SunStroke Project was confirmed to be taking part in O melodie pentru Europa 2017, Moldova's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 on 18 January 2017[2] and later confirmed to have qualified to the semi-finals after a live audition on 20 January.[3] The group won the jury vote in the semi-final, held on 24 February, and qualified directly for the final.[4] During the final, held on 25 February, the group was second with the juries and first with the televoters, effectively winning the tiebreak and being declared the winner.[1] Moldova competed in the second half of the first semi-final for the Eurovision Song Contest and went through to the Grand Final.[5]
In the Grand Final, it finished third overall with 374 points, which is Moldova's best result in the contest to date.[when?]