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Tradition Meets Tech: Albania’s Eurovision Flame
The team behind Albania’s Eurovision entry Zjarm aren’t just riding high after their latest rehearsals, they’re sparking something deeper: a revival of identity, pride,...
4 May – You make my days and nights so hazy
Cast your mind back, if you can, to when your country first took part in the Eurovision Song Contest. A time for optimism and...
Monty’s Eurovision Countdown 2025 Part 1 – Albania
Zjerm by Shkodra Elektronike
Albania, always first out of the blocks alphabetically for my Countdown and usually first chronologically too, with the magnificent Festivali I...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown – Part 1/37 – Albania
Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike
Now depending on your age or your geographic location this is either “a banger” that is going to score a gamillion...
Nick “does” 2025 – Albania
Zjerm – Shkodra Elektronike
Now, I have to start with a little confession. Traditionally I find it hard going to start these countdowns, because working...
Eurovision Countdown 2025: Albania is ‘anguished’
Albania
Shkodra Elektronike – Zjerm
In theory, Zjerm has everything you'd expect from a classic Albanian Eurovision entry: anguished vocal lines, regional instrumentation, and a sense...
17 February – You live within me, that’s why I’m alive
Do you think it's only a matter of time before another country wins our favourite TV show for the first time? It could, of...
1 February – Keep calm and think twice
Are you from a country that's never won our favourite TV show? How do you feel? Do you think that one of your...
Well that went well – Not Karnaval then….
After three nights that we have totally ignored because it's nearly Christmas, RTSH finally announced their fifteen finalists for FiK63. Thus year, seemingly, there...
A traditional Christmas gift….
No no, i'm not likening FiK to a singing turkey oh dear me no, but us Eurovision fans know that this is a yearly...