Prior to the 2024 contest, Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest eighteen times since its first entry in 2005. The nation’s best placing in the contest is third, which it achieved in 2017 with the song “Hey, Mamma!” performed by SunStroke Project. To this point, Moldova has achieved another four top 10 placings at the contest: in 2005 when “Boonika bate toba” performed by Zdob și Zdub placed sixth, in 2007 when “Fight” performed by Natalia Barbu placed tenth, in 2018 when “My Lucky Day” performed by DoReDoS also placed tenth, and in 2022, when Zdob și Zdub returned to compete for a third time with the song “Trenulețul”, performed with the Advahov Brothers, which finished in seventh place. In 2023, the country was represented for the second time (after 2012) by Pasha Parfeni, who performed the song “Soarele și luna”; the entry qualified for the final, where it ended in 18th position.
The Moldovan national broadcaster, TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM), broadcasts the event within Moldova and organises the selection process for the nation’s entry. Moldova selected their entry via a national selection show between 2008 and 2020, while their entry in 2021 was selected via an internal selection. A selection show was to be held in 2022 to select Moldova’s entry, but it was ultimately cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and the entry was internally selected during the audition round. In 2023, the new national final format Etapa națională was organised. TRM confirmed its intention to participate at the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest on 13 June 2023, announcing in November that Etapa națională would be held again to select its entry for 2024.
