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Eugent Bushpepa

Eugent Bushpepa will represent Albania in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song ‘Mall’.

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Eugent Bushpepa was born in 1984 and started singing when he was only six years old. He describes himself as a creative professional with extensive project experience from concept to development. Besides being so creative, he has quite some interests that vary from loving art to supporting human rights. However, music is his religion.

From 2006 on he has performed in live shows in various night clubs and pubs. In that same year he started working for Top Channel Television as a resident singer in a talk show called Top Show. 2006 is the year in which his career kicked off as Eugent won several awards in Top Fest, a music competition organised by Top Channel in Albania. 

In 2008 and 2011 Eugent won Best Male Singer, the Vodafone Club Award in 2009 and the Honorific Award in 2015. Besides performing in Top Show, he and his band supported several rock bands on their tours like Deep Purple in 2007, Duff Mckagan (Guns N’ Roses) in 2011 and Overkill in 2014.

In December 2017, Festivali i Këngës took place and Eugent Bushpepa was chosen by a professional jury to represent his country at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Mall that he wrote and composed. This is the 15th time that the competition has been used to determine the Albanian Eurovision entry. 

Music video

Live performance

Lyrics of Mall

Nje pritje e gjate
E embel e zjarrte
Ca hapa trokasin si zemer kete nate
Une ndjek ritmin e saj

Dy duar qe zgjaten perpijne ne ngrohtesi
Ky mall qe te djeg nuk njeh kufi as largesi

Si me magji hena shikimet perpin
Me sjell vegimin tend

Lot i pathare ndricoje kete nate
Sonte kumbo prej shpirtit pa fjale
Vetem nje cast dhimbja te me ndale
Ky lot i pathare nje dite do shteroje
Nga puthjet e zjarrta qe enderroi
Ne ate cast dhimbja do ndaloje

Dua te hesht ne kete nate i shtrire ne kete shtrat
Ku endrrat hyjnore sherojne cdo plage
Te shoh portretin e saj

Momentet kalojne
Sekondat nuk falin
Oret pasojne por ndjenjen se ndalin, jo

Si me magji hena shikimet perpin
Syte tane puqen serish

Edhe pse eshte fantazi
Jeten do ta fal ty

Lot i pathare ndricoje kete nate
Sonte kumbo prej shpirtit pa fjale
Vetem nje cast dhimbja te me ndale
Ky lot i pathare nje dite do shteroje
Nga puthjet e zjarrta qe enderroi
Ne ate cast dhimbja do ndaloje

Do ndaloje
This yearning for years
That thrills and that sears
Some footsteps ring out like a heartbeat tonight
I hear their rhythm match mine.

Two arms that reach out and engulf me with warmth
This yearning that burns knows no distance, no bounds in this world.

No words can describe the feeling that grows up inside
When to hearts unite and they beat as one

Lingering tear, light up this night
Find your way out, to soothe my soul
Just for one day make this pain subside.
This lingering tear, one day will run dry
From fiery kisses i dream every night
Then at last pain will fade away

I wanna lay in my bed in this silent night
Where dreams are devine and they bring peace of mind
To see, the vision of her

The moments pass by
With merciless cry
The hours, they fly, the feeling still lingers –on

This night the moon captures the gazes we share
Weaving a vision of you, though it is just fantasy
I'll give my life to you

Lingering tear, light up this night
Find your way out, to soothe my soul
Just for one day make this pain subside.
This lingering tear, one day will run dry
From fiery kisses i dream every night
Then at last pain will fade away

Fade away