After much anticipation, the revamped English version of the Albanian entry was finally released today. Lindita has co-written the lyrics for “World”. With a message about human equality, the song fits well into this year’s slogan “Celebrate Diversity”. Read more
After three nights of shows, live music and surprises, Festivali i Këngës 55 came to an end. Lindita Halimi was chosen to represent Albania in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest over 13 other acts by winning at the combination of the jury and public vote. Read more
Albania’s 2005 participant is back at the national selection, but this time as host. There is however also a bit of drama taking place as one of the 24 selected participants has been disqualified. Festivali i Këngës will take place in less than a couple of weeks. Read more
Festivali i Këngës 55 participants were revealed last night by the Albanian National Broadcaster during the main news edition. Twenty Four acts will fight in December to represent Albania in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, with former participants and song writers as well as hot favourites returning to the contest. Read more
The Albanian national selection will undergo some changes for the 55th edition. Festivali i Këngës will for this year use a new voting system which gives some power to the TV viewers. Deadline to submit songs hasn’t ended, but name speculations have already started. Read more
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest selection period kicked off with Albania tonight. Klesta Qehaja was chosen by a professional jury to represent Albania at the contest in Malta in November. The song is written by well known Albanian songwriters. Read more
The official music video containing the bilingual version of Franscesca Michielin’s No Degree of Separation was aired this morning after we got an acoustic version a few days ago. In the meanwhile the Italian version has reached 10 million views. Read more
The fairytale of Eneda Tarifa at the Eurovision Song Contest gets in its spicy chapter as the revamped English version of her entry premiered tonight at 20:00 CET at RTSH’s News Edition. This is the version she will perform on stage in Stockholm in May. Read more
The rumours about the song changing from it’s original version are finally cleared up. Eneda Tarifa and her team will soon reveal Fairytale love, which replaces Përallë as the title of the Albanian song competing in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
One more year passed by, one more Festivali i Këngës is now history. A month full of preparations for the 54th edition, 3 nights of live music and orchestra, 30 songs, 22 finalists and one winner. By jury voting, Eneda Tarifa with the song Përallë (Fairytale) won the Albanian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2016. Read more
We are two weeks away from the 54th Festivali i Këngës and the revelation of the Albanian representative for Stockholm 2016 – the National Broadcaster of Albania, RTSH, made yet another innovation in its 54th Festival by surprising its fans. Read more
It was announced a month ago that the songs of Festivali i Këngës, the Albanian national selection, would be revealed in advance of the contest. Earlier today, the official site of Festivali i Këngës uploaded all 30 songs participating in its 54th edition, giving a taste of what to expect later this month. Read more
The 54th edition of the national selection in Albania, Festivali i Këngës, brings a surprise this year. The national broadcaster, RTSH, decided to let the public and the jury members listen to the songs competing in this year’s edition of Festivali i Këngës a month earlier. Read more
The Albanian National Broadcast RTSH revealed a new piece of the puzzle for the next edition of Festivali i Këngës. A trio consisting of Pandi Laço, Gresa Pallaska and Blerta Tafani will be hosting the 54th edition of the prestigious long running Albanian music festival. Read more
The Albanian national broadcaster RTSH, has revealed the running order for the semi finals of the 54th Festivali i Këngës at a press conference which was held today at the broadcaster’s head quarter. The running order was decided by a draw made by each contestant. Read more