Blog Post 2
The Nation and Its Stage The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest was held in Moscow, Russia, and the entry for Moldova for that year's contest was performed by Nelly Ciobanu. She performed her song “Hora Din Moldova”, and the lyrics were written by herself, and the music produced by Veaceslav Daniliuc. Nelly Ciobanu started her music career at the age of 19 in 1994 when she won the Morning Star competition (Eurovision.tv). Her career took off from there and eventually led her to the Eurovision stage. As I had stated in my previous paper, the national identity of Moldova is hard to pinpoint. The heavy influence of Romania and Russia are still present not only within the country itself but how Nelly Ciobanu represented Moldova at this Eurovision. We can see the influence of Romania in the fact that Nelly Ciobanu sang mostly in Romanian but added some English so that her message would be better received by the audience. Modovans are very passionate about the language they spea...
