Moldova 's debut in the contest in 2005 was successful , with Zdob și Zdub finishing sixth . The country also reached the top ten with Natalia Barbu ( ) and DoReDoS ( ) , finishing tenth both times . In total , Moldova has reached the final ten times , failing to qualify from the semi-finals in , , , and Following the poor result ( 20th place ) in the 2006 contest , the Moldovan broadcaster , Teleradio-Moldova ( TRM ) announced that it would withdraw from participation and did not allocate a budget for the 2007 Contest . However , in response to public pressure TRM filed the preliminary documents to compete and sent Natalia Barbu with song " Fight " . She achieved 10th place
2006 contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2006
Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest