Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 1 – Albania
Sekret – Ronela Hakati
After a big dramatic start and a bit of ethnic pipe playing, this settles into its groove - and it's one...
Phil’s Eurovision Countdown 2022 – Part 1 – Albania
Sekret – Ronela Hakati
As a wise old sage says to me on a regular basis, you don’t need to watch the Eurovision to know...
The Sekret is out – Ronela Hajati updates Albanian Eurovision...
Albanian RTSH is always one of the first to stage its national final, with Festivali i Këngës taking place just before Christmas each year.
It...
9 February – Celebrate the dance within
It can be a strange thing being a country's second ever participant in our favourite TV show. Especially if the first entrant did well....
Ronela goes to Turin for Albania.
o, after a final that took three days which included a pointless "getting rid of three newcomers because we can" on night one and...
13 September – The clock runs crazy, it has no hands
Do you prefer a song in a language you can't understand? If you can speak English you're always in luck with the songs taking...
19 August – A gleam of light
Don't you just love our favourite TV show for its masses of different styles? You can have good old Scandi-Schlager, followed by good old...
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...
Albania – just as good as it’s always been…
After what can only be described adequately as an interminable 20 minutes from Georgia, Albania bursts onto the screen and wakes me up. Anxhela...
The Fanning Verdict – Eurovision 2021 – Day Four
I’m not going to lie, this is a Eurovision 2021 day I’ve not looked forward to. It’s the part of the show laden with...