Moldova held its national final for Eurovision 2026: “Selecția Națională 2026“.
The show took place at Arena Chișinău.

You can watch the full show here:

The Songs

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16 artists performed in the following running order:

1. Artiom Topal – Money
2. Valleria – Valerian Steel rai di ri di dam
3. Adelisha – Alegria
4. Maxim Zavidia – Allo
5. Evghenii Avramov & ALenin Ivan – Foc la ghete
6. Catalina Solomac – Pink Margarita
7. DAYANA – Doina
8. Satoshi – Viva, Moldova
9. Sasha Flowers – We Fight Till The End
10. Cristy Rouge – Bliss
11. Ilinca Siviroveanu – Running through the rain
12. Bacho – Tata
13. Curly – Respir liber
14. Emforia – Tipare
15. Katy Rain – Dance & Cry
16. Pavel Orlov – Can’t Say Goodbye

The Results

The results were based on a 33.33% public vote, a 33.33% national jury vote, and a 33.33% international jury.
Among the international jury, we can find: Jamala (Ukraine 2016 , Efendi (Azerbaijan 2021), and Paula Seling (Romania 2010 + 2014) and many others.

The local jury voted as follows:

The international jury voted as follows:

Adding the public vote on top:

Satoshi won first place in 3 parts of the vote, with a large margin in the public vote.

Therefore, Satoshi will represent Moldova at Eurovision 2026.
Satoshi will perform the song “Viva Moldova“:

Moldova will compete in semi-final 1 of Eurovision 2026 (May 12th, 2026).
The country is allocated to perform in the first half of the show.

Eurovision 2026 will be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 12th, 14th, and 16th, 2026.