Albanian dates NF are announced

RTSH has announced the dates for the national finals for esc 2013.
Their national final - called Festivali i Kenges - is being held for the 51st time and will be held from the 20th until 22th December 2012.

The winner of this contest will be the 10th representant for Albania in Malmö.
Full details about the national selection are yet to be announced.

Last year, Albania reached its best place with Rona achieving a 5th place in the final.

source: RTSH

Albanian broadcaster RTSH calls for songs


The preparations in Albania has started to choose the representant of them for Eurovision 2013.
Interested artists and composers should sent their songs including the lyrics in CD-format to the broadcaster.
A composer can only sent one song, and probably only songs from Albanian composers will be allowed.

The deadline for sending the songs is set on October 17th. Then all the songs will be evaluated by a professional jury and they will choose who proceed to Festivali i Kenges.

The winner of that competition will be the successor of Rona Nishliu, who gave Albania their best result ever with a second place in the semi-final and a 5th place in the final with 146 points.

source: rtsh.al