Albania will be represented on May 9th in Eurovision by the singer Besa Kokëdhima, who will perform second on the magical stage.

Prime Minister Edi Rama has posted on his Instagram account “Titan,” calling on citizens to support and vote for her in the European Song Contest.

“Tomorrow, Albania is represented in Eurovision with Besa, and in this European song championship, where all competitors expect the support of their people’s votes, let’s give our support to Besa by wishing her the greatest success,” Rama writes.

Last night (May 7th) marked the first semifinal of the European Song Festival, while Thursday, May 9th, will be the second semifinal where Albania will also compete with the singer Besa Kokëdhima.

All Albanians, who for decades have been following this great event of European and world music, will have the opportunity to hear Albania’s representative in this edition, Besa Kokëdhima, on May 9th, in the second semifinal.

Her song “TITAN” will be the second to be performed on the second semifinal evening. The new English version of the song comes as a collaboration with renowned global producers such as Gia Koka, Serban Casan, and Alias LJ, and the well-known Albanian producer Kledi Bahiti. The video clip was shot in Istanbul and comes as a trinomial combining lyrics, message, and music. With the song “Zemër n’dorë” (TITAN), Besa Kokëdhima gained the trust of the public to represent Albania in the 68th edition of Eurovision, at the 62nd Song Festival on RTSH.

Eurovision 2024 is broadcast live by the Albanian Radio Television. Only 20 states are selected from the two semifinals to proceed to the grand final, which will be held on May 11th, joining the 5 permanent finalist states and the host country, Sweden.

From the semifinal, the ten finalists are evaluated by the public vote. They are voted in two forms: Albanians residing in states competing in the second semifinal night can vote with code 02 on the phone numbers provided by the participating states. While all Albanians anywhere in the world, in the “rest of the world” voting, where online voting is available 24 hours before the online voting opens, can vote for Albania up to 20 times from any country in the world.

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