Arilena Ara has released the official video clip for her song Fall From The Sky.
Arilena was chosen to represent Albania at the 2020 Eurovision after winning Festivali i Këngës #58. The original title in Albanian language was Shaj.
You can see the music video for Fall From The Sky below.
Source: ESC Covers
Dimitris Kontopoulos: Inis Neziri & Sandro performed a very beautiful acoustic cover version of the song Hold Me as part of special quarantine sessions held by Dimitris.
Hold Me was a composition of Dimitris that finished second at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest for Farid Mammadov representing Azerbaijan.
Dimitris is a very successful composer from Greece and is part of the ‘dream team’ who works with Philipp Kirkorov from Russia. They have had many successful Eurovision songs such as Shady Lady (2008 Ani Lorak– Ukraine), This Is The Night (2009 Sakis Rouvas – Greece), Shine (2014 Tolmachevy Sisters – Russia) and You’re The Only One (2016 Sergey Lazarev – Russia).
Inis Neziri is the beautiful and talented singer from Albania, who won the 2018 Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag festival in Romania and the prestigious 2019 New Wave festival in Russia. She also had the popular song Piedestal in the Festivali i Këngës #56 in Albania.
Sandro was selected for the 2020 Eurovision for Cyprus with his song Running. He took part in The Voice of Germany in 2018 and finished fifth at the New Wave festival in Russia, where he was representing the USA.
You can see the charming interpretation of Hold Me below.
Source: ESC Covers
Efi Gjika had an idea of a competition, where some Polish fans could join her in the music video shoot of her single Cool Kids. Efi represented Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Barbie and was in Poland, also to read the Albanian jury results.
The lucky winners of the competition included Madzia Słowik, Julia and Tosia Skóra. Madzia has been speaking to ESC Covers and she tells us about her exciting experience.
Madzia loved Barbie by Efi ever since seeing the video on YouTube and enjoyed it even more at the 2018 Junior Eurovision. She became a big fan of Efi and dreamed of meeting her someday! However, Albania is a long way from her home country, Poland, so she never thought it would be possible. But she saw that Efi was running a competition on Instagram for fans in Poland and the lucky prize for the winners would be to meet her in the Polish city of Kraków. The winners would also participate in the video clip of Efi’s song, Cool Kids. Madzia thought this was an amazing opportunity, as she is from Kraków too. She entered the competition…and she was one of the winners! Fabulous!
Madzia said it was a really great experience and an amazing adventure. She got to see how the music video was made and it was a dream come true! She got to spend time with her idol, Efi and also meet the other winners of the competition, Tosia and Julia. They made friends with each other and keep in touch! The music video for Cool Kids took about two hours to film. Although you only see the girls for a few seconds, the shoot took much longer and the girls got to walk around some great places in Kraków. They all went to the Kraków market square and after filming they all went to the café together with Efi’s parents. It was such a wonderful experience! Madzia, Julia and Tosia asked Efi lots of questions and they had a lot of fun. Efi also asked the girls questions too.
You can see the music video for Cool Kids by Efi Gjika below.
Source: ESC Covers
Lorina is a young and talented singer from Albania. She has released a brand new song entitled Baby Falma. It is a catchy and contemporary upbeat track with a cool music video.
Baby Falma music is Hocha Music. The track is mixed and produced by Alboos.
The music video is courtesy of Infinitfiilms and the director of photography is Raif Sinik. The producer is Drilon Zekaj with visual effects by Raif Sinik.
You can see the video clip for Baby Falma below.
Source: ESC Covers; ArkivaShqip
Mishela Rapo has released an emotional new song entitled Larg teje (Away from you). It is poignant for the current difficult times that face everybody during the world pandemic.
Larg teje is a beautifully arranged song and Mishela’s vocals are charming and crystal clear as always. It is composed by Mishela Rapo and Alsked Rrenja (music) and Besa Hoxha (lyrics). The arrangement is by Alsked Rrenja. The music video is courtesy of Malis Selmani.
Mishela represented Albania at the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Dambaje.
You can see the video clip for Larg teje below.
Source: ESC Covers
Ana Kodra gave a mini-c0ncert to local residents in her home city of Tirana, Albania. People watched and applauded on their balconies of the apartments during this time of quarantine.
News 24 Albania reported on the event.
Ana represented Albania at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Mos ma prekni pemën / Don’t Touch My Tree.
You can see the featured news item about Ana below.
Source: ESC Covers
Ilirjana Elshani (Lila) is a talented young singer from Albania. She recently released two upbeat songs – first one is Luje and the second release is Eja (Come on). Both have a strong hook and powerful productions.
You can watch the music videos for both Luje and Eja below.
Source: ESC Covers
Mishela Rapo has made a beautiful cover version of the Turkish song Söz Vermiştin (You promised) originally recorded by Candan Erçetin. The song starts slowly and builds in to an ethnic upbeat tempo. Mishela’s smooth vocals and performance in the Turkish language are charming.
The words for Söz Vermiştin are by Mete Özgencil. The editing is by Alper Erinç and the recording studio courtesy of Endrit Fusha.
Mishela represented Albania at the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Dambaje.
You can hear Mishela with her version of Söz Vermiştin below.
Source: ESC Covers
Five young singers from Albania, who took part in the 2019 Junior Fest competition, have released the song Shqiperi o vendi im (Albania, my country). Noel Hoxholli, Kristiana Veshaj, Sajana Kodheli, Rumejsa Kola and Franceska Kasa recorded their vocals from their homes. It is a song of hope and better times and being proud of their country.
The song is composed by Sokol Marsi (TVSH producer and songwriter).
You can see the music video for Shqiperi o vendi im below.
Source: ESC Covers
A charming collaboration by Efi Gjika, Isea Çili, Ana Kodra and Klaudio Zoto has been released entitled Gjyshes (Grandmother). It is dedicated to grandmothers everywhere and is the wonderful idea by composer and producer Sokol Marsi. The song has a delightful and heart warming melody and gives everyone hope during these difficult times.
Efi (2018), Isea (2019) and Ana (2017) represented Albania at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Klaudio was the first Albanian representative at the 2018 Eurovision Young Musicians festival.
You can hear the beautiful Gjyshes and see the music video filmed and recorded at the individual homes of the singers and composer below.
Source: ESC Covers; RTSH