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Watch live tonight: The Albanian national final!

27 December 2015 at 13:15 CET
Pandi Laço and Blerta Tafani will present the show tonight RTSH
At 20:45 CET tonight, Albania will choose its representative for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in the final show of Festivali i Këngës. Join us and watch the show live on Eurovision.tv! The 22 finalists have been chosen in two semi-finals, held on December 25 and 26. 

Festivali i Këngës can already look back on a long history: It has been held every year since 1962. Since 2004, when Anjeza Shahini represented her home country with The Image Of You, it has also served as the Albanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The draw

This is the running order of tonight's show:

  1. Sigi Bastri – Engjëll i lirë
  2. Rezarta Smaja & Klodian Kaçani – Dashuri në përjetësi
  3. Dilan Reka – Buzëqesh
  4. Adrian Lulgjuraj – Jeto dhe ëndërro
  5. Erga Halilaj – Monolog
  6. Evans Rama – Flakë
  7. Jozefina Simoni – Një det me ty
  8. Egert Pano – Mos ik
  9. Genc Tukiçi – Sa të dashuroj
  10. Kozma Dushi – Një kafe
  11. Luiz Ejlli – Pa mbarim
  12. Teuta Kurti – Në sytë e mi
  13. Besa Krasniqi – Liroje zemrën
  14. Nilsa Hysi – Asaj
  15. Kristi Popa – Ajo çfarë ndjej
  16. Flaka Krelani – S'je për mu
  17. Enxhi Nasufi – Infinit
  18. Lindi Islami – Për një mrekulli
  19. Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap
  20. Eneda Tarifa – Përrallë
  21. Renis Gjoka – Ato që s'ti them dot
  22. Aslajdon Zaimaj – Merrmë që sot

The presenters

The presenters of the show are Pandi Laço, who is also the screenwriter of the festival, and Blerta Tafani, a journalist and main news anchor at TVSH.

Watch live!

At 20:45 CET tonight, you can watch the final of Festivali i Këngës on our WebTV Player - see it live when the first song of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest is being selected!

Listen to the songs and watch the performances

You can already listen to studio versions of all songs on the official Festivali i Këngës website, and you can also watch the semi-final performances of all entries on the RTSH Youtube Channel.