Albania

Today: semi final allocation draw

On Tuesday 28 January at 16:10 CET, the Semi-Final Allocation Draw will take place to decide which country will perform in which of the 2 Semi-Finals. During the ceremony, the Host City Insignia will be handed over from the city of Tel Aviv to the Mayor of Rotterdam. You can

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Arilena Ara

About Quick Facts NameArilena Ara Born18 July 1998 Nationality🇦🇱 Albanian National SelectionFestival i Këngës 2020 In Eurovision2020 Rotterdam (canceled) SongFall from the sky (2020, canceled) Biography Arilena Ara, known by her artistic name Arilena is an Albanian singer. She has participated in many children’s festivals in Shkodra. Tirana linked Arilena to

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Arilena Ara represents Albania in Rotterdam

Tonight, Festival i Këngës 2019 was won by Arilena Ara with the song “Shaj”. Second prize was for top favourite Elvana Gjata, while Sara Bajraktari became 3rd. Arilena won season 2 of the Albanian version of the X-Factor in 2013. In 2014 she had her first hit “Aeroplan”. She also

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Tonight is the night for Albania!

Tonight at 20:30 CET (scheduled, but at the nights of the semifinals we experienced a delay) the first national final of Eurovision 2020 starts: Festival i Këngës, the Albanian preselection. Twelve songs and artists will compete to win the 58th Festival i Këngës. One of the songs will represent Albania

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Albanian finalists known

We’ve heard all twenty songs of Festival i Këngës 58, the Albanian national final for the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest. The professional jury, consisting of Mikaela Minga (Albania) Christer Björkman (Sweden) Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greece) Felix Bergsson (Iceland) Rita Petro (Albania) decided which 12 songs should go to the final on

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Rona Nishliu’s double emotions

Next sunday, Albania will choose it’s Eurovision entry for 2020. It might be a good moment to look back in the Albanian eurovision history. Just let me cry…. cry…. cry…. for this is the best I can do now. That is the translation of the lyrics of Rona Nishliu‘s Eurovision

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Listen to the Albanian songs!

Upcoming: the Albanian national final Festival i Këngës, which will be held december the 19th, 20th and 22nd. Twenty new songs, all in Albanian, will be presented on those evenings. After the 22nd of december we know the first entry for Rotterdam! Do you wanna hear the songs already? It’s

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Kejsi Tola

About Quick Facts NameKejsi Tola Born05 February 1992 Nationality🇦🇱 Albanian National SelectionFestivali I Këngës 2013Festivali I Këngës 2011Festivali I Këngës 2010Festivali I Këngës 2009 In Eurovision2009 Moscow SongCarry Me In Your Dreams (2009) Biography Kejsi Tola, born 5 February 1992, is an Albanian singer and songwriter.  Kejsi Tola started singing

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Olta Boka

About Quick Facts NameOlta Boka Born13 September 1991 Nationality🇦🇱 Albanian National SelectionFestivali i Këngës 2020Festivali i Këngës 2008 In Eurovision2008 Belgrade SongZemrën e lamë peng Biography Olta Boka is an Albanian singer. She was born on November 4, 1991, in Tirana. Olta gained national and international fame through her participation

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Hersi Matmuja

© Albin Olsson About Quick Facts NameHersjana Matmuja Born01 February 1990 Nationality🇦🇱 Albanian National SelectionFestivali i Këngës 2014Festivali i Këngës 2013Festivali i Këngës 2012Festivali i Këngës 2011Festivali i Këngës 2007 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongOne Night’s Anger (2014) Biography Hersi Matmuja is an Albanian singer. Born on February 1, 1990, in

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