Denmark’s European of the year and the latest winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, Emmelie de Forest, is scheduled to perform at Festivali i Kenges 52, the show which selects Albania’s participant for the Eurovision Song Contest. Alongside Emmelie, Albanian singer and winner of The Voice of Italy 2013, Elhaida Dani, will also be performing. You may remember Elhaida from …
3 new Festivali i Këngës hosts announced
RTSH, the Albanian broadcaster, today announced new hosts for their national selection and most popular music festival Festivali i Këngës. With only one week to go, Diellza Kolgeci – a fashion icon from Kosovo – withdrew from her role as the Festivali i Këngës host. So RTSH have decided to take a new approach to the hosting. For the semi-finals, …
Albania releases names of participants
The Albanian broadcaster RTSH released the names of the 16 participants taking part in Festivali i Këngës 52, the Albanian National Final show. On December 26 & 27 eight songs will be performed each night and unlike a normal Semi Final where some songs are eliminated, all acts will perform on the big Final night scheduled December 28th . Running Order …
Albania’s Festivali i Këngës Confirms Dates, Lineup
Albanian national broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) has announced the finalists for the 52nd edition of Festivali i Këngës, the winner of which will compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen. Semifinals will be held on 26 and 27 December, with the final being held on 28 December. The 16 participants are: Ti mungon (You’re missing) – Marjeta Billo …
Albania’s Festivali i Këngës dates announced
The Albanian national broadcaster RTSH has revealed their dates for the Albanian national selection for this year. As per tradition, Albania is one of the first countries to select their representatives in a non-internal selection format, through the 52 year old Festivali i Këngës music festival. Since 2003, the winner of the Festival got the honour of representing Albania on the …
Aurela Gaçe (Albania 2011) releases “Dua”
Aurela Gaçe represented Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany though did not manage to qualify for the Finals with her song “Feel the passion“. However she continues to be one of the biggest and most popular performers in her country and she’s back with a new single. The 38 year old singer just released her new single …
Interviews – Day 4 Rehearsals
ESC United talked to the acts that had their first rehearsals today. They will be performing in the second half of Semi Final 2 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. The Semi Final will take place exactly next Thursday so let’s get to know them a little better. Unfortunately we were unable to get you the Georgia interview …
The 2013 “Expert” Panel – ALBANIA
Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …
Albania 2013 – Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko – Identitet
So, after we know a few entries already, tonight Albania decided who will represent this country on the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 which will be held in Malmö. After Rona Nishliu and Suus who finished on amazing 5th place (what is the best Albanian result on Eurovision since their debut on the Eurovision Song Contest 2004), tonight Albanian jury decided …