Moldova - Zdob și Zdub ft. Frații Advahov - Trenulețul

7 - 253 pts   8 - 154 pts in semi 1
Zdob și Zdub were back for another Eurovision adventure. The band who gave us the first ever Moldovan entry in 2006 teamed up with the Frații Advahov (Advahov brothers) for their song Trenulețul (train).

The song is written by the band and the Frații themselves.

The digital single was released on December 22.

A new, more rocky, version (and in a higher pitch) was made for Eurovision. It was premiered on March 27 on Moldovan TV. (Here's the video of that). It has the original lyrics but a few more phrases in English.

By making it to the final de Zdobboys are the first artists to do so. And they did three times in three different decades.

There was some news reports about the lyrics having been changed for the Moldovan final performance. Originally there is/was a reference to the unification of Moldova and Romania (which is unlikely to happen and deemed too political).

The part that translates as "Old country, new country, It's like one, it's like two. Separately, together, It's like two, it's one". was changed but my (non existing) knowledge of the Romanian language let's me down here. If you can help out, please drop it in the comments.

It was changed to a text focussing on the trainride between Chisinau and Bucarest.

The released version (and video) have the original lyrics. 

Digital release image

In 2006 Zdob [și] Zdub ended 6th with Boonika Bate Toba.
In 2011 they made it to the final again with So Lucky, read all about that one here at the Düsseldorf Collection.

In 2019 they got rid of the [ ].

Versions:

Trenulețul - ESC version 

- on the official album, Digital single on 20-5

Trenulețul - original

- digital release 22-12-21

Trenulețul - Eurovision version karaoke

- On the official karaoke album (digital)

The version with alternate lyrics wasn't released as a studio version.

Links and sources:
Zdob și Zdub Website, FB, Insta
Frații Advahov ochestra FB