Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Country
Albania
National selection
Selection process
Festivali i Këngës 56
Selection date(s)
Semi-finals: 21 December 2017 22 December 2017 Final: 23 December 2017
Selected entrant
Eugent Bushpepa
Selected song
"Mall"
Selected songwriter(s)
Eugent Bushpepa
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Qualified (8th, 168 points)
Final result
11th, 184 points
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Mall" performed by Eugent Bushpepa. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2017. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and live performances in the Netherlands and Spain.
Albania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 May 2018. Performing as number three, the nation was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final. In the grand final on 12 May, it performed as number 12 and placed 11th out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 184 points.
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