"Hora din Moldova" is a song by Moldova

Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...

n singer Nelly Ciobanu

Nelly Ciobanu

Nelly Ciobanu is a Moldovan singer. Ciobanu graduated from music college of the city of Tiraspol. Nelly made her debut on stage in 1993, with her brother as part of duo "Master Dinamit"...

 and was the Moldovan entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

, held in Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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. The song was composed by Veaceslav Daniliu, with lyrics written by Andrei Hadjiu and Aris Kalimeris.

The song competed in the second semi-final on 14 May 2009 and qualified for the final, where it finished 14th with 69 points.