Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 information
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Country
Albania
National selection
Selection process
Festivali i Këngës 59
Selection date(s)
Semi-finals: 21 December 2020 22 December 2020 Final: 23 December 2020
Selected entrant
Anxhela Peristeri
Selected song
"Karma"
Selected songwriter(s)
Kledi Bahiti
Olti Curri
Finals performance
Semi-final result
Qualified (10th, 112 points)
Final result
21st, 57 points
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with the song "Karma" performed by Anxhela Peristeri. Its entry was selected through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2020. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and various television and radio appearances in Albania, Greece, Kosovo and San Marino.
Albania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 May 2021. Performing as number 11, the nation was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the grand final. In the grand final on 22 May 2021, it performed as number two and placed 21st out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 57 points.
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