A different national selection is going on in the Republic of Moldova. TRM selected 20 songs and upload it through its website. Now, all the national singers who wish to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo have the opportunity to choose one of the songs offered by the broadcaster. It’s expected that the biggest local artists will accept this “offer”.

You can read the rules here and listen to the songs here. There’s an interesting “pack” of songs, from different styles. A national festival will be held at the beginning of 2010 (definitive schedule to be announced soon).

Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest five times, debuting in 2005. In 2008, for the first time in 4 years of trying, failed to make the final with the song "A Century of Love", finishing 11th place in a field of 19. In 2009, they returned to the final with “Hora din Moldova” by Nelly Ciobanu.