STAGGY: Day three of Eurovision 2019 What a day! Meeting lots of nice people and showing who to support. After all, we do work for Eurovision Ireland. This sobering up is hard work. Still time to recreate the Danish stage show. And eat lots of sugary things Oto […]
ESC2019: BLOG OF DAY FOUR REHEARSALS #DARE TO DREAM LIVE FROM 9.00AM CET Welcome back to day four of the rehearsals for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Today we see the final nine songs in the second semi-final that takes place on Thursday 16 May. Will the eventual […]
BIRTHDAY: Anjeza Shahini from Albania is 32 today Cast your mind back, if you can, to when your country first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. A time for optimism and hope. Who knows, that win or good placing was just a few voters away. Naturally, there […]
ALBANIA: Interview with Jonida Maliqi at LEP 2019 Eurovision Ireland caught up with Jonida Maliqi, just before she performed at the London Eurovision Party at the Café de Paris. She told us about Festivali i Kengës and her favourite cake. Author: John Stanton Source: Eurovision Ireland
BIRTHDAY: Elhaida Dani from Albania is 26 today Just occasionally a song passes me by completely. It’s not a bad song, or a silly song. It might just be unfortunate enough to be in a contest with more memorable songs. I’ll stop digging a hole for myself now. […]
BIRTHDAY: Hersi from Albania is 29 today Are you from a country that’s never won our favourite TV show? How do you feel? Do you think that [at least] one of your songs should have won, so we can see the delights of what your capital city has […]
Last night, Jonida Maliqi won the 57th edition of Festivali i Kenges with her entry “Ktheju tokes”. Jonida revealed in the post show that “Ktheju tokes” will remain in Albanian. This is the second consecutive year that the Albanian entry has remained in their native language – however, […]
This evening, Festivali i Kenges 57 final took place – also the first National Final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest season. After three days of competition, Jonida Maliqi won with her song Ktheju tokës. Lidia Lufi was runner up with her song Rrëfehem. Eranda Libhova completed the […]
ALBANIA: Live blog of Festivali i Këngës Final from 20.45 CET We’ve been through two nights of quality song from Tirana. Tonight is the Grand Final of Festivali i Këngës 57, and the winner will carry the double-headed eagle to Tel Aviv next May. Fourteen songs have made […]
ALBANIA: Live Blog of Festivali i Këngës 57 from 20.45 CET The 2019 Eurovision season kicks off properly tonight, with the first show of Festivali i Këngës from Tirana in Albania. A grand total of 22 acts will perform tonight with the aid of the RTSH Symphonic Orchestra. […]
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