After a marathon selection process, Albania has chosen their Eurovision 2016 participant out of 22 diverse songs. Festivali I Kenges has long been used as the Albanian selection process for Eurovision, and this year was no exception. 22 acts competed in the final, those which qualified from the 2 previous semi-finals.
The acts competing were:
Sigi Bastri – Engjëll i lirë
Rezarta Smaja & Klodian Kaçani – Dashuri në përjetësi
Dilan Reka – Buzëqesh
Adrian Lulgjuraj– Jeto dhe ëndërro
Erga Halilaj – Monolog
Evans Rama – Flakë
Jozefina Simoni – Një det me ty
Egert Pano – Mos ik
Genc Tukiçi – Sa të dashuroj
Kozma Dushi – Një kafe
Luiz Ejlli – Pa mbarim
Teuta Kurti – Në sytë e mi
Besa Krasniqi – Liroje zemrën
Nilsa Hysi – Asaj
Kristi Popa – Ajo çfarë ndjej
Flaka Krelani – S’je për mu
Enxhi Nasufi – Infinit
Lindi Islami – Për një mrekulli
Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap
Eneda Tarifa – Përrallë
Renis Gjoka – Ato që s’ti them dot
Aslajdon Zaimaj – Merrmë që sot
After all 22 acts performed their competing songs, the acts were ranked and the top 10 revealed. These were:
Eneda Tarifa
Aslajdon Zaimaj
Flaka Krelani
Rezarta Smaja & Klodian Kaçani
Enxhi Nasufi
Nilsa Hysi
Dilan Reka
Teuta Kurti
Renis Gjoka
Evans Rama
Eneda Tarifa was therefore the winner of the night, with the song Përrallë, which translates to Fairytale. However, it was then announced that the song will be translated into English for Eurovision in 2016.
The presenters of the show were Pandi Laço who was also the screenwriter of the festival and Blerta Tafani, a journalist at TVSH. If you missed the show, you can watch it again on Eurovision.tv, on the Web Player TV. You can also listen to all the songs on the official Festivali I Kenges website.
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