Moldova in EuroMusic Song Contest

Moldova is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the sixteenth edition. TRM is responsible for the Moldovan participation.

History
The Moldovan broadcaster, TRM, decided to debuts in the contest for the sixteenth edition. They selected for their first entry a song in both the Romanian and English language. They failed to qualify. In Cologne, Moldova qualified for the first time for the grand final. They also finished for the first time in the top ten. In Bucharest, they finished at the first place in their semi final. However, in the final they only reached the 11th place with 94 points. The next edition, Moldova finished at the 12th place. In Baku, Moldova failed to qualify. In Sofia, they finished at the 13th place in the final. In Glasgow, they failed to qualify. In Bucharest, they finished at their best place so far: 5th.

For the 24th edition, only 28 countries signed up to participate. Because of this, there was only one semi-final. The first eleven countries from the previous edition, like Moldova, automatically qualified for the final. Moldova finished at the 14th place in the grand final. The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Moldova took part and finished at the 7th place. The next edition, Moldova finished at the 20th place.

When the EBU published the official list of participating countries, it was clear that Moldova would no longer take part in this contest. In the 30th edition, in Iceland, they returned and finished at the 12th place. In the 32th edition, they finished at the 20th place. In the following two editions, the country failed to qualify. When the EBU published the list of participating countries for the 35th edition, it was clear that Israel would not take part in the contest.