Moldova has decided and Lidia Isac has won the 2016 O melodie pentru Europa with her song Falling Stars. 16 acts performed in the grand final and they were –
Valentin Uzun – Mine
Maxim Zavidia – La La Love
Doiniţa Gherman – Irresistible
Lidia Isac – Falling Stars
Big Flash Sound – Când vrei
Che-MD – Vodă e cu noi
Andrei Ioniţa & Onoffrei – Lie
Cristina Pintilie – Picture Of Love
Nadia Moşneagu – Memories
Rodica şi Ivan Aculov – Stop Lying
Emilia Russu – I Am Not The Same
Viola – In The Name Of Love
DoReDoS – FunnyFolk
Max Fall feat. Dan Vozniuc & Malloy – Game lOVER
Valeria Paşa – Save Love
Felicia Dunaf – You And Me
With a combination of televoting and expert jury Lidia Isac took the crown and will fly the Moldovan flag in Stockholm, Sweden in May. The team behind Lidia’s song are the same as worked with Polina Gagarina and her entry for Russia in 2015, A Million Voices. You can see Lidia perform her winning song below.
Moldova held the second of semi-finals for the 2016 O Melodie Pentru Europa with eight more act qualifying for the final on 27 February. There were 12 acts competing and they were –
1. Rodica şi Ivan Aculov– Stop Lying
2. Lidia Isac – Falling Stars
3. Cristina Pintilie – Picture Of Love
4. Diana Brescan – Till The End
5. Max Fall feat. Dan Vozniuc & Malloy – Game lOVER
6. Andrei Ioniţa & Onoffrei – Lie
7. Felicia Dunaf – You And Me
8. Nadia Moşneagu – Memories
9. Big Flash Sound – Când vrei
10. Anna Gulko – Never Let Go
11. Beatrice – Saved My Heart For You
12. Vitalie Todiraşcu – Belladonna
A combination of expert jury and televoting decided what eight songs would progress to the final. The eight acts were –
Moldova held the first of their semi-final for the 2016 O Melodie Pentru Europa national selection. 12 acts competed and eight of them progressed to the final. The acts taking part were –
1. Doiniţa Gherman – Irresistible
2. Valentina Nejel – Va fi târziu
3. Valeria Paşa – Save Love
4. Emilia Russu – I Am Not The Same
5. Che-MD – Vodă e cu noi
6. Chris Maroo – Tonight
7. Valentin Uzun – Mine
8. Chriss Jeff – Good Life
9. DoReDoS – FunnyFolk
10. Viola – In The Name Of Love
11. Maxim Zavidia – La La Love
12. PRIZA – Rewind
A combination of expert jury and televoting decided what eight songs would qualify. They were –
Maxim Zavidia Valeria Paşa Doiniţa Gherman DoReDoS Viola Valentin Uzun Che-MD Emilia Russu
The final will take place on 27 February. The second semi-final is on 25 February.