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Lindita

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About

Quick Facts

Name
Linda Halimi

Born
24 March 1989

Nationality
🇦🇱 Albanian

National Selection
Festivali i Këngës 2017
Festivali i Këngës 2015
Festivali i Këngës 2010

In Eurovision
2017 Kyiv

Song
World (2017)

Biography

Lindita was born as Linda in 1989 in Pozharan, former Yugoslavia. Pozharan is currently part of Kosovo.monly known as simply Lindita, is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter.

Lindita’s first succes came after winning the sixth edition of Top Fest with the song “Ëndërroja”  in 2009. She has released several singles, mostly ballads. In the same year, together with Erti Hizmo, she participated in Festivali i Këngës for the first time.

In 2013 Lindita moved to the United States. She has had collaborations with Stevie Wonder and Valerie Simpson. She has also opened for the Backstreet Boys.

In December 2014 she took part in the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, where she finished third. 

In 2016, she participated in  American Idol. In the same year, she won Festivali i Këngës with the song “Botë”. Sherepresented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest with the English version of the song, “World”. The follow up of that song was “Rock whine”. 

In 2018, she released the singles “Murday” and “Holiday”, followed in 2019 by “I betcha” and “Want my love”.

In 2020, Lindita released four singles. A year later, she participated in Kënga Magjike with the song “Pa t’pa”, with which she reached a 7th place.

In 2022 she released the singles “#GMFU”, “Love me like” and “Jealous”.

 

Entries

World

Country
🇦🇱 Albania

Year
2017

Language
English

Lyrics
Lindita Halimi
Big Basta

Music
Klodian Qafoku

Backings
Gjergj Kaçinari
Denisa Xhemnica
Anxhelo Miho
Greta Radovani

Results Semi

Points: 76
Position: 14
Running order: 4

Results Finals

Points: –
Position: –
Running order: –