THIS YEAR'S ENTRY

 SELECTION
Fourteen songs competed in the Moldovan national final which was held on March 6th at the TRM TV Studios in Chisinau and hosted by Diana Rotaru and Iurie Gologan. Before the final there were two semi-finals on February 27th and 28th which reduced the field from thirty entries. The entry was chosen by a mixture of televoting and a jury and both chose "Run Away" by Sunstroke Project s their winner.

 BIOGRAPHY
Moldova is represented this year by the interestingly named Sunstroke project and the young singer Olia Tira. Both parties are very successful in what they do, so will this bring Moldova their first victory?

Sunstroke project is a symbiosis of a violin, saxophone and live vocals, making up a fashionable chaos of music. They've given concerts in more than 30 cities and 40 clubs all over Europe and have had many hits. That all is in spite the fact they were founded less than 2 years ago.

Olia Tira has moved around a lot in her early years as she was born in the family of an officer. She even lived in the Far East but went to school in her native Moldova. Even though she's only 21, she's already achieved a lot, having released an album already and taking part in international song contests. She is hosting a morning show on one of the TV channels and her pictures are on the covers of many popular magazines, her songs are very popular and you can hear them on TV and all radio stations in Moldova.

 REACTION
Since being chosen to represent Moldova in Oslo, the Sunstroke Project and Olia Tira have kept a reasonably low profile, rarely doing any promotion outside Moldova. However they have found time to  re-record their Eurovision entry and make a promotional video.

 While Moldova would qualify for the final based on the bookmakers' odds and most of the fan polls, it would not make the Top 10 in the final. You can get 100/1 on Moldova winning the contest.

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