Live auditions have come to an end in Moldova: now we know the names of the 16 acts set to compete in the country’s national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, O melodie pentru Europa 2018.

Yesterday, the Moldovan national broadcaster – TRM – broadcast the live audition stage of the country’s national selection, hunting to find the acts with the highest potential to compete in the semi-final of the competition.

All 27 acts performed in front of the specialist jury in Moldova earlier on Wednesday, however only 16 acts managed to advance to February’s O melodie pentru Europa 2018 selection.

Sixteen acts advance

Here are the 16 best auditionees of the day who have qualified to the next stage of Moldova’s Eurovision selection.

• Anna Odobescu – Agony
• Anna Timofei – Endlessly
• Bella Luna – Moments
• Che MD – Heart to the left
• Cobilean Constantin – Only you
• Doinita Gherman – Dance in flames
• DoReDos – My lucky day
• Felicia Dunaf – Alien
• Ilia Soroceanu & Dasha DaGro – Minds and veins
• Lavinia Rusu – Somewhere else
• Nicoleta Sava – Esencia del sur
• Ruslan Tsar – Come to life
• Sandy C & Aaron Sibley – Once upon a time
• Tolik – Broken glass
• Vera Turcanu – Black heart
• Viorela – The gates of love

The shortlisted acts will compete in the semi-final stage of O melodie pentru Europa 2018 on the 22 February, in which a total of 10 artists will advance to the grand final of the selection on the 24 February.

Both the semi-final qualifiers and the eventual selection winner will be determined via a combined 50/50 public-jury vote.

O melodie pentru Europa 2018 schedule

• 24/01: Live auditions
• 22/02: Semi-final (Sixteen artists compete, 10 acts advance following 50/50 jury-televote)
• 24/02: Grand final (Ten finalists, winner determined by 50/50 jury-televote)