Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2018 – Part 2 – Albania
So, after sorting out the UK and nailing some colours to the mast, it’s time to get through the other fourty-two in alphabetical order…
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Albania and Romania Power
I know I’m supposed to do one post per rehearsal, but I’m running late and I’ve wanted to do that pun for like 12...
![Shkodra Elektronike rehearsing Zjerm for Albania at St. Jakobshalle - Sarah Louise Bennett [EBU]](https://oneurope.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/250507_Sarah-Louise-Bennett_EBU_16082-2.jpg "Tradition Meets Tech: Albania’s Eurovision Flame")
Tradition Meets Tech: Albania’s Eurovision Flame
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Albania picks first song for 2019 Eurovision Song Contest
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Anxhela Peristeri is the 2021 winner in Albania
So after the longest off season known to man - thanks to the Coronavirus shenanigans - one of the few certainties in life has...
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It's a thing these days that many songs are in English, or at least partly in English. Some fans are old enough to remember...
Monty looks at Georgia, Albania, Portugal and Bulgaria
Goedemorgen Oneuropeans, and welcome to Day 7. A week already! It’s the final second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, and a short day today after...