Aliona Moon

Aliona Munteanu (born 25 May 1989) known better as Aliona Moon is a Moldovan singer. In 2012, she was a backing vocalist for Pasha Parfeny who represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.^[1] Aliona was selected to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with the song "O Mie" composed by Pasha Parfeny.^[2] She competed on The Voice of Romania where she finished in fourth place in the final.

Aliona finished in fourth place in the first semi-final and 11th place in the Eurovision 2013 final.

Biography

Video of Aliona Moon presenting herself and her Eurovision Song Contest 2013 song.

Ethnical Moldavian songs and lullabies sung by her mother cultivated Aliona's love for music. Since her childhood Aliona was a member of lots of artistic collectives, where she performed both music and dances. Later she was involved in the talent show Fabrica de Staruri 2 (Star Factory) where she gained the third place and the title of the public's favourite.

With two of her ex-colleagues from Star Factory, Aliona formed the pop band Thumbs Up. The band existed for two years until the break-up in 2011. After that, Aliona took some trophies at international musical festivals as a solo artist, most notably at the Martisor Dorohoian and Dan Spătaru festivals, which were held in Romania.^[3]

In 2013 she stepped on the Eurovision stage in Baku, as a back-vocalist for Pasha Parfeny's song, which reached the 11th place. Pasha is returning to Eurovision this time as composer and record producer, and is also expected to back Aliona on the piano, as he did at the national selection final. Despite at the national preselection song was performed in English as "A million", in Sweden Romanian version, "O mie" (A thousand) was performed.^[4]

References

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Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 2000s Zdob şi Zdub Arsenium feat. Natalia Gordienko and Connect-R Natalia Barbu Geta Burlacu Nelly Ciobanu 2010s SunStroke Project and Olia Tira Zdob şi Zdub Pasha Parfeny Aliona Moon Cristina Scarlat Eduard Romanyuta Lidia Isac
Songs 2000s "Bunica Bate Toba" "Loca" "Fight" "A Century of Love" "Hora din Moldova" 2010s "Run Away" "So Lucky" "Lăutar" "O mie" "Wild Soul" "I Want Your Love" "Falling Stars"
(Note: Entries scored out are when Moldova did not compete)