Moldova: It’s Natalia Gordienko to Rotterdam with the entry “Prison”
Moldova’s national selection for Eurovision 2020 concluded this evening with the national final of O melodie pentru Europa 2020, which crowned winner and Moldova’s next Eurovision representative Natalia Gordienko and her song “Prison”.
The show was presented by Elena Bancila, Doina Stimpovschi and Iurie Gologan.The final show saw a total of 19 acts ( after Geta Burlacu’s withdrawal earlier) and a combination of public and jury voting determined the final winner.
The 19 acts that gave the battle for the right to represent Moldova at Eurovision 2020 were:
- Denis Midone – Like a Champion
- Natalia Gordienko – Prison
Geta Burlacu – Răspunde!- Viorela Moraru – Remedy
- Valentin Uzun & Irina Kovalsky – Moldovița
- Lavinia Rusu – Touch
- Dima Jelezoglo – Do It Slow
- Diana Rotaru – Dale dale
- Pasha Parfeny – My Wine
- Live Beat – Love Me Now
- Valeria Pașa – It’s Time
- Maria Ciolac – Our Home
- Sasha Letty – Summer of Love
- Irina Kit – Chain Reaction
- Petronela Donciu & Andreea Portărescu – We Will Be Legends
- LANJERON – Hi Five
- Julia Ilienko feat. Mishel Dar – Tears
- Catarina Sandu – Die for You
- Alexandru Cibotaru – Cine te-a facut să plîngi
- Maxim Zavidia – Take Control
The jury vote developed as the following scoreboard displays:
The public voted as following:
Therefore the overall scoreboard after adding up the jury and public votes found Natalia Gordienko on the top and Moldova’s next Eurovision representative:
Watch below Natalia’s winning performance of “Prison”: