Английская Википедия:Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020

Albania was scheduled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with the song "Fall from the Sky" performed by Arilena Ara. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Шаблон:Lang organised by Шаблон:Lang (RTSH) in December 2019. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in Шаблон:Escyr. In March 2020, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the contest's cancellation due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its rapid spread across Europe.

Background

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Prior to the 2020 contest, Albania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest sixteen times since its first entry in Шаблон:Escyr.^[1] The country's highest placing in the contest, to this point, had been the fifth place, which it achieved in Шаблон:Escyr with the song "Шаблон:Lang" performed by Rona Nishliu.^[1] The first entry was performed by Anjeza Shahini with the song "The Image of You" and finished in the seventh place, Albania's second-highest placing to date.^[1] During its tenure in the contest, Albania failed to qualify for the final seven times, with both the Шаблон:Escyr and Шаблон:Escyr entries being the most recent non-qualifiers.^[2]^[3] Since the 2018 contest, Albania qualified for the grand final in both the Шаблон:Escyr and Шаблон:Escyr contest, with Eugent Bushpepa finishing in eleventh place with "Шаблон:Lang" and Jonida Maliqi placing in seventeenth place with "Шаблон:Lang".^[1]

In July 2019, the national broadcaster of Albania, Шаблон:Lang (RTSH), officially confirmed Albania's participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.^[4] RTSH broadcasts the contest within Albania and organises the selection process for the nation's entry.^[5] Since its debut in 2004, it has consistently selected its entry through the long-standing competition Шаблон:Lang.^[5]

Before Eurovision

Festivali i Këngës

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Arilena Ara after winning the 58th edition of Шаблон:Lang in December 2019.

Шаблон:Lang (RTSH) organised the 58th edition of Шаблон:Lang in order to select the nation's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.^[6] The competition consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 20 December, respectively, and the grand final on 22 December 2019.^[6] From May 2019 to September 2019, artists were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster. An artistic committee reviewed the received submissions and chose 20 artists and songs shortlisted to compete in the semi-finals of Шаблон:Lang.^[7]^[8]

Contestants

Contestants^[7]
Artist(s)	Song	Songwriter(s)
Albërie Hadërgjonaj	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Aldo Bardhi	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Arilena Ara	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Bojken Lako	"Шаблон:Lang"	Bojken Lako
Devis Xherahu	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Eli Fara and Stresi	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Elvana Gjata	"Шаблон:Lang"	Elvana Gjata
Era Rusi	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Gena	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Genc Tukiçi and Nadia Tukiçi	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Kamela Islamaj	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Kanita Suma	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Kastro Zizo	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Olta Boka	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Renis Gjoka	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Robert Berisha	"Шаблон:Lang"	Filloreta Raci
Sara Bajraktari	"Шаблон:Lang"	Adrian Hila
Tiri Gjoci	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Valon Shehu	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist
Wendi Mancaku	"Шаблон:Lang"	Шаблон:Hlist

Shows

Semi-finals

The semi-finals of Шаблон:Lang took place on 19 December and 20 December 2020 and were broadcast live at 21:00 (CET) on the respective dates.^[9] Ten songs competed in each semi-final with five entries in the first and seven in the second semi-final qualifying for the final. The qualifying songs were selected by a jury panel consisting of two national and three international members with connections to the Eurovision Song Contest.^[10] The jury panel was composed of Christer Björkman, Dimitris Kontopoulos, Felix Bergsson, Mikaela Minga and Rita Petro.^[11] The first semi-final was opened by the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2019 representative Jonida Maliqi performing her song "Шаблон:Lang".^[12] The interval act included Mahmood performing his songs "Шаблон:Lang" and "Шаблон:Lang".^[13] The interval act in the second semi-final featured Agim Krajka and Lindita Theodhori with the song "Шаблон:Lang".^[14] After the semi-finals, the votes of an expert jury panel selected twelve songs to advance to the grand final.^[11]

Final

The grand final of Шаблон:Lang took place on 22 December 2019 and was broadcast live at 21:00 (CET).^[9]^[15] The final featured guest performances by Eleni Foureira and Giusy Ferreri.^[16] Twelve songs competed and the winner was determined by the combination of the votes from a five-member jury panel.^[17] Each member of the jury voted by assigning scores from 1–10, 13 and 18 points to their preferred songs. Before the end of the show, Arilena Ara emerged as the winner with "Шаблон:Lang" and was simultaneously announced as Albania's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.^[18]^[19]^[20]

FinalШаблон:Snd22 December 2019^[9]
Draw	Artist	Song	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Small	Total	Place
1	Valon Shehu	"Шаблон:Lang"	1	2	7	7	6	23	8
2	Sara Bajraktari	"Шаблон:Lang"	13	10	10	8	9	50	3
3	Robert Berisha	"Шаблон:Lang"	9	3	2	3	1	18	10
4	Tiri Gjoci	"Шаблон:Lang"	2	4	8	6	3	23	8
5	Bojken Lako	"Шаблон:Lang"	3	8	3	18	13	45	4
6	Arilena Ara	"Шаблон:Lang"	10	13	13	13	18	67	1
7	Gena	"Шаблон:Lang"	4	7	1	1	5	18	10
8	Kamela Islamaj	"Шаблон:Lang"	6	6	4	9	10	35	6
9	Albërie Hadërgjonaj	"Шаблон:Lang"	7	5	6	5	4	27	7
10	Elvana Gjata	"Шаблон:Lang"	18	18	18	2	8	64	2
11	Olta Boka	"Шаблон:Lang"	5	1	5	4	2	17	12
12	Era Rusi	"Шаблон:Lang"	8	9	9	10	7	43	5

Promotion

An accompanying lyric video for "Fall from the Sky" premiered on the official YouTube channel of the Eurovision Song Contest on 10 March 2019.^[21]^[22] For further promotion, Arilena was scheduled to embark on a small tour with live performances at various Eurovision Song Contest-related events, including in Amsterdam, London and Madrid, before the tour was cancelled due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).^[23]^[24]^[25] The first live performance of the song was broadcast during Arilena's Sounds of Silence concert at the Mother Teresa Square in Tirana on 2 May 2020 as well as the European Broadcasting Union's Eurovision Home Concerts series on 8 May 2020.^[26]^[27]

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was initially scheduled to take place at Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and consist of two semi-finals on 12 and 14 May, and the grand final on 16 May 2020.^[28] According to the Eurovision rules, each participating country, except the host country and the "Big Five", consisting of Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty, Шаблон:Esccnty and the Шаблон:Esccnty, would have been required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final would have progressed to the grand final.^[29] In January, it was announced that Albania would be performing in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest.^[30] However, in March, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) announced the contest's cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[31] With respect to Arilena and her entry "Fall from the Sky" participating in the 2021 contest, the EBU announced soon after that entries intended for 2020 would not be eligible for the following year, though each broadcaster would be able to send either their 2020 representative or a new one.^[32] By September 2020, RTSH announced that they planned to instead host the next edition of Шаблон:Lang to choose their 2021 entry.^[33]

Alternative song contests

The broadcasters who were planned to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 organised alternative music competitions. Amongst them, Austrian broadcaster, ORF, organised Шаблон:Lang in April 2020, which saw every entry being assigned to one of three semi-finals. A jury, consisting of ten members that had represented Шаблон:Esccnty at the contest before, was hired to rank each song, with the highest-placed in each semi-final advancing to the final round.^[34] In the third semi-final on 18 April, Albania placed fourth in a field of thirteen participants, achieving a total of 62 points.^[35] Swedish broadcaster, Sveriges Television, additionally organised Шаблон:Lang, in which Albania was scheduled to participate on 9 May 2020.^[36]

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