All about Albania

Albania's record at a glance

• First participation - 2004 - Anjeza Shahini - The Image Of You
• Best result - 5th place in Final (2012) - Rona Nishliu - Suus
• Semi-Final record - 5/8 attempts successful - 62.5% qualification record
• Highest score in the Final - 146 (2012) - Rona Nishliu - Suus

Albania facts and figures

• Albania have tended to prefer the female soloist for their Eurovision Song Contest entries, and have opted for this format on seven of their nine entries
• The Albanian entry is always one of the first chosen for Eurovision during their annual Festival I Këngës competition in December. This means that the winner has almost six months to perfect their entry
• Over their nine years of participation, during the voting in the Final, the Albanian juries have awarded Greece the maximum 12 points on six occasions. These being 2004,2005,2008,2009,2010 and 2012
• The country which has voted for Albanian entries the most times is F.Y.R. Macedonia, awarding 12 points to Albania four times