Elhaida Dani (Albania) made the most of the lighting without many gimmicks in her performance of “I’m Alive” during her first rehearsal. She talks with us about Albania, facing pressure, and what would she do if she wasn’t singing. Elhaida also shared a note to the ESC United readers. Last, here is footage from the Press Meet and Greet. Be …
LIVE COVERAGE: Rehearsal Day 2
Day 2 commences and we’re looking at some great weather here in Vienna. We’re LIVE from the press centre at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna to complete the second set of rehearsals from Semi-Final 1! Today, we will be discussing the rehearsals of Serbia, Hungary, Belarus, Russia, Denmark, Albania, Romania, and Georgia. How will they match up to the great performances from Moldova, Armenia, Belgium, Netherlands, …
OGAE: Four more sets of votes revealed.
Four OGAE clubs have revealed their votes on what is the first official day of polling results. Following votes from France and Bulgaria, six clubs have now voted on 2015 and revealed their verdict on the songs. The votes revealed today from Albania, Armenia, Luxembourg and Switzerland are as follows; Albania 12 Italy 10 Spain 8 Russia 7 Sweden 6 …
Lest We Forget: Lindita Halimi
In a new series of editorials I will be looking at some of the songs I feel unfairly missed out on making the Eurovision finals. 2015 is great year, but let’s remind ourselves of what could’ve been… This editorial represents my personal opinions and does not represent those of ESC United as a whole, the EBU or other editors and …
TONIGHT: Albania and San Marino Reveal Their Entries
Last night, the final two national finals of the 2015 National Final season took place. Tonight another two songs will be revealed, The eagerly awaited Sammarinese entry and the new Albanian enter. San Marino Michele Perniola and Anita Simoncini Reveal their song. 19:30CET SMRTV and Albania Elhaida Dani “I’m Alive” 20:30CET RTSH With only Russia to announce their song from Semi …
Albania: Elhaida Dani to sing “I’m Alive”
The song title of Albania’s new entry has been revealed! It was confirmed last night that Elhaida Dani, who won Festivali i Këngës back in December, will not be singing her winning song “Diell” in Vienna, after the author of the song withdrew it from the competition. It has now been confirmed that Dani will sing “I’m Alive”, a new …
Tonight: Albania decides!
We’ve been building up to this for the last couple of days and now the time has come – the famous Festivali i Këngës final will take place in Tirana, Albania! As one of the more famous national finals in the calendar and formerly the first of the season, FiK holds a special place in many Eurovision fan’s hearts and …
Albania: FiK second semi-final tonight
Tonight the second semi-final of Albania’s selection will take place. 13 songs will compete for nine places in the final to join the previous nine qualifiers from last night. The grand final and the show that will select Albania’s Eurovision entrant is tomorrow night so there is still all to play for! The 13 acts taking part tonight includes some …
Albania: Who qualified for the final?
Tonight the first semi-final of the 53rd Festivali i Këngës took place in Albania. 13 songs were performed to compete for nine places in the grand final and the results are now in! Revolt Klan, Julian Gjojdeshi, Sigi Bastri & Florent Abrashi and Offchestra were all eliminated tonight which means the following songs will be taking part in the FiK …
Albania: Festivali i Këngës starts tonight!
Albania will be kicking off their national selection for Eurovision 2015 tonight (26th December). The first semi-final of the famous and long-running Festivali i Këngës will take place tonight and will decide 9 of the songs that will take part in Sunday’s grand final. The following songs will be competing tonight; Enver Petrovci – Të vranë bukuri Revolt Klan – …