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Ledina Celo will represent
Albania at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest. With Neser shkoj,
Ledina Celo won the 43rd edition of the Festivali i Kenges,
hosted by Huejda El Sajed and Leon Menkshi.
A total of 32 artists
appeared at the start of this year's Festivali i Kenges. 18 of
them survived the semifinals that were held on Thursday and
Friday. Tonight, all of them have performed their song during
the final night. A professional jury in combination with
televoting decided over the outcome of the Albanian national
final.
This is the top 3 of the Albanian national final:
1. Ledina Celo - Neser shkoj
2. Luis Ejlli - Hena dhe yjet dashurojne
3. Jonida Maliqi - Frikem se me pelqen
Ledina Celo will represent Albania at the 2005 Eurovision Song
Contest. Ledina Celo is a well known and establishd singer in
Albania. Last year, she was the host of the Festivali i Kenges,
in which Albania for the first time selected a Eurovision Song
Contest representative.
Runner-up and Albanian idol Luis Ejlli won a ticket for the
Mediterranean Song Contest. The winners in the youth category
were the three girls from Kosovo Vesa, Teuta & Rona with
Flakaresha.
Guest singers at the show were Anjeza Shahini, who reminded the
Albanians once again of her successful Eurovision Song Contest
apearance by singing The image of you, Italian singer
Luca Barbarossa (who appeared for Italy at the Eurovision Song
Contest 1988) and Ruslana. This year's Eurovision Song Contest
winner performed her winning song Wild dances and
encouraged the audience in the Palace of Congresses in Tirana to
sing along with her latest single Dance with the wolves
which she dedicated to all Albanians.
Ledina Celo's rhythmic song Neser shkoj is three and a
half minute long and will thus have to be remixed before
entering the Eurovision Song Contest. The song might well be
translated into English, as it happened with Anjeza Shahini's
song last year. .
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