The reveal date of the participants in Festivali i Këngës 63 has been brought forward to Monday, October 7.
The acts that will be competing in the 63rd edition of Festivali i Këngës are set to be revealed this Monday. The reveal comes one week after song submissions for the selection closed, and a jury has been assessing the submissions RTSH has received.
Festivali i Këngës has been used since Albania’s debut in the Eurovision Song Contest to select its participants in the Eurovision Song Contest. It was announced in May that ‘Nostalgia Night’ will celebrate 20 years of Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest. It is expected that it will be used to select the Albanian representative for Eurovision 2025.
Besa represented Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “Titan”, she placed 14th out of 15 in Semi-Final One. Albania received 15 points, the highest of which was 5 points from Greece.
Image: Corinne Cumming / EBU | Source: RTSH
Albania made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest back in 2004, the same year the televised semi-final was originally introduced to the competition. Albania succeeded in their first showing with Anjeza Shahini’s “The Image of You”, sailing through the semi-final in 4th place and eventually landing in a respectable 7th place at the grand final. Albania has competed in the Eurovision Song Contest every single year since its debut. Since the success in their original attempt, they have reached the grand final a further nine times. They bettered their 2004 score in 2012 with Rona Nishliu’s song “Suus” who finished the contest in fifth place with 146 points, their first time reaching the top 5 and their best placing to date.
