| Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | ||||
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| Country |  Moldova | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | O melodie pentru Europa 2016 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 23 February 2016 25 February 2016 Final: 27 February 2016 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Lidia Isac | |||
| Selected song | "Falling Stars" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (17th) | |||
| Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Falling Stars" written by Gabriel Alares, Sebastian Lestapier, Ellen Berg and Leonid Gutkin. The song was performed by Lidia Isac. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2016 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. 47 entries competed to represent Moldova in Stockholm, with 24 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final after auditioning in front of a jury panel. After two semi-finals and a final which took place in February 2016, "Falling Stars" performed by Lidia Isac 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 10 May 2016. Performing during the show in position 3, "Falling Stars" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Moldova placed seventeenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 33 points.