NF Throwback: Elhaida Dani – Diell

The Albanian national finals are an interesting piece of television, and in my experience of waking up at ungodly hours of the morning to watch them, I’ve often questioned why I’ve in fact made that decision. More often than not, I find myself wondering why a lot of the songs sound exactly the same, and…

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2015 Reviews – Albania – Elhaida Dani – I’m Alive

Continuing from tradition, this year Albania chose their representative through their own song festival, Festivali I Kenges. The winner was Elhaida Dani with the song Diell. Diell was my early favourite to win, so when I heard that the song was to be changed completely, I was shattered. Diell still would have been my favourite…

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Elhaida Dani releases ‘I’m Alive’

Only days ago, the Albanian representative Elhaida Dani released her Eurovision song. The song, ‘I’m Alive’, was not the original song chosen for the Eurovision stage. Back in December, the Albanian public chose ‘Diell’ as the winning song, but due to unforeseen circumstances with the author of the song ‘Diell’, who revoked the right to…

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