Frederik Ndoci

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Frederik Ndoci is an Albanian singer, who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, with the song "Hear My Plea".

Frederik Ndoci
Birth name	Frederik Ndoci
Born	February 9, 1960 (1960-02-09) (age 48) in Shkodra, Albania
Origin	Albania
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	- present
Website	www.albacenter.it/frederikndoci

1 Eurovision Song Contest
2 Background
3 Career
4 External links

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

Before winning the Festivali i Këngës 45, he also won the 28th edition, along with Manjola Nallbani & Julia Ndoci. He performed "Balada e Gurit" (English translation: "Ballad of Stone") together with his wife, Aida Ndoci at the 45th festival. The song was re-titled "Hear My Plea" and translated into English for the Eurovision performance, which was only credited to Frederick.

[edit] Background

Frederik grew up in a family of artists from the northern Albanian city of Shkodra. His sister, Rita Ndoci was a professional comedian. Another sister, Julia Ndoci, started a career as a singer right after Frederik, but with less success. Despite his big success, he has had his share of big difficult times mostly caused from the Albanian communist regime of the time.

[edit] Career

This is not the first time Frederik, who can sing in six different languages, has won a competition. He won the Festival in December 1989 with the song called Toka e Diellit (Land Of The Sun). His long career includes successful movies, where he performed as an actor, starring in main and second roles.