Lindita (Albania), Demy (Greece) and Isaiah (Australia) as well as many other acts performed at the Wiwi Jam party at the Euroclub in Kiev.
Tag Archives: Albania
GOOD LUCK VIDEO – ALBANIA
COUNTRY VOTING – KOSOVO
We have received the country voting of KOSOVO, and we are publishing it, although it has arrived after the close of votes so this won’t be included in the final. Thank you to Albert for sending it to us
Kejsi Tola returns to perform on E Diell tv show on Top Channel, Albania
It has been a little while since we have heard Kejsi Tola sing but last Sunday she made a welcome return performing three songs on the E Diell tv show on Top Channel in Albania.
Kejsi performed the evergreen Over The Rainbow (performed by many acts including Judy Garland). She also performed the Rihanna song, Love On The Brain and Daddy Lessons by Beyoncé. Kejsi performed with a live band on the stage.
It was 2009 that Kejsi represented Albania at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest and the upbeat song Carry Me In Your Dreams.
You can see Kejsi perform the three songs below.
Source: ESC Covers
COUNTRY VOTING – BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
The 14th country has send us their votes – this is an ex Yugoslavia country who is not participating this year – BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA. As expected the other ex Yugoslavia countries feature quite high in their voting.
RUNNING ORDER – FIRST SEMI FINAL
The running order of the First Semi-Final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest:
1. Sweden
2. Georgia
3. Australia
4. Albania
5. Belgium
6. Montenegro
7. Finland
8. Azerbaijan
9. Portugal
10. Greece
11. Poland
12. Moldova
13. Iceland
14. Czech Republic
15. Cyprus
16. Armenia
17. Slovenia
18. Latvia
COUNTRY VOTING – GEORGIA
Today it is time for the voting result from the second country – GEORGIA.
Georgia is a participating country in the 2017 Eurovision but as they do not have an own OGAE club, we allowed their vote and they were told not to vote for their own entry.
Albania: Lindita releases English final version – ‘World’
Way back in December Lindita won the Festivali i Këngës with her song Botë and won the right to represent Albania at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Now Lindita has released the totally revamped version of her song in English. It is entitled World.
The new studio and final version has a more polished production. It is a power ballad with a lot of emotion. She has also released the official video to accompany the song.
You can see the official preview video of World below.
Source: ESC Covers; youtube/Eurovisionsongcontest channel
Lindita will represent Albania at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
So, we have the first song for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Albania have selected Lindita to represent them in Kiev in May next year. Lindita won the Festivali i Këngës 55 in Tirana with her moody and dramatic ballad, Botë (World). The song will probably be given a drastic makeover for the Eurovision next year.
The voting was a combination of expert jury and for the first time this year public voting. Botë was composed by Gerald Xhari and Klodian Qafoku
Lindita (full name Lindita Halimi) was born in Kosovo and she won the popular Top Fest competition in Albania in 2009. She as also participated in the last season of American Idol in 2016 and also made the top 10 candidates in the Albanian Idol tv show, Ethet.
You can see Lindita perform Botë below.
Source: TVSH; ESC Covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e3usZ779pw
Albania: 14 acts advance to the final of Festivali i Këngës 55
After two semi-finals 14 acts have been announced to participate in the grand final of the Festivali i Këngës 55 in Albania to be held on Friday 23 December. The winning act will represent Albania at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev.
The 14 song and acts are –
1. Dilan Reka – Mos harro
2. Edea Demaliaj – Besoj në ëndrra
3. Fabiola Agalliu & Agnesa Çavolli – Shkon e vjen
4. Flaka Krelani – Osiris
5. Franc Koruni – Macka
6. Genc Salihu – Këtu
7. Lindita Halimi – Botë
8. Lorela – Me ty
9. LYNX – Sot
10. Orges Toçe – Shi diamantësh
11. Rezarta Smaja – Pse prite gjatë
12. Xhesika Polo – Eva jam unë
13. XUXI – Metropol
14. Yll Limani – Shiu
Source: wiwibloggs; ESC Covers