{"id":373868,"date":"2026-01-16T19:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373868\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T19:44:07","slug":"%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%87%a9-moldova-efendi-jamala-among-the-selectia-nationala-2026-jurors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/373868\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde9 Moldova: Efendi &#038; Jamala Among the Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 Jurors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eurovision 2016 winner Jamala and Eurovision 2021 participant Efendi are among the jurors for the Moldovan selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Past Eurovision participants and winners will form the International Jury that will determine 33% of the results in Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026. Teleradio Moldova has confirmed that Jamala, Paula Seling and Efendi will be among the five international jurors voting during tomorrow night\u2019s final. Jamala won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 for Ukraine with \u201c1944\u201d, Efendi represented Azerbaijan in 2021 with \u201cCleopatra\u201d, while Paula Seling represented Romania at Eurovision 2010 and 2014. <\/p>\n<p>The final of\u00a0Selec\u0163ia Na\u0163ional\u0103 2026\u00a0will take place at the Chi\u0219in\u0103u Arena. The jury for the national selection will consist of 20 members; 5 international members and 15 Moldovan members. The winner will be decided by the international jury members (33%), the Moldovan jury members (33%) and public voting (33%).<\/p>\n<p>The finalists of\u00a0Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<p>Catalina Solomac \u2013 \u201cPink Margarita\u201d<br \/>\nSasha Flowers \u2013 \u201cCan Do More\u201d<br \/>\nEvghenii Avramov &amp; ALenin Ivan \u2013 \u201cFoc la ghete\u201d (Fire in the boots)<br \/>\nAdelisha \u2013 \u201cAlegria\u201d (Joy)<br \/>\nArtiom Topal \u2013 \u201cMoney\u201d<br \/>\nPavel Orlov \u2013 \u201cCan\u2019t Say Goodbye\u201d<br \/>\nIlinca Siviroveanu \u2013 \u201cRunning Through the Rain\u201d<br \/>\nBacho \u2013 \u201cTata\u201d (Father)<br \/>\nSatoshi \u2013 \u201cViva, Moldova\u201d<br \/>\nCurly \u2013 \u201cRespir liber\u201d (I breathe freely)<br \/>\nDAYANA \u2013 \u201cDoina\u201d<br \/>\nEmforia \u2013 \u201cTipare\u201d (Patterns)<br \/>\nKaty Rain \u2013 \u201cDance &amp; Cry\u201d<br \/>\nCristy Rouge \u2013 \u201cBliss\u201d<br \/>\nMaxim Zavidia \u2013 \u201cAlo\u201d (Hello)<br \/>\nValleria \u2013 \u201cValerian Steel Rai Di Ri Di Dam\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The final of Selec\u021bia Na\u021bional\u0103 2026 will be broadcast live on Moldova 1 and Radio Moldova Muzical from 18:00 CET. <\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/moldova1.md\/p\/66729\/finala-eurovision-moldova-sold-out-la-arena-chisinau-roman-burlaca--ne-dorim-un-precedent-ca-eurovision-sa-redevina-relevant-pentru-artisti-\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teleradio Moldova<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest+<\/p>\n<p>Moldova debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005 when the contest was held in Kyiv. Moldova\u2019s best result in the contest is 3rd place in 2017 for Sunstroke Project with \u201cHey Mamma!\u201d. This was the second time the group had represented their country in Eurovision. Moldova has been represented by several artists who have competed in the contest before, with five acts having represented Moldova a combined eleven times. After a one-year hiatus in 2025, Moldova has come back to the competition in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eurovision 2016 winner Jamala and Eurovision 2021 participant Efendi are among the jurors for the Moldovan selection for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,33958,142398,142399,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-373868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-headline","tag-jamala","tag-paula-seling","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}