This is easily one of the very best Eurovision songs from the 21st century. Don't even try to prove me wrong. It's one of those things: grossely underrated, but that only made it even more legendary. Pure music, pure beauty, pure joy, pure glory.
Why can't Eurovision be like this anymore? Nowadays, they seem more concerned with spectacular staging and powerful ballads than just having fun which is what eurovision was supposed to be.
17 years later and they delivered again!! Amazing energy ,unique band with folklore motives and people whole Moldova can be proud of Well done Zdob si Zdub you are Eurovision legends!! Love from Serbia 🇷🇸❤️🇲🇩
I'm from Argentina and I remember listening to this song for the first time when I was 11 years old. Today i'm 25 and until this day is one of my favorite songs EVER.
Zdob si Zdub are absolute legends. Their music was played in a Slavic club at a party in Serbia last year. I was over the moon. :D Everyone was dancing like crazy.
Hard to believe that they're from Moldova, one of the smallest, poorest, most remote countries in Europe, yet still make some of the funniest, most creative music I've ever heard.
Torsten Scholz OMG. Yes, we are not the richest but we are not handicapped. We live like you do. We do not starve. We have schools and universities. Most of our people speak 2-3 languages. Why would anyone think that we are intellectually incapable of creating stuff? 😒
@@mandarinasMDA Sorry, I didn't mean to offend your country. On the contrary, It was meant to show appreciation and respect that you have such a creative musical landscape.
It was awesome, but I'm a MASSIVE STAN for Aliona Moon and the best version of the projection dress ever... and of course her actual performance was BRILLIANT. It inspired me to *try* and learn some Romanian ( to go with my FRE/SPA/ITA/POR)
@@lilianab8007 The Epic Sax Guy is fun as well, but I felt there needed to be a little more balance between him and the other two members of The SunStroke Project. Then again, their appearance in Kyiv 3 years ago demonstrated how they could make all of their talents work. ☺
I was 7 when I saw this and I’m confident this is the reason I’m such a fan of Eurovision now. The McFly or Chilli Peppers of Moldova - I thought it was the coolest thing ever. And they brought Granny on stage!
Now that is how you make an ESC debut. Even today, 19 years later, people are still talking about this performance. It is literally more famous today then the Greece's winning song.
Nothing equaled this in the whole Eurovision history - the energy, the sound, the vibe, the authenticity, the charisma of these people on stage... Epic ❤Zdob si Zdub forever! ❤
@@aleksanderpagels288 honestly, so lucky, hey mamma!, and run away are really the only other moldovan songs i can say i love! yes, i want your love was good too, but compared to the other 4, it's not as epic!
Я каждый раз за них болею, начиная с этого выступления(эх, мне тогда 10 лет было, когда обожала эту песню!), ну и каждый раз пролетают, надеюсь, их и дальше будут посылать, пока не победят))
This whole time I thought they won what Maybe because this song is so iconic in Moldova - Romania I wasn't even born yet when it came out but I've heard it countless times
@@noonchucks I was born but haven't seen the contest. If I'd be more honest, also NOX from Hungary had deserved to grab the victory back then. But our Moldavian legends had definitely needed to be in the top 3, not 6ths.
Step 2! Drums! There has to be drums! It doesn't hurt if the drums are played by gorgeous topless men. It's proven very efficient throughout the years. But, please feel free to try other alternatives. It's proven very helpful to go the exact opposite way. Use a grandmother!
I have been watching Eurovision for about 25 years. Voted literally 4-5 times in all time. And I could not restrain myself from casting my vote for Zdob Si Zdub - the song is SUPER! Hello to Moldovans from Belarus!
@@nataliazubova5219 Я так и сделаю! И в 2005 я за Молдавию голосовала и кулаки держала - ну очень круто выступили! Даже не помню кто победил тогда, а это выступление помню. Жалею, что в 2011 пропустила, номер тоже был крутой и бесшабашный!))) Молдова, вперёд! Здоровый стёб очень нужен этому чванливому конкурсу!!!)))
Sounds like a cross between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sublime with a Eastern European twist. Well, they’re going to Eurovision for a third time, and their new song sounds like it’s gonna be a fun romp.
The German ESC broadcaster lately did a documentation on Danube cruises. During a stop at Giurgiulesti, the only Moldovan port, the passengers visited the Grandmama at her village.
@@voloshanca True... if the votes of the other countries who accused the EBU commission of falsifying their votes would have been considered, Moldova would have certainly toped Italy and maybe some other country too...
Such an amazing debut for tiny, poor Moldova.. And now we've all come to love them for their crazy quirky stuff. We never got "O-zone" and "Dragostea Din Tei" [NumaNumaIei] in the contest [though we did get one member (Arsenie)], but we've gotten Sunstroke, Pasha, Aliona, Nelly, DoReDos, and other brilliant gems.
Not only are they one of Moldova's greatest bands, I think they are one of the world's greatest bands, on a par with Nirvana, Green Day and Pearl Jam , but more creative, more fresh! Fascinating to hear him sing in English.
these guys are Eurovision legends
Romina
Și albano
Yes!❤
This level of coolness will hardly ever be topped.
Try epic sax guy
@@gandalfwiz20007 nice joke
Nothing beats a rock performance with a drumming grandma.
Their 2011 entry was better.
7.
Bunica bate toba iar Trenuletul merge spre Torino! Cine aici si in 2022?!!! Hey Ho, Let's Goo
⏳🇷🇴🇲🇩🇮🇹
eu, a trecut în finala trenulețul hahaha
Și eu 🤗😎
și euuu! trenulețul locul 7 în marea finală eurovision 2022!!!
@@veronica_960 Si locul 2 dupa televoturi
said the romanian that has no right to be brother with the moldovians
There was no better way to introduce Moldova to Eurovision stage!
Everybody gangsta untill bunica starts playing the drum 🥁
This is easily one of the very best Eurovision songs from the 21st century. Don't even try to prove me wrong. It's one of those things: grossely underrated, but that only made it even more legendary. Pure music, pure beauty, pure joy, pure glory.
💗💗💗
С удовольствием, до сих пор гоняю в машине под этот шедевр)
My definition of hotness: a guy with body paint, an asymmetric hairstyle and good manners towards old ladies.
Eurovision should get these guys like a lifetime award because they deserve it, or maybe start like a Hall of Fame for Eurovision competitors
Why can't Eurovision be like this anymore? Nowadays, they seem more concerned with spectacular staging and powerful ballads than just having fun which is what eurovision was supposed to be.
Well... Most of the time Moldova is still sending weird stuff 😀 Not this weird but kind of interesting stuff
Can we say Serhat tried that, this year
90% Ballads and repetitive pop shite. I pray we get something unique and more rock/metal
all gone . you can now visit these places yourself
eat your heart out Chilli Peppers!
Who's here after they qualify to the grand final 3 time?
Hey Ho Let's Go! Folklore and roknroll
Me but I often re watch this performance x
Me. But I'm from Romania so I'm used to watch them.
@@georgeagache8309 Îti plac? Asculti muzica lor?
HEY HO, LETS GOOOO!
Who's here after the confirmation that they will be representing Moldova again?
Meee
I am😆
hereeeo
Meee
me😼
That this song didn't win is a crime against humanity.
Agree, this is purely a demonstration of Moldova's values through a catchy and cool song, an example of how esc should be
Cool! Moldavian Red hot chili peppers)
As a moldovan, haven't realized this earlier but I can say that you are actually right :D
17 years later and they delivered again!!
Amazing energy ,unique band with folklore motives and people whole Moldova can be proud of
Well done Zdob si Zdub you are Eurovision legends!!
Love from Serbia 🇷🇸❤️🇲🇩
Second time they were in 2011
Zbob si zdub Eurovision 2011
In 2022 3rd time
You can tell Romanians and Moldovan are brothers because they’re both absolutely crazy and I love it
forcibly torn apart by the evil homewrecking Soviets :P
Esti cumva romin si vrei sa demonstrezi cuiva ca moldova e Ro....da nui drept
@@muzicantel2929 sunt basarabean. Învața sa scrii
@@BlueSwampyCraft eu pot scrie....si nu pretind ca scriu ca un romin.....de asta nu da moldova inainte cu de ăstea unionisti
@@BlueSwampyCraft si in plus un moldovan na vea sa zică basarabean dar moldovan.....basarabia numa in rominia se cam foloseste
This is one of the craziest and most joyful performances I've ever seen.
Zdob şi Zdub din nou la EUROVISION 2022 !!!
You must listen Trenuletul-Eurovision 2022. They are still great!
@@ralucabaran2862 you think I didn't see it live? Haha
Did you forgot france 2010 ?
I saw them yesterday and they were absolutely fu***ing awesome !!!!! Love them all !!!
The best from Eurovision
HEY HO LETS GO Folklore and roknroll
Hello from August 2023!!! Salut and buna to Moldova from a Turk in San Diego!
Dupa atatia ani, tot genial imi pare!!!
*T a c i*
Godfam Zeta esti prost rau
Pentru că e genial!😍😍😍
@@GodfamZeta42069 gura
@@GodfamZeta42069 tacă-ți fleanca
Hahaha my God! 17 years and he (they) looks so young 😃 Hey ho, let’s go, folklore and rock and roll! 😂
I'm from Argentina and I remember listening to this song for the first time when I was 11 years old. Today i'm 25 and until this day is one of my favorite songs EVER.
Welcome in Moldova, darling🙂
Welcome darling in Moldova!!
Hey Latin brothers ❤🙋♀️
I first heard it in the summer of 2008 when I was 20 years old and when it played on TV I danced to it. Now I'm 34 years old and I still hear it.
But I also basically listened to it when it first came out.
Zdob si Zdub are absolute legends. Their music was played in a Slavic club at a party in Serbia last year. I was over the moon. :D Everyone was dancing like crazy.
❤️
This guy's doesn't fear to lose, they will go again with a stronger song in next years
Guys, I love you. IN THE FINAL IN THREE DIFFERENT DECADES!!!! 🙌
In left side for 3 decades
Robbed of the victory three times...
This is probably one of the most memorable acts of 2005.
the lads never disappoint when they come to esc
they're too damn entertaining
Honestly they do such a fun and different show every time is like they are special quests not competing 😁😅😎😎😎😎
This is just mind blowing. The sound is so original and authentic. And the energy is just crazy. 😍Bravo Moldova!
Hard to believe that they're from Moldova, one of the smallest, poorest, most remote countries in Europe, yet still make some of the funniest, most creative music I've ever heard.
Torsten Scholz OMG. Yes, we are not the richest but we are not handicapped. We live like you do. We do not starve. We have schools and universities. Most of our people speak 2-3 languages. Why would anyone think that we are intellectually incapable of creating stuff? 😒
@@mandarinasMDA Sorry, I didn't mean to offend your country. On the contrary, It was meant to show appreciation and respect that you have such a creative musical landscape.
and then they topped this 6 years later with the garden gnome hats LOLOL>. I Stil look up and listen to Zdob Si Zdub music when I can find it.
Well, sometimes when people aren't very reach, they get to create much better and focus more on the beautoful things that really matter in life.
I'm a fan. All 3 entries were awesome
The greatest Moldovan entry of all time (in my opinion, of course)!
🇲🇩👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸
Thanks Mr American man
And certainly not for a lack of competition, Modova always sends incredibly great acts to the ESC!
What about the sax guy? Twice 😄
It was awesome, but I'm a MASSIVE STAN for Aliona Moon and the best version of the projection dress ever... and of course her actual performance was BRILLIANT. It inspired me to *try* and learn some Romanian ( to go with my FRE/SPA/ITA/POR)
@@lilianab8007 The Epic Sax Guy is fun as well, but I felt there needed to be a little more balance between him and the other two members of The SunStroke Project. Then again, their appearance in Kyiv 3 years ago demonstrated how they could make all of their talents work. ☺
I was 7 when I saw this and I’m confident this is the reason I’m such a fan of Eurovision now. The McFly or Chilli Peppers of Moldova - I thought it was the coolest thing ever. And they brought Granny on stage!
they brought her on stage because she's what the songs about: the granny who beats the drum :)
I heard it when I was 20 years old in 2008.
They are aging like a wine 😍 I was six in 2005 and I can still remember dancing to this song❤️ They are amazing! Love from 🇷🇸❤️🇲🇩
Am I the only one who thinks that they are the Balkan Red Hot Chilli Peppers?
They are
This aged well (interview where when asked to pick an album to listen to for the rest of their lives, picked one of Red Hot Chilli Peppers'
@@noonchucks YES THAT S WHAT I WANTED TO UPDATE!!! But I forgot:))
@@noonchucks can you drop the link please?
It’s kind of like Adam Samberg fronting a RHCP folk-parody band
This was epic, the original Eurovision Babushka ;)
"Babuta", babushka is in Russian :)) And they singing English and Romanian.
Andreea P Moldova is the former part of Russia and Soviet Union, so this grandma knows Russian and is eligible to the term of "babushka"
@@sashoksashok8108 Soviet union is gone, Moldova's official language is Romanian. He's singing in English and Romanian, that's it.
Doina J I’ve been pretty sure that in the Constitution of Moldova it is clearly written that the official language of the republic is Moldavian.
*This convo has been going on for a while maybe I shouldn’t interfere*
3rd time in the Final! No other group in Eurovision achieved this! :D
Even no other participant ever
Yeah that's definitely great but they needed to win... 😖
Now that is how you make an ESC debut. Even today, 19 years later, people are still talking about this performance. It is literally more famous today then the Greece's winning song.
2021, and after the Maneskin I'm here! You both are the best of these years! Zdob și Zdub rules!
Good news,they are participating at the moldovan national selections with their song trenuletul
@@evelinabobotrin8301 they won 🥳
I love Zdob și Zdub and I've been a fan of this song for years. I'm glad it's finally getting the attention it deserves.
I have known them since "Chișinău - București" xd
Im not ashamed to say this but: This was my winner for this year!
Not my winner but my favourite from Moldova
them, sunstroke project and pasha parfeni are eurovision legends
Nothing equaled this in the whole Eurovision history - the energy, the sound, the vibe, the authenticity, the charisma of these people on stage... Epic ❤Zdob si Zdub forever! ❤
the first moldovan entry, and it's my fave of all time from them! i always love a good rock song in eurovision!
Agree, it's not that they haven't had other great entries since 2005, but none of them beat this epic entertainment for me!
@@aleksanderpagels288 honestly, so lucky, hey mamma!, and run away are really the only other moldovan songs i can say i love! yes, i want your love was good too, but compared to the other 4, it's not as epic!
My personal FAVORITE of 2005. What a great debut for Moldova. :D
this song is so thrilling, in 2022 I`m still listening
This song is so actually and sound very good
Zdob si Zdub are the Eurovision GOATs
de donde eres?
Ukraine in 2022 - song about mother, Moldova in 2005 - song about GRANDMOTHER.
The song about Grandma Moldova in 2005 is better than the Ukrainian one with Mama Stefania in 2022.
2005 contest having better sound mixing than 2022 is not what I expected from this year's Eurovision
2005 was the best Eurovision of the 2000’s much better soundmixing than 2017 ukraine’s second time hosting. This was Ukraine’s first hosting
Who's here because they're back for 2022?
Looking forward to have them back in ESC 2022 😂👏👏👏👏👏
Moldova should just start sending these guys, Sunstroke Project and Natalia Gordienko every year and they would be completely fine.
They are amazing!!!! 17 years later - still da best!!! I want to be on their concert live.
Listen Valera Punk from them... like that it is.. I have been twice 🕺😎🥰
15 years later....and still their best entry! Like early Red Hot Chili peppers
Uhh... What about 2017?
Я каждый раз за них болею, начиная с этого выступления(эх, мне тогда 10 лет было, когда обожала эту песню!), ну и каждый раз пролетают, надеюсь, их и дальше будут посылать, пока не победят))
Вот реально, короли молдавской музыкальной сцены. Если даже им не дают победы, то кто ещё может для Молдовы Евровидение взять?
Спасибо вам! ❤️
They won a long time ago!! They won the public and for them is the best prize 🕺😎💪🥇
Zdob Si Zdub truly are the madlads of Eurovision.
Il meglio che ho mai visto a euro vision
Wow! Moldova's first entry! :)
They were robbed of the victory in 2005, definitely must get their revenge in 2022! ❤🇲🇩💪
About that...
yeah robbed again pfahaha😫😫😫
This whole time I thought they won what
Maybe because this song is so iconic in Moldova - Romania
I wasn't even born yet when it came out but I've heard it countless times
@@noonchucks I was born but haven't seen the contest. If I'd be more honest, also NOX from Hungary had deserved to grab the victory back then. But our Moldavian legends had definitely needed to be in the top 3, not 6ths.
👏👏👏 I kind of want to vote for them this year to retroactively vote for this 😅
👍
Yes :))
loool I remember that grandma. She was so cute
Step 2! Drums! There has to be drums! It doesn't hurt if the drums are played by gorgeous topless men. It's proven very efficient throughout the years. But, please feel free to try other alternatives. It's proven very helpful to go the exact opposite way. Use a grandmother!
Anton Diachuk now I know why Petra said that phase about to use a grandmother
@@enki_guate Yes, Moldova was first! Then Russia copied this :D
Well, tbh there were to many drums that year.
I have been watching Eurovision for about 25 years.
Voted literally 4-5 times in all time.
And I could not restrain myself from casting my vote for Zdob Si Zdub - the song is SUPER!
Hello to Moldovans from Belarus!
В этом году вы можете проголосовать за Zdob si zdub! 💗 Привет вам из Молдавии!
@@nataliazubova5219 Я так и сделаю! И в 2005 я за Молдавию голосовала и кулаки держала - ну очень круто выступили! Даже не помню кто победил тогда, а это выступление помню. Жалею, что в 2011 пропустила, номер тоже был крутой и бесшабашный!))) Молдова, вперёд! Здоровый стёб очень нужен этому чванливому конкурсу!!!)))
💗💗💗
Почему только шестые, если они по факту были лучшими? Что с тобой не так, Европа? Кто те жалкие людишки, которые за них не голосовали тогда?
Ireland has Johnny Logan at Eurovision.
Eurovision has ZDOB SI ZDUB at Eurovision!
Johnny Logan is good, but like the Molvadia Group, he DOESN'T HAVE IT!
These guys are the Red Hot Chilly Peppers of Eastern Europe
And they are back
With a real disappointment of a song...for now at least.
@@abrielrobertsson4160 The message is more important than the song ;)
@@GabyxsiRafa I changed my mind. I like the song now, it's quite fun. It's not Boonika bate toba but it's alright.
The first and original Eurovision Babushka
The real winner of Eurovision 2005!!!!
Yes. Paparizou 3rd, Kiara 10th and Romania 20th, but our Molvadia 1st! Turkey 5th and Cyprus 21st.
And thats my friends.. how you representing your country for the first time ever participation in Eurovision song contest
Sounds like a cross between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sublime with a Eastern European twist. Well, they’re going to Eurovision for a third time, and their new song sounds like it’s gonna be a fun romp.
Всё ещё лучшее выступление молдаван на Евровидении 💜
Honestly,I don't know why they didn't win then and now in 2022?! This is not fair!
They're back!
i wanna be friends with these guys... ❤
Deserved better than 6th, before it's time
Call me crazy but this is my 2005 winner🫠
they're in the final, once again
I wish everyone in this world would get the chance to see them live...such unique energy they give out during live performances
Moldovan King 👑🇲🇩 I want them baaack !
You know what? I am glad I didn't remember this song, coz I just discovered a new gem!
And this foreshadowed all the udder memes and spectacularly epic nonesense that Moldova would eventually send to the contest that is also amazing
**Utter** Udder refers to cow boobs, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you were referencing... but one can never be sure! Bwwhahahahaaha!!
This performance always feels longer than 3 minutes but I also never want it to end.
02:43 ce fericita era bunicuța :))
The German ESC broadcaster lately did a documentation on Danube cruises. During a stop at Giurgiulesti, the only Moldovan port, the passengers visited the Grandmama at her village.
KANDURAZ haha, dar sincer cum să nu știi ?
where you watch it? ahah
This song and Athena's For Real are definitely in the top 10 best songs that were ever performed On eurovision
Let's hope that this year they manage to obtain at least the 2005 result. ESC 2022
7th in the final and 2nd by televotes 239
@@kxenia7852 not bad, I hoped better but not bad at all.
@@womantoday6576 same
They had deserved to top their 2005 result, shame on the juries, they were 2d according to the public.
@@voloshanca True... if the votes of the other countries who accused the EBU commission of falsifying their votes would have been considered, Moldova would have certainly toped Italy and maybe some other country too...
Here in Romania and Moldova everyone knows this song but I found it was on Eurovision just now and i'm shooked
With all the distilled crap in the Eurovision these days, this is one rare gem.
If this melody competed in eurovision 2016 or 2017 won for sure
Because those years were weaker or because this song was before it's time? Either way I agree.
16 years later and this song still rocks! Meanwhile, I haven't got the slightest idea who won the competition that year :))
It was Greece
Moldovas own Red Hot Chili Peppers ♥️💛💙
Such an amazing debut for tiny, poor Moldova.. And now we've all come to love them for their crazy quirky stuff. We never got "O-zone" and "Dragostea Din Tei" [NumaNumaIei] in the contest [though we did get one member (Arsenie)], but we've gotten Sunstroke, Pasha, Aliona, Nelly, DoReDos, and other brilliant gems.
IT SHOULD HAVE WON 100%
Not only are they one of Moldova's greatest bands, I think they are one of the world's greatest bands, on a par with Nirvana, Green Day and Pearl Jam , but more creative, more fresh! Fascinating to hear him sing in English.
Melodii din aste as vrea sa ne reprezinte in fiecare editie
Şi euuuu 😥😥😥😥😥
Pfffff... Ai auzit de epic sax guy?
haha cum de nu
I suddenly remembered this song in 2023 for some reason...
Melodia asta suna bestial si in 2019 😍
Și în..2021...
Si in 2021
Și în 2022
Și in 2022
Весело у вас там в Молдавии))))) 👍👍👍
Punk’s Not Dead🔥
2022, HERE WE ARE AGAIN
This is utterly bonkers. Insane level of energy. I have no idea what I just watched... and it's awesome.
The title is Grandma Is Hitting The Drums. And she does it with a bat in the Big House. He he, funny
HEEEEEEEEELLLLLL YEEEEEEEEEE LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO