Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Prior to the 2021 Contest, Moldova had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifteen times since its first entry in 2005.[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was third, which it achieved in 2017 with the song "Hey Mamma!" performed by SunStroke Project. To this point, Moldova have achieved another three top-ten placings at the contest, with Zdob și Zdub placing sixth with "Boonika bate doba" in 2005, Natalia Barbu placing tenth in 2007 with "Fight" and DoReDoS in 2018 performing "My Lucky Day", also placing tenth. In 2019, Moldova was represented by Anna Odobescu with the song "Stay". The country failed to qualify, placing 12th in the semi-final.

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. For the 2021 contest, the semi-final allocation draw held for 2020 which was held on 28 January 2020, will be used. Moldova was placed into the second semi-final, which was held on 20 May 2021, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.[4]

Once all the competing songs for the 2021 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Moldova was set to perform in position 7, following the entry from Poland and preceding the entry from Iceland.[5]

Moldova performed 14th in the grand final on 22 May 2021, following Spain and preceding Germany. Right before the second verse, Gordienko dropped her microphone, causing one of her dancers to help her recover it, allowing the performance to continue.

At the close of voting she had received 115 points, placing 13th out of 26 countries.

Points awarded to Moldova

Points awarded to Moldova (Semi-final 2)[10] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Czech Republic  Estonia  France  Greece  Latvia  Portugal  San Marino  Serbia  Bulgaria  Greece 10 points 8 points  San Marino 7 points  Poland  Poland 6 points  Austria  Iceland 5 points  Finland 4 points  Latvia  Serbia 3 points  Spain  Albania  United Kingdom 2 points  Austria 1 point  France

Points awarded to Moldova (Final)[11] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Czech Republic  Romania  Bulgaria  Russia 10 points  Greece 8 points  Portugal  Azerbaijan 7 points  Albania  France 6 points  San Marino  Romania 5 points  San Marino 4 points 3 points  Russia 2 points  Finland  Georgia  Italy 1 point  Azerbaijan

Points awarded by Moldova

Points awarded by Moldova (Semi-final 2)[10] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Greece  Bulgaria 10 points   Switzerland  San Marino 8 points  Finland  Greece 7 points  Poland   Switzerland 6 points  Iceland  Iceland 5 points  Bulgaria  Albania 4 points  Portugal  Latvia 3 points  Estonia  Estonia 2 points  Albania  Portugal 1 point  Serbia  Czech Republic

Points awarded by Moldova (Final)[11] Score Televote Jury 12 points  Russia  Bulgaria 10 points  Ukraine  Russia 8 points  Italy  Greece 7 points  Greece  Malta 6 points  France  Azerbaijan 5 points  Finland  Iceland 4 points   Switzerland  France 3 points  Sweden   Switzerland 2 points  Lithuania  Portugal 1 point  Azerbaijan  Cyprus

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Moldovan jury:[8][9]

• Ion Catar
• Nelly Ciobanu
• Marina Djundiet
• Dumitru Mitu
• Constantin Moscovici

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Semi-final 2)[10]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	San Marino	4	2	3	9	2	2	10	14
02	Estonia	3	8	9	12	9	8	3	8	3
03	Czech Republic	13	12	7	11	3	10	1	16
04	Greece	5	3	4	2	6	3	8	1	12
05	Austria	7	14	8	7	11	12		12
06	Poland	11	7	6	13	8	11		4	7
07	Moldova
08	Iceland	8	11	5	1	12	5	6	5	6
09	Serbia	9	9	12	14	14	13		10	1
10	Georgia	15	16	13	16	16	16		13
11	Albania	6	5	10	6	4	6	5	9	2
12	Portugal	10	13	15	3	5	9	2	7	4
13	Bulgaria	1	1	1	5	1	1	12	6	5
14	Finland	14	15	16	8	13	15		3	8
15	Latvia	12	4	2	15	10	7	4	11
16	Switzerland	2	6	14	4	7	4	7	2	10
17	Denmark	16	10	11	10	15	14		15

Detailed voting results from Moldova (Final)[11]

Draw	Country	Jury							Televote
		Juror A	Juror B	Juror C	Juror D	Juror E	Average Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01	Cyprus	4	11	14	8	25	10	1	13
02	Albania	11	12	17	13	8	14		22
03	Israel	14	14	15	21	17	22		18
04	Belgium	22	4	8	16	24	12		20
05	Russia	5	3	2	4	2	2	10	1	12
06	Malta	3	13	6	2	11	4	7	14
07	Portugal	13	10	12	6	5	9	2	16
08	Serbia	12	15	13	19	15	17		21
09	United Kingdom	25	16	24	17	20	24		25
10	Greece	6	2	3	5	3	3	8	4	7
11	Switzerland	7	9	11	10	4	8	3	7	4
12	Iceland	15	18	10	1	7	6	5	11
13	Spain	19	19	16	9	19	19		24
14	Moldova
15	Germany	16	20	25	11	13	20		17
16	Finland	21	21	19	7	23	16		6	5
17	Bulgaria	2	1	1	3	1	1	12	12
18	Lithuania	20	6	23	18	22	15		9	2
19	Ukraine	10	7	7	22	12	11		2	10
20	France	1	8	18	20	9	7	4	5	6
21	Azerbaijan	8	5	4	23	6	5	6	10	1
22	Norway	17	17	22	14	10	18		15
23	Netherlands	23	25	21	15	14	23		23
24	Italy	18	24	9	25	18	21		3	8
25	Sweden	24	23	20	24	21	25		8	3
26	San Marino	9	22	5	12	16	13		19