After two semi-finals and a final which took place in March 2013, "A Million" performed by Aliona Moon emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

[1] The nation's best placing in the contest was sixth, which it achieved in 2005 with the song "Boonika bate doba" performed by Zdob și Zdub.

[3] O melodie pentru Europa 2013 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2013.

Seven songs qualified to the final from each semi-final based on the combined votes from an expert jury and public televoting results.

The fourteen qualifying entries competed in the final on 16 March 2013 where the winner was selected by the 50/50 combination of an expert jury vote and a public televote.

[11] A jury consisting of Nelly Ciobanu (singer, 2009 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vladimir Beleaev (composer), Geta Burlacu (singer, 2008 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Vali Boghean (singer-songwriter), Tatiana Cergă (performer), Valentin Dânga (composer), Victoria Tcacenco (professor at the Music, Theatre and Fine Arts Academy) and Nicu Țărnă (singer) selected 24 semi-finalists out of the 49 received applications, each of them which subsequently selected one of the 60 songs shortlisted by the jury panel out of the 126 received and announced on 18 January 2013.

[8][12] On 17 February 2013, Dara withdrew from the competition due to artistic mismatch and was replaced with the song "Underestimated" performed by Diana Staver.

[13][better source needed] The two semi-finals took place on 12 and 14 March 2013 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vârlan with Lucian Dumitrescu reporting from the green room.

The final took place on 16 March 2013 at TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Cătălin Josan and Evelina Vârlan with Lucian Dumitrescu reporting from the green room.

The fourteen songs that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed and the winner was selected based on the combination of a public televote and the votes of an expert jury.

[15] On 18 March, TRM held a meeting with Aliona Moon's team where it was decided that "A Million" would be performed in Romanian, titled "O mie".

[17][18][19] On 13 April, Moon performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Marlayne and Linda Wagenmakers.

[20] Aliona Moon also took part in promotional activities in Belarus, Belgium, Russia and Ukraine which included television and radio appearances.

[27][28] The three dancers that joined Moon on stage are Iuri Rîbac, Vadim Tsurkan and Vova Hincu, while the pianist was Pasha Parfeny who previously represented Moldova in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and had co-composed "O mie".

The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency.

This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act.

The following members comprised the Moldovan jury: Liviu Ştirbu, Adrian Beldiman, Vitalie Rotaru, Larisa Zubcu and Vlad Mircos.