Albanian Press Conference – Orville Lives!

The first press conference, starting late of course, was the Albanian artist Ronela and the edited highlights are below: Ronela tells everyone she wrote the...

26 March – You know there is a heart waiting for...

Did you enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. In 2019. You were wearing your blue jumper. It was the one that never...

24 March – When I was sobbing, you were laughing like...

Last year we had a large crop of performers who were lined up for a certain event in 2020, only for it to not...

Monty’s Eurovision Countdown Part 1 – Albania

First up in my 2022 Countdown is Albania, with a banger that pleases on every aspect. It’s brimming with Balkan sounds and rhythms and...
Ronela Hajati - Sekret - Albania

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 1 – Albania

Sekret – Ronela Hakati After a big dramatic start and a bit of ethnic pipe playing, this settles into its groove - and it's one...
Ronela Hajati

Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 1 – Albania

Sekret – Ronela Hakati As a wise old sage says to me on a regular basis, you don’t need to watch the Eurovision to know...

The Sekret is out – Ronela Hajati updates Albanian Eurovision...

Albanian RTSH is always one of the first to stage its national final, with Festivali i Këngës taking place just before Christmas each year. It...

9 February – Celebrate the dance within

It can be a strange thing being a country's second ever participant in our favourite TV show. Especially if the first entrant did well....

Ronela goes to Turin for Albania.

o, after a final that took three days which included a pointless "getting rid of three newcomers because we can" on night one and...

13 September – The clock runs crazy, it has no hands

Do you prefer a song in a language you can't understand? If you can speak English you're always in luck with the songs taking...