There might still be one full month until Moldova is picking their representative, but they are doing all they can to be fully prepared and set for the contest later this year. Today, a draw was held by broadcaster TRM, which would decide the running order for the national final, and the broadcaster also shared further details, so let’s dive into it all.
Finala Națională 2024
Etapa Națională is slowly heading towards it’s last stage which is the final, or as known in Moldova, Finala Națională. Last weekend saw 30 acts doing audition performances, in which 5 jury members picked the 11 finalists.
These finalists were today given their starting position for the national final, so preparation can start as quickly as possible. Below you can see the running order:
- Nicoleta Sava – “Bravo”
- Valeria Pasha – “Anti-Princess”
- Reghina Alexandrina – “Contrasens”
- Julea Viola – “Light up!”
- OL – “No Time No Space”
- Sasha Letty – “DNA”
- Natalia Barbu – “In The Middle”
- Y-Limit – “REVOLUTION”
- Cătălina Solomac – “Fever”
- Victor Gulick – “Fever”
- Iulia Teleucă – “Runaway”
Prior to the draw, which took place with the finalists or someone in their place, a special presentation did take place as well. Here it was announced that Moldova are aiming this year to be ahead of time, in order for their representative to have more time to prepare. Last year, Moldova held their national final one week before the deadline for songs to be given to the EBU. It was explained that this limited Moldova from properly preparing and so, this is why the final this year now is taking place in mid-February instead.
A presentation for this year’s stage of the national final was also held, which explains the idea of the stage, what it’s capable of and it’s sizes. These details were presented to the finalists, so they beset can prepare for their stage show and so the technician and staging people can make sure to give each act the best show. Each finalist will have to submit their ideas and proposals by February 1st.
The video of the draw and the entire explanation can be rewatched below. The entire presentation is done in Romanian without subtitles however.
Full results of auditions
UPDATED: It would appear that later on the day, TRM also decided to reveal the full scoreboard from the audition round which took place on the 13th of January. Here 5 jury members awarded each of the 30 performances a score between 0 and 12 points, where the 11 that scored the highest points advanced to the national final. As a sidenote, the reason for 11 finalists was announced due to the songs finishing between 9th and 11th all received the same amount of points, which can be seen below.
As previously mentioned, the jury consisted of Elena Stegari, Andrei Zapşa, Paul Gamurari, Liviu Ştirbu and Lidia Isac (Moldova 2016), and as follow, these were the combined results of the jury:
1. Natalia Barbu – „In the middle” – (58 points)
2. Valeria Pasha – „Anti-Princess” – (52 points)
3. Iulia Teleucă – „Runaway” – (50 points)
4. Cătălina Solomac – „Fever” – (46 points)
5. OL – „No Time No Space” – (45 points)
6. Julea Viola – „Light Up” – (43 points)
7. Reghina Alexandrina – „Contrasens” – (42 points)
8. Victor Gulick – „Fever” – (41 points)
9. Nicoleta Sava – „Bravo” – (40 points)
10. Sasha Letty – „DNA” – (40 points)
11. Y-Limit – „REVOLUTION” – (40 points)
12. Max Cara – „Broke the chain” – (38 points)
13. Anna G – „Ay ay ay” – (38 points)
14. Y-Limit – „What’s the Fun” – (38 points)
15. Denis Midone – „Back to Me” – (37 points)
16. oliv sky – „Another Universe” – (36 points)
17. POLI – „Lui” – (36 points)
18. Valleria – „Run” – (36 points)
19. Valleria – „RULE (Rai di ri di)” – (36 points)
20. Anna Gulko – „Perfect Place” – (36 points)
21. Maria Ciolac – „Break free” – (35 points)
22. LAURA – „Spune-mi” – (35 points)
23. nino – „Up again” – (35 points)
24. Formaţia „Vele” – „Carnaval” – (34 points)
25. oliv sky – „Loud and clear” – (34 points)
26. Victor Lozinsky – „Dirty Wind/Joker and Harley move” – (30 points)
27. DPSTP – „RISE UP” – (28 points)
28. Bumbac Tudor – „Tudorel” – (21 points)
29. Sasha Bognibov – „Married To Twins” – (5 points)
30. Spînu Oleg – „Jungle” (disqualified)
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Source(s): Moldova1.md – Running order & TRM.md – Audtion results (Both in Romanian)
