Zdob și Zdub
Zdob și Zdub | |
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Zdob și Zdub in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Chișinău, Moldova |
| Genres | Folk punk |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Members | Roman Iagupov, Mihai Gîncu, Sveatoslav Staruș, Andrei Cebotari, Valeriu Mazîlu, Victor Dandeș |
| Past members | Anatol Pugaci, Igor Buzurniu, Alexandr Polenov, Valeriu Pugaci, Dumitru Cuharenco, Serghei Pusnina, Pezza Butnaru, Sergiu Vatavu, Ion Stavilă, Vadim Bogdan, Vitali Kocianiuc, Eugen Didic, Vadim Eremeev, Victor Cosparmac, Sergiu Cobzac, Ion Moraru |
| Website | zdobsizdub |
Zdob și Zdub (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌzdob ʃi ˈzdub]; lit. 'Zdob and Zdub', onomatopoeic for the sound of a drum beat) is a Moldovan folk punk band, based in Chișinău. The band represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 21 May 2005, finishing 6th. They also represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 14 May 2011, finishing 12th, and represented Moldova again, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy, on 14 May 2022, finishing 7th. The band is often referred to by its fans as ZSZ. To date, Zdob şi Zdub are the only artists to have qualified from a Eurovision Song Contest semi-final three times.