EUROVISION 2025 ALBANIA: SHKODRA ELEKTRONIKE WINS FiK63

Albanian 63rd Festivali i Kenges was in the end the duel between fan favorite Evajan Gjata and surprise last minyte favorite Shkodra Elektronike with Zjerm (heart). Alis Kallaçi placed third. He was the one I thought could be a surprise winner when watching the first semi-final. There was a three way voting system: Jury, online aka diaspora and SMS voting in Albania. The jury and the SMS placed the top three in the final order, while the online voting went almost all to Elvana and Shkodra, Elvana winning.

I must say I'm not quite onboard this fan train yet. I kinda enjoyed Karnaval even if as a song it isn't much at all but the show on stage was likable and entertaining to watch and listen and it came across somehow likable in all its clichés of a girlypop Eurovision hybrid. I also like Alis, Ardit's boy pop version to Elvana's bop was hilarious in all it's arrogance. I would also mention Vesa, Jet, Stine and eliminated Kleansa Susaj's Ta dija.

Shkodra Elektronika is made up by Kolë Laca and Beatriçe Gjergji and they have been working together since 2019. The duo are originally from Shkodër in northern Albania as immigrants who grew up in Italy. They mix in their music elctronica, folk, pop and Albanian traditional music. They have released so far one EP in 2022, and a string of singles since 2020 and performed in various international festivals the past few years.

below are some of their previous songs:

Festival i kenges 63 fnal results (jury + online + SMS).

1. Shkodra Elektonike - Zjerm (78 + 23 + 42) 143

2. Elvana Gjata - Karnaval (74 + 42 + 19) 135

3. Alis Kallaçi - Mjegull (52 + 1 + 6) 59

4. Vesa Smolica - Lutem (51 + 0 + 3) 54

5. Lorenx Hasrama - Frymë (36 + 1 + 4) 41

6. Djemtë e Detit - Larg (35 + 0 + 2) 37

7. Ardit Çuni - Amane (22 + 2 + 2) 26

8. Orgasa Zaimi - I parë (20 + 0 + 1) 21

9. Jet - Gjallë (10 + 0 + 1) 11

9. Gjergj Kaçinari - Larg jetës pa ty ( 11 + 0 + 0) 11

11. Algert Sala - Bosh (7 + 0 + 0) 7

12. Mal Retkoceri - Antihero ( 4 + 1 + 0) 5

12. Kejsi Jazxhi - Kur bota hesht (5 + 0 + 0) 5

14. Nita Latifi - Zemrës ( 1 + 0 + 0) 1

15. Stine - E kishim nis (0 + 0 + 0) 0

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