Right Path”
- Sasha Flowers – “Can Do More”
- L-ERA – “Friends”
- Zeleno – “No Pain No Gain”
Dana Marchitan – “Cry”Nikko T. – “Falling In Love”
You can listen to the studio version on TRM’s website
Our playlist will be gradually updated here:
Playlist
Moldova’s National Final For Eurovision 2026
- The national final will be held on January 17th, 2026, at Chișinău Arena.
- For the first time, an international jury will be part of the jury panel (alongside the national jury).
- The jury panel will feature 20 members, with 5 international members.
- The results will be based on 3 equal components: public vote, jury vote and national jury vote.
- TRM will fund the winner’s participation.
Natalia Barbu represented Moldova in Eurovision 2024
She performed “In The Middle” and didn’t qualify for the final:
Are you excited about the country’s comeback to Eurovision 2026?
Who would you like to represent Moldova in Eurovision 2026?
Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.
