Lăutar was the Moldovan entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 performed by Pasha Parfeny. It is a fairly jazzy, up-tempo song with some folk elements added in. The song qualified out of the first semifinal in 5th place. In the final it was performed last following Ukraine. At the close of voting, it finished in 11th place with 81 points. Backing singer Aliona Moon would go on to be the Moldovan representative the following year.