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Kejsi Tola/Me ke mua

Kejsi Tola wins Jon Music Production award at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival

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Kejsi Tola has had success at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival where she has won the Jon Music Production award with her song Me ke mua (You have me).

Me ke mua is good song with a strong rhythm and, of course, a very good production.

Kejsi has had a great 2018. She had a massive summer hit with U Rritem. The song has nearly 2 million views on YouTube.

Carry Me In Your Dreams was Kejsi’s song from the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Albania. It is still a massive fan favourite.

You can see Kejsi perform Me ke mua below.

Source: ESC Covers; TV Klan – photos@instagram/kejsi tola

Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi

Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi win the Best Duet prize at 2018 Kenga Magjike

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Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi have won the Best Duet award at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival in Albania with the beautiful ballad Fli ne krahet e mi. Congratulations to Inis & Flori on their well deserved achievement.

Inis has had a very successful year in 2018 including her wonderful Grand Prix win at the Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag festival in Romania. Also, won an award at the Tra La La competition in FYR Macedonia and, of course, she achieved much respect and praise for her song Piedestal from the Festivali i Këngës #56 Eurovision selection in Albania.

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ESC Covers wishes Inis also a lot of good luck and success in 2019. We also wish the same for Flori.

You can see Inis & Flori with their award below and also hear their Best Duet song Fli ne krahet e mi.

Source: ESC Covers; TV Klan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOU3cB_u18M

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSyF2VZYR4w

Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi/Fli ne krahet e mi

Listen to the beautiful duet by Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival

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Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi have recorded a beautiful duet and performed it at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival in Albania. The song is called Fli ne krahet e mi. It is a delightful and stripped back ballad with an arrangement of piano and some strings sung with emotion and charm. The song is composed by Elgit Doda Teksti, Klea Huta and Alban Kondi

The voices of Inis and Flori together blend very well. Inis has an incredible voice filled with soul and passion. She has had an incredible year including winning the grand prix at the Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag competition in Romania and also success at the Tra La La festival in FYR Macedonia. Of course, Inis also won much acclaim at the Festivali i Këngës #56 with the enchanting Piedestal.

You can see Inis and Flori perform Fli ne krahet e mi below.

Source: ESC Covers; TV Klan / Photos@TV Klan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSyF2VZYR4w

Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi

Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi to duet at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival

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Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi
Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi

Inis Neziri & Flori Nazifi will sing a duet at the 2018 Kenga Magjike festival. The song will be revealed on Sunday 11 November at 16:00 CET on TV Klan channel in Albania

Inis is fresh from her recent success at the Cerbul de Aur – Golden Stag competition in Romania where she took the top prize. She performed the Romanian song Dau Viața Mea Pentru O Iubire by Monica Anghel and her beautiful and popular Festivali i Këngës #56 song Piedestal.

ESC Covers looks forward to Inis & Flori performing this weekend. We will bring you more about this in the coming days. Good luck to both of them.

Source: ESC Covers

Mishela Rapo feat. Ergys Shahu

Albania: Mishela Rapo feat. Ergys Shahu perform ‘Dashni e rralle’ at the 2018 Kenga Magjike

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Mishela Rapo feat. Ergys Shahu performed a beautiful duet song entitled Dashni e rralle (You love it) in the 2018 Kenga Magjike. The song is happy and upbeat with some Balkan overtones and brings some positive energy.

Dashni e rralle is composed by Anxhelo Koci with lyrics by Endrit Mumajesi and Ergys Shahu. The arrangement is by Alsked Rrenja.

Mishela and Ergys are accompanied on stage by four musicians – two violinists, a guitarist and a saxophone player.

Mishela represented Albania at the 2015 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with her song Dambaje.

You can see Mishela and Ergys perform their duet below.

Source: ESC Covers; ArkivaShqip; Headline Records

Kejsi Tola/U Rritem

Kejsi Tola releases beautiful acoustic version of her summer hit ‘U Rritem’

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Kejsi Tola has just released a beautiful and gentle acoustic version of her big summer hit, U Rritem (I grew up). This version has been stripped back it has a unique charm and showcases Kejsi’s crystal clear vocals.

The video clip for the acoustic version of U Rritem is filmed on a rooftop building and Kejsi is accompanied by guitarists Denis Hima and Bilma Piranaj and percussionist and Cajun player, Besjan Herri.

U Rritem has been a big summer smash hit in Albania and beyond with over 1.5 million views on YouTube. The song was composed by Flori Mumajesi.

Kejsi represented Albania at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with a fan favourite Carry Me In Your Dreams.

Check out the acoustic version of U Rritem below and also take a listen to the charming and hypnotic original version.

Source: ESC Covers – photos from the music video of ‘U Rritem’ (Acoustic)

Efi Gjika/Barbie

Albania: Efi Gjika releases the official video clip of ‘Barbie’

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Efi Gjika was recently selected to represent Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Now the official video clip of her song, Barbie, has been released.

The video looks like great fun for Efi and her friends. It begins as she wakes up and she looks at her collection of Barbie dolls.  It is a fun packed video involving lots of toys and friends and dancing.

Barbie is an upbeat dance song with a strong beat. Really fun to dance to.

Efi will sing Barbie, representing Albania in Minsk, Belarus on 25 November.

You can see the official video for Barbie below.

Source: ESC Covers; junioreurovision.tv – photos from the official video clip of ‘Barbie’ @ RTSH

2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Focus on Ana Kodra and her song ‘Prindër ju lutem’

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Ana Kodra recently took part in the 2018 Junior Fest (Junior Eurovision national selection) in Albania. Her song was entitled Prindër ju lutem (Parents please).

Ana did not win this time but she can be proud of an amazing performance where her vocals were powerful and crystal clear.

Prindër ju lutem is a very powerful song with a beautiful musical arrangement and sung with lots of emotion by Ana. The song is composed by Eriona Rushiti.

Ana represented Albania at the 2017 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with Don’t Touch My Tree.

You can see Ana’s beautiful performance of Prindër ju lutem below.

Source: ESC Covers – photos@TVSH

Abedin Zenuni & Dhurata Aliaj

Listen to Abedin Zenuni & Dhurata Aliaj and the ethnic folk sound of ‘Mi ke marre ment e kres’

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Abedin Zenuni & Dhurata Aliaj {copyright: DArt/Arkiva Shqip}

Abedin Zenuni & Dhurata Aliaj have released a new song and video clip for the song Mi ke marre ment e kres (What did you do?).

Mi ke marre ment e kres has an Albanian ethnic folk sound.

The video is a DArt Channel production.

Check out the video clip for Mi ke marre ment e kres below.

Source: ESC Covers; DArt Channel

2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest

Efi Gjika will represent Albania at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest with ‘Barby’

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Efi Gjika won the 2018 Junior Fest Albania and will represent her country at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Belarus in November with the song, Barby.

16 acts took part in the show including last year’s representative, Ana Kodra. There was also the song Panorama by Era Rakipllai was composed by Mishela Rapo, who represented Albania at the 2015 Junior Eurovision.

  1. Hera Hysi – Melodi pranverore
  2. Emmi Rushiti – Mbremje feste 
  3. Kristiana Veshaj – Sot
  4. Efi Gjika  – Barby
  5. Jasmina Hoko – Happy
  6. Sindi Goga  – Me tinguj fantazi
  7. Iris Sula & Samanta Qoshku – Çdo gjë do dashuri
  8. Era Rakipllai – Panorama
  9. Merlin Xhai – Bote e re
  10. Laura Boriçi – Eshtë koha
  11. Iris Dollani – Ylberi im
  12. Sajana Kodheli – Ylim
  13. Ana Kodra – Prindër ju lutem
  14. Melodian Mancala  – Enderroj
  15. Speranca Bregasi – Ditari
  16. Uendi Goga – Olellin dhe yjet i dua

Voting was courtesy of an expert jury.

The show will be broadcast on Albanian tv on 27 September. In the meantime check out the video below.

Source: RTSH; ESC Covers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65xQ339Z4vs