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Moldova made its debut in 2005 at the contest in Kyiv, Ukraine and finished 6th. Since their first appearance, they've only failed to qualify for the final on five occasions: 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019.

Over recent years, Moldova has come up with some rather interesting and wild performance elements such as images projected onto dresses, eccentric choreography, hair-tearing, and performers wearing pointy hats riding unicycles. In 2010, Sunstroke Project member Sergey Stepanov became an internet phenomenon when his solo saxophone performance during the group's performance of the song Run Away went viral. He became known as the 'Epic Sax Guy'. In 2017, the trio returned and gave Moldova its first top-5 result, finishing 3rd.

In 2022, TRM was scheduled to have a national selection, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was decided to instead choose internally among the candidates who auditioned.

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Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
2005 Zdob şi Zdub Boonika Bate Doba English, Romanian 6 148 2 207
2006 Arsenium ft. Natalia & Connect-R Loca English, Spanish 20 22 Top 11 in 2005
2007 Natalia Barbu Fight English 10 109 10 91
2008 Geta Burlacu A Century of Love -- -- 12 36
2009 Nelly Ciobanu Hora din Moldova English, Romanian 14 69 5 106
2010 Sunstroke Project & Olia Tira Run Away English 22 27 10 52
2011 Zdob şi Zdub So Lucky 12 97 10 54
2012 Pasha Parfeny Lăutar 11 81 5 100
2013 Aliona Moon O Mie Romanian 11 71 4 95
2014 Cristina Scarlat Wild Soul English -- -- 16 13
2015 Eduard Romanyuta I Want Your Love -- -- 11 41
2016 Lidia Isac Falling Stars -- -- 17 33
2017 Sunstroke Project Hey Mamma 3 374 2 291
2018 DoReDos My Lucky Day 10 209 3 235
2019 Ana Odobescu Stay -- -- 12 85
2020 Natalia Gordienko Prison Contest cancelled
2021 Sugar 13 115 7 179
2022 Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers Trenulețul Romanian, English 7 253 8 154
2023 Pasha Parfeny Soarele şi Luna Romanian 18 96 5 109
2024 Natalia Barbu In the Middle English

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