 On 4 November 2004, TRM confirmed that they were applying to participate in the following Eurovision Song Contest for the first time.TRM invited artists to submit their entries for the national final.On 7 February 2005, a selection panel that consisted of Lidia Panfil (director), Andrei Sava (composer), Teodor Radulesku (choreographer) and Anatol Kachuk (journalist and music expert), chose 15 of the 35 artists who had submitted entries to compete in the Moldovan national final on 26 February 2005.