Eurovision 2020 Gets First Song! It’s Arilena Ara’s ‘Shaj’ for Albania!

Tonight Eurovision 2020 got its first song! The Albanian selection process Festivali i Kenges hosted its final earlier this evening. The song competition, now in its 58th year crowned Arilena Ara as the winner. She will go on to represent Albania in Rotterdam with the song ‘Shaj’.

FiK58 Gets 12 Finalists!

It’s hard to believe that we are just one day away from having the first Eurovision 2020 song confirmed. Albania’s FiK58 got underway on Thursday and Friday evening with the two semi final shows. 20 songs competed over the two nights and on Friday night an international jury panel made up of three experts decided which 12 would advance to Sunday’s live final.

Ranking: Albania’s FiK58 Songs!

FiK58 is the Albanian selection process for Eurovision 2020. It is the first national final to take place and features 20 songs. Ahead of the first show tomorrow night, we take a look at the competing songs and rank them from our least favourite to our favourites. Check out what we made of the line up and comment with your thoughts. Do you agree with us?

Albania’s FiK58 Songs Revealed!

FiK58, the Albanian Eurovision selection show for 2020 will kick off with two semi finals on 19 and 20 December followed by the Final on 22 December. 20 participants will compete over the three shows over the festive period and today the Albanian broadcaster RTSH gave us a preview of the songs.

Albania’s FiK58 Participants Announced!

FiK58, the Albanian Eurovision selection show for 2020 will kick off with two semi finals on 19 and 20 December followed by the Final on 22 December. 20 participants will compete over the three shows over the festive period.

It’s Jonida Maliqi for Albania!

Albania’s selection show Festivali i Kenges concluded tonight to give us the first Eurovision song for 2019. That honour goes to Jonida Maliqi who won the three day long competition with song ‘Ktheju tokes’. She will join the other artists announced for Eurovision 2019: Tamta (Cyprus) and Srbuk (Armenia).

FiK57 Semi Final Results!

Albania’s selection show Festivali i Kenges began a few nights ago and we now have the line up for the final which will take place later this evening. 14 acts have made it through to the final, and there were a few upsets as one of the fan favourites Mirud did not advance to the Final.

Albania Reveal One Minute Snippets of FiK57 Songs!

The Albanian selection show Festivali I Kenges is just two weeks away. In anticipation of this, broadcaster RTSH have revealed one minute snippets of each of the 22 competing songs in this year’s contest. Read on to hear them!

Details of Albania’s FiK 57 Revealed!

Albania’s selection show Festivali i Kenges is usually the first event in the Eurovision calendar and this year is no different. Earlier this week the Albanian broadcaster RTSH revealed details of the 57th edition of the contest which has chosen the country’s Eurovision artist and song since 2003.

Israel and Albania to Return to Eurovision in 2018!

39 countries have confirmed their participation Eurovision 2018. Among them are Albania and Israel who announced this week their intentions to compete in the Contest in Lisbon in May next year.