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....
blitzo schitzo
Well I'm back with Hercule Poirot and the Celestial Toymaker to look at today's rehearsals.
It's first rehearsal of semi final one so it must...
26 March – So much nostalgia, so little hope
Did you enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. In 2019. You were wearing your blue jumper. It was the one that never...
Who needs what to get their Best Result: Your Nice 2023...
As well as music, Eurovision fans love statistics - and both contests are an absolute goldmine for facts, figures and number-crunching! So just before...
Albanian vocal masterclass
Eugent, the g is hard, Bushpepa next from Albania and this boy for me has THE vocal of the contest, his voice soars effortlessly.
As...
![Shkodra Elektronike rehearsing Zjerm for Albania at St. Jakobshalle - Sarah Louise Bennett [EBU]](https://oneurope.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/250507_Sarah-Louise-Bennett_EBU_16082-2.jpg "Tradition Meets Tech: Albania’s Eurovision Flame")
Tradition Meets Tech: Albania’s Eurovision Flame
The team behind Albania’s Eurovision entry Zjarm aren’t just riding high after their latest rehearsals, they’re sparking something deeper: a revival of identity, pride,...
17 July – You can crush and break down my walls...
It's another near miss today. You know, the contest that never was in 2020. Some could call it purgatory. And some managed to get...
Albania does away with the Politburo!
In a surprising move that probably shocked everyone, RTSH have decided that the real public are to choose the winner of the Festivali i...
16 October – I dab my lips with your morning dew
Dramatic is always a high-risk strategy. It can do the business, as it can keep that valuable televoter completely enthralled, or it can bomb...
Albania – How is the family?
Sorry - as most of you know, I have a real life and a Eurovision one, and that has gotten in the way in...