Albania in the Turkvision Song Contest
Albania participated in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 held in Kazan, Tatarstan. The country has competed in the contest on two occasions.
History
2014
On 25 September 2014 it was confirmed that Albania would make their official début at the 2014 Song Contest to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan. For a short period of time it appeared that Albania had withdrawn from the contest, the official website Turkvizyon.tv removed all mention of Albania from their website. On 12 November 2014 it was confirmed by Xhoi that she was still participating and that she would be singing "Zjarr Dhe Ajer", the song was later partially translated into Turkish for the contest.
2015
As the official website published the preliminary participants list for 2015, Albania was not among them, on 7 November 2015 it was confirmed that Albania would participate in the contest for a second year, it was announced that Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi would represent Albania in Istanbul. Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi represented Albania at the contest in Istanbul with the song "Adı hasret"
Contestants
- Table key
Year |
Artist |
Title |
Language |
Final |
Points |
Semi-final |
Points |
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Xhoi |
"Hava ve Ates" |
Turkish, Albanian |
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19 |
154 |
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Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi |
"Adı hasret" |
Turkish |
8 |
154 |
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See also
- Albania in the Bala Turkvision Song Contest
- Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest