Sun Stroke Project & Olia Tira Win O Melodie Pentru Europa!

The Moldovan national broadcaster TRM, has held the country’s national final,  O Melodie Pentru Europa, to choose its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest. At the end of the night Sun Stroke Project & Olia Tira took the ticket for Oslo.

The show began  at 19.45 CET on TRM. Due to technical problems on TVI channel’s live webstream, the show was only broadcast by satellite.

The show took place at the TV channel’s own Studio 2 and was hosted by Iurie Gologan, Dianna Rotaru and Lucian Dumitrescu. There were fourteen acts vying to take ticket for Eurovision Song Contest and the semi-finals:

1.  Doinita GhermanMeloterapia
2.  Valeria TarasovaSee You Soon
3.  Sunstroke Project & Olia TiraRun Away
4.  PashaYou Should Like
5.  DymaManipulate
6.  Pavel TurcuImn Eurovision
7.  Eugen DoibaniLove Sweet Love
8.  Boris Covali No Name
9.  Carolina GorunAddicted
10. Gicu CimbirCine Sunt Eu
11. MilleniumBefore You Go
12. Cristina CroitorMy Heart
13. Monkey Mind & DanielaSmile
14. Alexandru ManciuRămîi Lîngă Mine 

After the performances ended, it was time to count the votes. The result would be decided by a 50/50 split of the votes. Sun Stroke Project & Olia won the O Melodie Pentreu Europa 2010 with their song Run Away.

Moldova will be participating at the 1st semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest this year. Last year’s ‘O Melodie Pentreu Europa’ winner, Nelly Ciobanu, participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for Moldova. She was placed 14th with Hora Din Moldova.

You can watch the winners’ performance below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8vEZHhQTgo

Links

Moldovian website for Eurovision Song Contest
TRM

Source: EuroVisionary
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