Tonight, the Moldovan national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest was held. 20 acts competed and the jury and televoting decided to send Nelly Ciobanu to Moscow with the song Hora din Moldova.

Nelly Ciobanu got the highest possible amount of points, namely 36, which means she got twelve points from both juries and from the televoters. She will be the fifth Moldovan entrant in the Eurovision Song Contestand shefollows in the footsteps of Geta Burlacu, who represented the country in 2008 but finished 11th in the first semi finalwith her entry A century of love thus not making it tothe final.

The esctoday.com poll voters agreed with the choice as Nelly Ciobanu won the poll by a landslide with 33.0% of the votes.

1. Nelly Ciobanu – Hora Din Moldova – 36 points
2. Alexa – A Flight to the light – 27 points
3. Sun Stroke Project – No crime – 26 points
4. Olga Tira – Unicul meu – 24 points
5. Katalina Rusu – Sparky lady – 20 points
6. Cristy Rouge – Women’s winner – 15 points
-. Galina Scoda – Joc de noroc – 15 points
8. Doina Gherman – Hei! Exploadeaza! – 13 points
-. Slavici – O fata cu parul de aur – 13 points
10. Ayra – Call me a liar – 12 points
-. Corbus Albus – 7 days – 12 points
-. Dianna – I’m missing you – 12 points
13. Cezara – Tu tata – 11 points
14.Cristina Croitoru – First chance – 9 points
-. Elena Buga – Queen – 9 points
16. Brand – Simt ca este timpul – 08 points
-. Dana Marchitan – Doar un pas – 08 points
18. Marius – We’ll gonna rock – 06 points
19. Anisoara Balmus – Adrenalina – 05 points
20. Veronica Stolli – Lerui, ler – 00 points

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