Natalia Gordienco to represent Moldova at Eurovision Song Contest-2021

Chisinau, 27 January /MOLDPRES/ - Singer Natalia Gordienco will represent Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest-2021, due to take place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, this year.  

The members of the organizational committee of the Eurovision Song Contest (national stage) brought together on 26 January evening, to discuss the conditions in which Moldova will be able to delegate its participant to the Eurovision-2021, in conditions of pandemic and restrictions, which limit the capacity of organizing traditional shows.  

According to the organizers, the holding of the a national selection in classical variant, practiced by the Teleradio Moldova company public institution in the last years, is not possible, as the observance of the rules imposed by the National Extraordinary Public Health Commission could not be ensured. The members of the organizational committee highlighted that only the creative and technical staff alone, minimally needed to organize the pre-selection show, exceed the limit imposed of 50 people. At the same time, the social distance also cannot be ensured in the small room of a TV studio.    

”Taking into account that the artist selected at the 2020 edition had no possibility to participate because of the force majeure, the organizational committee ruled to give Natalia Gordienco chance to represent Moldova at the 2021 issue. According to the rigours set forth by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the singer will present a new song and the stage concept till 8 March 2021,’’reads a press release submitted to Teleradio Moldova.  

Because of the pandemic situation triggered by coronavirus, EBU and the local organizer from the Netherlands, who was given right to organize the 2021 edition, because of the circumstances from 2020, established a string of measures, so that the Eurovision Song Contest-2021 is for sure organized. The European Broadcasting Union and the local organizer from the Netherlands till early next February are to decide on the scenario of organizing the European Song Contest-2021.    

The 65th issue of the European Song Contest this year will be held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, after the representative of this country, Duncan Laurence, won the contest in 2019 with the song, Arcade. The 2020 contest was cancelled over the COVID-19 pandemic.