Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Infobox Eurovision country
Name = Albania
Member station = Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH)
National selection event = Festivali I Këngës
ESC apps = 5
ESC first = 2004
ESC best = 7th, 2004
ESC worst = 16th, 2005, 2008
Website =
EBU page = http://www.eurovision.tv/index/main?page=67&country=39
Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 5 times, debuting in 2004. Their best finish was in their debut year, when Anjeza Shahini finished 7th with the song "The Image Of You". Having finished in the top 10, Albania was an automatic finalist in 2005, when Ledina Çelo sang "Tomorrow I Go".
Ledina did not achieve the same level of success as Anjeza had, finishing 16th in the final and thus meaning that the Albanian 2006 entry competed in the semi-final. The following year, Luiz Ejlli became Albania's first male representative and also the first to sing in the Albanian language. However, he did not manage to pass through the final in 2006 and neither did Frederik Ndoci in 2007. Olta Boka, Albania's representative in 2008, participated in the second semi final and managed to return Albania to a Eurovision final.
Albania and RTSH has confirmed its participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 [cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=3837|title=Festivali i Kenges gets new artistic director|publisher="Oikotimes" |date=2008-05-26 |accessdate=2008-05-27]
Contestants
Selection Procedure
Albania selects their entry at the annual "Festivali I Këngës" in December of the year before the contest.
References
External links
* [http://www.eurovision.tv/ Eurovision official website]
* [http://www.diggiloo.net/?al Lyrics for all Albanian entries]
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