Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Albania's Festivali i Këngës 60 came to an and last night and crowned Ronela Hajati as its winner with an ethnic banger, as fandom might call it. I call it blast from the past thinking these songs have had their Best before date already many years ago, but what do I know? Ronela and another pre-contest favorite Alban made the top-2 while newcomer Eldis shared the third place with Rezarta. Ronela will revamp, make it partly English and cut down the length and the number of dancers for Turin 2022. Maybe it makes it better as in my honest opinion at the moment it is a mess; bits and parts that occasionally sound kinda nice but in whole it's not going anywhere nor memorable. In short a song that you only hear in the Eurovision created for staging purposes. I would have preferred Eldis or Alban. Or even Gjergi. Ronela (32) is already a seasoned artist as singer and dancer with a lot of experience in various festivals and contests, a string of hit singles and collaborations. She will...

Tonight we will finally get the very first song for the Eurovision song contest 2017, even if it will be most likely revamped and translated into English before May comes but still.  Fourteen songs made it through the semifinals ( here and here ) of the 55th Festivali i këngës and tonight for the first time Albanian public is a part of the jury that selects the winner. Let's see if they can help fan favorites Dilan Reka and Rezerta Smaja, and how the over dramatic performance by Flaka Krelani will do. Or will the classy and easy to digest song by Yll Limani get the ticket to Kyiv? You can watch the show here at 9pm CET Dilan Reka – Mos Harro Edea Demaliaj – Besoj ne Enderra Fabiola Agalliu & Agnesa Çavolli – Shkon e Vjen Flaka Krelani – Osiris Franc Koruni – Macka Genc Salihu - Ketu Lindita Halimi – Bote Lorela – Me Ty LYNX – Sot Orges Toçe – Shi Diamantesh Rezarta Smaja – Pse Prite Gjate XUXI – Metropol Xhesika Polo – Eva Jam Une Yll Liman...