| Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | ||||
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| Country |  Moldova | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2010 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 27 February 2010 28 February 2010 Final: 6 March 2010 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | SunStroke Project and Olia Tira | |||
| Selected song | "Run Away" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (10th, 52 points) | |||
| Final result | 22nd, 27 points | |||
| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Run Away" written by Anton Ragoza, Sergey Stepanov and Alina Galetskaya. The song was performed by the group SunStroke Project and Olia Tira. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2010 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. 83 entries competed to represent Moldova in Oslo, with 30 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February and March 2010, "Run Away" performed by SunStroke Project and Olia Tira emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.
Moldova was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 1, "Run Away" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 29 May. It was later revealed that Moldova placed tenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 52 points. In the final, Moldova performed in position 4 and placed twenty-second out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 27 points.