Watch live tonight: The Albanian national final!

27 December 2015 at 13:15 CET

Pandi Laço and Blerta Tafani will present the show tonight Photo: 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:

Sigi Bastri – Engjëll i lirë
Rezarta Smaja & Klodian Kaçani – Dashuri në përjetësi
Dilan Reka – Buzëqesh
Adrian Lulgjuraj – Jeto dhe ëndërro
Erga Halilaj – Monolog
Evans Rama – Flakë
Jozefina Simoni – Një det me ty
Egert Pano – Mos ik
Genc Tukiçi – Sa të dashuroj
Kozma Dushi – Një kafe
Luiz Ejlli – Pa mbarim
Teuta Kurti – Në sytë e mi
Besa Krasniqi – Liroje zemrën
Nilsa Hysi – Asaj
Kristi Popa – Ajo çfarë ndjej
Flaka Krelani – S'je për mu
Enxhi Nasufi – Infinit
Lindi Islami – Për një mrekulli
Florent Abrashi – Të ndjek çdo hap
Eneda Tarifa – Përrallë
Renis Gjoka – Ato që s'ti them dot
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.