Moldova’s national final for the Eurovision Song Contest will take place tonight at 19:00 at the TRM Studios in Chişinău. The top fourteen acts of this year’s national selection will perform live on stage for the right to represent Moldova in Malmö.

Moldova is the last country to select its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest this year. The Eastern European country decided to change the format of their national selection for 2013, opting for two separate competitions, one for the artists and one for the songs, the top 24 acts competing in the two semi-finals of O melodie pentru Europa. The best 14 acts have qualified for the grand final to be held tonight in Chişinău.

How to watch?

• Live on Moldova 1 at 19:00 CET
• Live on Radio Moldova at 19:00 CET
• Webcast 1: TRM official
• Webcast 2: EBU official
• Webcast 3: privesc.eu

The show

The best fourteen acts from the semi-finals will perform again live on stage in the grand final. The winner will be determined by a combination of tele-voting (50%) and jury panel (50%). Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vîrlan will host the show while Lucian Dumitrescu will do live reports from the green room.

The special guests

The Valy Boghean Band will open the show while the Marcel Ştefăneţ Project will perform during the interval act. Alyona Lanskaya from Belarus will also perform her Eurovision entry Solayoh.

The participants

1. Cristina V. & Glam Girls – Celebrate
2. Boris Covali – Runaways
3. Cristina Croitoru & Karizma – Never fall again
4. Svetlana Bogdanova – Conquer my heart
5. Nicoleta Gavriliţă (NiCo) – Freaky thong
6. Aurel Chirtoacă – Iartă-mă
7. Irina Kitoroagă – L.O.V.E. Love
8. Anna Gulko – Somebody else
9. Vitalie Negruţă – You’ll be mine
10. Cristina Scarlat – I pray
11. Doiniţa Gherman – Planeta e un rai
12. Tatiana Heghea – A brighter day
13. Felicia Dunaf – Codename Felice
14. Aliona Moon – A million

Moldova debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 when Zdob şi Zdub represented them with the song Bunica bate doba which placed 6th in the grand final in Kyiv, Ukraine. The country is yet to win the contest but managed to score good results so far.