at the red carpet ceremony for the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in
Oslo,
Norway 2007–2008: "Sunstroke" era: Early pre-vocal releases Shortly after the band was founded in 2007, their first (and as of 2026,only) official album, ''Don't Word More..
, was released. The album is very rare, and only a few tracks are currently known to have been a part of it. One track, "Scream", is known to be the predecessor to Scream'' released a few years later with Myslicky.
2008–2009: Pasha Parfeni era From late 2008 to summer 2009, Moldovan vocalist
Pasha Parfeni joined the band. Three singles were released during this few-month period. Each were produced by Alex Brashovean of the former Moldovan band
O-Zone. They sang for the
Eurovision 2009 pre-selection for
Moldova, where they took the 3rd place with the hit No Crime.
Nelly Ciobanu was elected to represent Moldova at the contest that year.
2010: Eurovision, Myslitsky era "Believe" was the first new single to be released by the band with Sergei Yalovitsky as lead vocalist (A reworked
In Your Eyes was the first single to be released with Yalovitsky). It was also their original entry to Moldova's
national selection for Eurovision 2010 until it was withdrawn (as well as Olia Tira's entry) in favor of "Run Away". SunStroke Project together with
Olia Tira represented
Moldova in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "
Run Away". The final of the
O melodie pentru Europa 2010 pre-selection took place in
Chișinău on 6 March 2010, with the song gaining the maximum 12 points from both the jury and SMS-voting. The song reached 22nd place in the contest. Along with DJ Alexei Myslicky, several other singles were produced throughout 2010. He later departed to form Offbeat Orchestra in Russia in late 2010.
2011–present: Touring, yearly singles and Eurovision Song Contest entries Since 2011, SunStroke Project has toured extensively and has worked more closely with their longtime label, Sens Music. An entry was made for SunStroke Project and Olia Tira to represent Moldova in the
2012 Eurovision Song Contest with the single "Superman" but it did not make the next stage of selection. SunStroke Project attempted to represent Moldova in the
2015 Eurovision Song Contest entering with two songs: "Lonely" and "Day After Day", the latter with Michael Ra. Both entries qualified to the semi-final from the live audition round. However, as only one song could be chosen per artist, Sunstroke Project chose "Day After Day" to ultimately move forward. After qualifying from the semi-final,
they finished third in the national final. SunStroke Project attempted to represent Moldova in the
2017 Eurovision Song Contest once again, with the upbeat electro-house song "
Hey, Mamma!". The band came in first place after a tight voting procedure, qualifying them to represent
Moldova in the Song Contest in May. They reached third place with their performance in the 2017 competition, giving Moldova their best result in the contest. On returning to Moldova, SunStroke Project was awarded the Order of Honour by the President of Moldova
Igor Dodon. SunStroke Project were also featured in Season 2 of the
Netflix series,
Travels with My Father, wherein British comedian
Jack Whitehall travels to Moldova with his father,
Michael Whitehall, in order to meet and perform with the band. In 2023, the band participated once again in the
Moldovan national final with the song "Yummy Mommy" and placed second behind the winner, their former one-time lead singer Pasha Parfeny. ==Discography==