Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Albania

Member station	RTSH
National selection event(s)	Festivali I Këngës
Appearances	3
First appearance	2004
Best result	7th, 2004
Worst result	14th SF, 2006

Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, debuting in 2004 (see ESC2004). Their best finish was in their debut year, Anjeza Shahini finishing 7th with the song "The Image Of You". Having finished in the top 10, Albania was thus granted an automatic final berth for their 2005 entrant, Ledina Çelo with her song "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. This entry was Luiz Ejlli singing "Zjarr E Ftohtë" (Fire and Cold), which represented a double first for Albania - the performer was a male and the song was performed in Albanian.

[edit] Contestants

Year	Finished	Artist	Song
2004	7th	Anjeza Shahini	The Image Of You
2005	16th	Ledina Çelo	Tomorrow I Go
2006	SF: 14th	Luiz Ejlli	Zjarr E Ftohtë
2007		Aida & Frederik Ndoci	Balada e gurit

SF = Placing in the semifinal if the song did not qualify to the final

[edit] Selection Procedure

Albania selectes their entry at the annual Festivali I Këngës in December of the year before the contest.

[edit] External links

• Eurovision official website
• Lyrics for all Albanian entries