MOLDOVA

The Moldovan final took place on the 26th of February and the winner was chosen by a 50-50 mixture of jury and teletvoting. The winner was Zdob si Zdub with their song “So Lucky”

Now Zdob si Zdub are already known to he Eurovision audience as they became Moldova’s very first entrant backing 2005 with the strange song about grandmas banging drums. This song is just as strange and in some ways just as catchy.

The staging of the song is very individual. The 5 band members are very active n ht stag and some are also wearing huge furry pointed hats. A minute into a song a young lady in white comes on playing a horn whilst on a unicycle (?) She then interacts with the singer and also cycles around the stage. During the different parts of the song the audience seems to go mad and is lapping up the insaneness on stage. I think that many of the neighbouring Balkan nations might appreciate the song most others may see it as too much of a joke.

The song s a real mishmash of styles. There are slow parts, chanted bits, hyper brass bits as well as rocky parts. To be honest there is no real verse/chorus to the song however, very cleverly, the title ”So Lucky” is chanted every other line, like a kind of call and response idea, so even if you don’t get the song, you certainly remember its name. It is a very Balkan type of song and the turbo-brass part n the middle is a really strange wake up call to the audience. Compared to their 2005 song it is nowhere near as good or catchy but it does have a very good hook and is not forgettable.

Another odd ball entry by the Moldovans, and I think they will need to use the time between now and Düsseldorf to fine tune the act and make it memorable without coming across cheesy or too much of a joke.

SINGER – Zdob si Zdub
SONG – So Lucky
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