{"id":10136,"date":"2026-05-13T06:02:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10136"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:02:25","slug":"moldova-qualifies-for-eurovision-2026-final-romania-prepares-for-second-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=10136","title":{"rendered":"Moldova qualifies for Eurovision 2026 final, Romania prepares for second semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Moldova has qualified for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after advancing from the first semi-final held in Vienna on Tuesday, May 12. Romania is set to compete on Thursday in the second semi-final, represented by Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu with the song \u201cChoke Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first semi-final of Eurovision 2026 took place at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, where 10 countries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurovision.com\/stories\/eurovision-2026-first-semi-final-qualifiers-vienna\/\" target=\"_blank\">secured spots<\/a> in the grand final scheduled for May 16. They are Greece, Finland, Belgium, Sweden, Moldova, Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Lithuania, and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Moldova advanced to the final with the song \u201cViva, Moldova!\u201d performed by Satoshi\u00a0<em>(video below).<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-embed-field-provider-youtube video-embed-field-responsive-video\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Romania will compete in the second semi-final on May 14, broadcast live on TVR from 22:00 local time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/alexandra-capitanescu-represent-romania-eurovision-song-contest-2026\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu<\/a> will perform third on stage and will compete against entries from Albania, Denmark, Armenia, Cyprus, Switzerland, Norway, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Bulgaria, Australia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Latvia, <a href=\"https:\/\/tvrinfo.ro\/10-tari-intre-care-si-republica-moldova-s-au-calificat-in-finala-eurovision-2026-tvr-1-a-transmis-prima-semifinala-in-direct-si-in-exclusivitate\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tvrinfo.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition of the competition is held under the slogan \u201cUnited by Music,\u201d with semi-finals taking place on May 12 and 14 and the grand final on May 16. The previous edition of the contest was won by JJ for Austria with the song \u201cWasted Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romania has participated in Eurovision since 1993. Its best results remain two third-place finishes achieved by Lumini\u021ba Anghel and Sistem in 2005, and by Paula Seling and Ovi in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Eurovision.com; by\u00a0<em>Corinne Cumming\/EBU)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republic of Moldova has qualified for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 after advancing from the first semi-final held in Vienna on Tuesday, May 12. Romania is set to compete on Thursday in the second semi-final, represented by Alexandra C\u0103pit\u0103nescu with the song \u201cChoke Me.\u201d The first semi-final of Eurovision 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}