The Moldovan entry for the Turkvision Song Contest 2020 has been revealed as “Ateş Gibi”.
Pelageya Stefoglo will compete in the Turkvision Song Contest 2020 with the song “Ateş Gibi”. The song which will be performed in Turkish means “Like fire” and was first performed over two years ago. Pelageya announced on Instagram that a new version of the song will be performed at the contest.
Pelageya said on social media that she was driven to rework the song after feedback from Turkish fans who said that the song did not sound like it was performed by a Turkish speaker. The Moldovan entrant has also filmed her performance for the contest having spent five hours in the studio.
Pelageya was selected as the Moldovan representative in 2016 and will now be competing in the 2020 contest. In 2016 she had taken part in the Gagauz selection process was beaten by Yulia Arnaut.
Turkvision 2020
Turkvision 2020 is set to be hosted in Istanbul, Turkey this December and is being held entirely online. A Semi-final and Grand Final will be held for the first time since the 2014 contest in Kazan.
To date the following artists have been confirmed as competing in the contest:
- Azerbaijan – Aydan İlxaszade
- Belarus – Svetlana Agarval
- Germany – Seyran Ismaylikhanov – Odun
- Khakassia – ?
- Moldova – Pelageya Stefoglo – Ateş Gibi
- Moscow – Olga Shimanskaya (NAPOLI)
- Netherlands – Elcan Rzayev – Ana – Vatan
- Nogai – Zhanna Musayeva
- Poland – Mishelle – Doğma yerlər
- Sweden – Arghavan – Dirçəliş
Image Source: Ukrainian Fashion / Source: Pelageya Stefogolo