• Country Albania Albania
  • Capital Tirana
  • Participations 21
  • Last Participation Malmö 2024
  • Victories None
  • Contests Hosted
    Yet to host the Eurovision Song Contest
  • Broadcaster
Albania joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 with Anjeza Shahini performing 'The Image of You' in Istanbul.

She, and every Albanian participant since, has been found using broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar’s (RTSH) long-running and prestigious Festivali i Këngës (FiK) - an annual music competition established in Tirana in 1962.

As FiK is usually one of the first televised national selections of the season and takes place around December, fans sometimes refer to the occasion as ‘FiKmas’.

As of 2024, Albania’s most successful entry is the folklore-inspired ballad Suus (2012) which Rona Nishliu took to fifth place in Baku.

Participation history

Event Contestant Song Place
Malmö 2024
BESA
TITAN
Semi-Final
15th - 14 points
Liverpool 2023
Albina & Familja Kelmendi
Duje
Semi-Final
9th - 83 points
Grand Final
22nd - 76 points
Turin 2022
Ronela Hajati
Sekret
Semi-Final
12th - 58 points
Rotterdam 2021
Anxhela Peristeri
Karma
Semi-Final
10th - 112 points
Grand Final
21st - 57 points
Rotterdam 2020
Arilena Ara
Fall From The Sky
Tel Aviv 2019
Jonida Maliqi
Ktheju tokës
Semi-Final
9th - 96 points
Grand Final
17th - 90 points
Lisbon 2018
Eugent Bushpepa
Mall
Semi-Final
8th - 162 points
Grand Final
11th - 184 points
Kyiv 2017
Lindita
World
Semi-Final
14th - 76 points
Stockholm 2016
Eneda Tarifa
Fairytale
Semi-Final
16th - 45 points
Vienna 2015
Elhaida Dani
I'm Alive
Semi-Final
10th - 62 points
Grand Final
17th - 34 points
Copenhagen 2014
Hersi
One Night's Anger
Semi-Final
15th - 22 points
Malmö 2013
Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko
Identitet
Semi-Final
15th - 31 points
Baku 2012
Rona Nishliu
Suus
Semi-Final
2nd - 146 points
Grand Final
5th - 146 points
Düsseldorf 2011
Aurela Gaçe
Feel The Passion
Semi-Final
14th - 47 points
Oslo 2010
Juliana Pasha
It's All About You
Semi-Final
6th - 76 points
Grand Final
16th - 62 points
Moscow 2009
Kejsi Tola
Carry Me In Your Dreams
Semi-Final
7th - 73 points
Grand Final
17th - 48 points
Belgrade 2008
Olta Boka
Zemrën E Lamë Peng
Semi-Final
9th - 67 points
Grand Final
17th - 55 points
Helsinki 2007
Aida & Frederik Ndoci
Hear My Plea
Semi-Final
17th - 49 points
Athens 2006
Luiz Ejlli
Zjarr E Ftohtë
Semi-Final
14th - 58 points
Kyiv 2005
Ledina Celo
Tomorrow I Go
Grand Final
16th - 53 points
Istanbul 2004
Anjeza Shahini
The Image Of You
Semi-Final
4th - 167 points
Grand Final
7th - 106 points