[1] Etapa națională 2023 was the national final format developed by TRM in order to select Moldova's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The event took place at the TRM Studio 2 in Chișinău, hosted by Doina Stimpovschi, Ion Jalbă and Daniela Crudu, and included a final held on 4 March 2023.

[1] Artists could submit more than one song, and an international act was able to compete only if they are part of a duo or group where 50% of the lead vocalists are of Moldovan nationality.

[13][14] The jury panel that evaluated the songs during the live auditions and selected the 10 finalists consisted of Violeta Julea (performer), Ion Chiorpec (head of Radio Moldova Muzical), Vasile Advahov (musician, 2022 Moldovan Eurovision entrant), Liviu Știrbu (composer) and Daniela Crudu (journalist at Moldova 1).

[15][16] Prior to the auditions, TRM announced that two songs were disqualified from the competition: "Squeeze Paradise" by Nördika due to it having been published before 1 September 2022, and "In questo domani" by Massimo Sinceri feat.

[17] Dianna Rotaru, who entered under the stage name Lola, was due to compete with the song "Temperatura", but was disqualified after she was unable to attend the live audition round.

[18][19] The jury that voted in the final included Gabriela Tocari (General Director of Capela Corală Moldova), Vlad Constandoi (founder of Senz Music), Leonid Melnic (Chief Deputy of Telefirm Chișinău), Viorica Atanasov (vocal coach, songwriter) and Gheorghe Mustea (professor at the Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts).

[20] 2023 Polish Eurovision entrant Blanka was also set to perform during the show as a guest, however, her flight to the event was cancelled.