[3] In the song, Gordienko speaks of a woman who is torn by many different emotions felt by a lover she both loves and hates, making her feel like she is in a prison.

"Prison" would manage to win the final, earning the spot for the Moldavian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

[1] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

On 28 January 2020, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in.