The first semi-final of O melodie pentru Europa – the Moldovan national selection for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – took place tonight in Chişinău at the TRM studios. Twelve acts competed for the chance to perform again in the national final of the competition.

A combination of tele-voting (50%) and jury panel (50%) determined the seven lucky qualifiers for the grand final. The following artists will perform their songs again on Saturday’s show:

• Boris Covali – Runaways
• Aliona Moon – A million
• Doiniţa Gherman – Planeta e un rai
• Vitalie Negruţă – You’ll be mine
• Felicia Dunaf – Codename Felice
• Cristina V. & Glam Girls – Celebrate
• Svetlana Bogdanova – Conquer my heart

This is what the line-up of the national final is looking like so far:

1. Cristina V. & Glam Girls – Celebrate
2. Boris Covali – Runaways
3. Semi-final 2 qualifier
4. Svetlana Bogdanova – Conquer my heart
5. Semi-final 2 qualifier
6. Semi-final 2 qualifier
7. Semi-final 2 qualifier
8. Semi-final 2 qualifier
9. Vitalie Negruţă – You’ll be mine
10. Semi-final 2 qualifier
11. Doiniţa Gherman – Planeta e un rai
12. Semi-final 2 qualifier
13. Felicia Dunaf – Codename Felice
14. Aliona Moon – A million

You can read the detailed results of tonight’s semi-final below.

Tele-voting results:

Jury results:

Final results (tele-voting + jury voting):

The second semi-final of O melodie pentru Europa 2013 will be held on 14 March in Chişinău. Again, twelve artists will perform their songs and a combination of tele-voting (50%) and jury (50%) will determine the last seven acts to compete in the national final to be held on 16 March.