Today: 🇦🇱 The Festivali i Këngës 64 Songs to Be Released

The twenty-eight songs that will compete in the 64th edition of Festivali i Këngës will be released today.

RTSH, the Albanian public broadcaster, will release the songs that will compete in Festivali i Këngës 64 later today. A total of 28 acts were chosen from an open submission process to compete in the contest, which will be held in December.

The Festivali i Këngës 64 participants are:

• 2Farm – “Valle mbi hi” (Dance on the ashes)
• Alis – “Nân” (Under)
• Egzon Pireci – “Thirrëm” (Call me)
• Endri Kaçaçi – “Si Unë” (Like me)
• Enxhi Nasufi – “Dritë” (Light)
• Erand Sojli – “Të kam në fron” (I have you on the throne)
• Erik Lloshi – “Dy pika dashuri” (Two drops of love)
• Evi Reçi – “Kodi i jetës” (Code of life)
• Fifi & Tiri Gjoci – “Rri” (Stay)
• Frensi – “Tresh” (Trio)
• Gerta Mahmutaj – “Në krahët e tu” (In your arms)
• Ghiti – “Okej!” (Okay!)
• Gresa Gjocera & Bledi Kaso – “Busulla e zemrës” (Compass of the heart)
• Inis Neziri – “Ta kam fal” (I have forgiven you)
• Kamela Ismalaj – “Pa pretendime” (Without pretensions)
• Kimi – “Prap diell del” (The sun is rising again)
• Kleansa Susaj – “Hije” (Shadow)
• Lorenc Hasrama – “Lamtumirë” (Farewell)
• Luna Çausholli – “Pa kufij” (Without borders)
• Malvina Likaj – “Përtej shpirtit” (Beyond the soul)
• Rezarta Smaja – “Balukeprera”
• Rigersa Loka – “Albanian Heart”
• Sara Kapo – “Të dua shumë” (I love you very much)
• Savjana Vjerdha – “ID”
• Sheila – “Zemra e Tokës” (Heart of the Earth)
• Sihana Haxhnikaj – “Horizont” (Horizon)
• ThreeX – “Vite” (Years)
• Vedat Ademi – “Kur fjala mbaron” (When the word ends)

Festivali i Këngës will be held between December 17 and 20, with 28 acts competing in the contest. 18 of the artists are established acts, while 10 are newcomers.

The contest will be held at the Pallati e Kongreseve in Tirana. The first two nights will be performances from the 28 acts, night three will be a nostalgia night and the final will select the winner.

The results of Festivali i Këngës 64 will be determined by 50% professional jury, 25% televoting in Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia and 25% by international online voting. Online voting will take place through the ‘FiK – Festivali i Këngës’ app, which will also have a livestream of the shows transcribed in Albanian and English.

Image source: Alma Bengtsson / EBU