Natalia Barbu will be the voice of Moldova at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. A last minute change of heart, and a hurried national final from the national broadcaster allowed Natalia Barbu to overcome Zdob di Zdub to win the right to represent her country with the song Fight. In her first interview about the Eurovision Song Contest, Natalia Barbu speaks exclusively to esctoday.com.

Natalia speaks about her joy at being able to represent her country at the Eurovision Song Contest and what the competition means to the people of Moldova. She talks about the planned changes for the final version of the song and her hopes for the stage performance in Helsinki. Did Natalia break the tradition of keeping plans for the dress quiet until the last minute? Find out more in the interview here.

We spoke to Natalia about having to fund the participation and expenses herself due and how hard such a project is to raise funds for. We also asked Natalia about her plans for promoting the song. Find out which countries have already applied to bring Natalia to their shores.All this and much much more in our first Eurovision Song Contest participant interview of the year.

Click here to read the full interview.

Click here to listen to the demo of Fight.