Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
National selection
Selection processJunior Fest 2017
Selection date(s)
  • 14 October 2017
Selected entrantAna Kodra
Selected song"Don't Touch My Tree"
Finals performance
Final result13th, 67 points
Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
◄201620172018►

Albania participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017, which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on 26 November 2017. The Albanian broadcaster RTSH was responsible for the organization of their representative at the contest. Their entry was selected through Junior Fest 2017, a national selection process consisting of sixteen artists who competed in order to become the Albanian representative on 14 October 2017. Ana Kodra is an Albanian singer who won the selection with the song "Mos ma prekni pemën", meaning "Don't Touch My Tree".

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Background

Prior to the 2017 contest, Albania had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest three times since its first entry in 2012, only opting not to participate at the 2013 and 2014 contests. Albania has never won the contest, with their best result being in 2015, with the song "Dambaje" performed by Mishela Rapo, achieving fifth place with a score of 93 points. In 2016, Klesta Qehaja represented Albania in Valletta, Malta with the song "Besoj". [1] The country ended in 13th place out of 17 countries, achieving 38 points.

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Fest 2017

The national final Junior Fest 2017 took place on 14 October 2017. It consisted sixteen competing acts participating in a televised production where the winner was determined by a jury panel. [2] Sixteen songs took part in Junior Fest 2017, which was held in the Palace of Congresses in Tirana. A three-member professional jury, made up of Fatma Methasani, Andi Bajgora and Lum Veseli, selected Ana Kodra as the winner of the selection with the song "Mos ma prekni pemën". The song was later entitled "Don't Touch My Tree" along with the release of the official video on 14 November 2017.

DrawArtistSongLanguage
1Kristiana Veshaj"Profesioni" Albanian
2Amela Agastra"Dance Up"Albanian
3Sara Bajraktari"Flas me ëndrrën"Albanian
4Auron Ismaili"Shkolla e vjetër"Albanian
5Ana Kodra"Mos ma prekni pemën"Albanian
6Valeria Cara"Kohën pas ta kthej"Albanian
7Kleansa Susaj"Melodi"Albanian
8Vivjan Kokeri"Historia që nuk flet"Albanian
9Jana Shala"Si një melodi"Albanian
10Argisa Sako"Hola"Albanian, Spanish
11Diana Tahiri"Një sekret"Albanian
12Alina Jani"Yjet"Albanian
13Uendi Goga"Të japim ty një shpresë"Albanian
14Vivian Biagioni"Si në përrallë"Albanian
15Klaudia & Eliza Thartori"Garderoba"Albanian
16Ajla Buzi"DJ Pom"Albanian

Artist and song information

Ana Kodra

Ana Kodra
Born (2007-03-23) 23 March 2007 (age 15) [3]
Albania
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s) Vocals, Piano
Years active2015–present
Flag of Albania.svg "Don't Touch My Tree"
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Ana Kodra
Languages
Composer(s)
Kristi Popa
Lyricist(s)
Jorgo Papingji
Entry chronology
◄ "Besoj" (2016)
"Barbie" (2018) ►

Ana Kodra (born 23 March 2007) is an Albanian singer. She represented Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Mos ma prekni pemën". She finished in 13th place with 67 points.

Ana began performing at the age of eight years old when she participated in the TV show Tú sí que vales. Despite her young age, she managed to go to the final and to create her own fan base. At the age of nine, Ana became part of the TV show Gjeniu i vogël. In addition to that, she won the second prize at the National Children's Festival in Shkodër.

Ana participated in the second series of The Voice Kids Albania where she gave a very impressive and confident performance in the Blind Auditions of the song Evil Like Me from the Disney movie, Descendants. All judges turned their chair, and she picked Miriam Cani as her coach. She finished in the top 6.

In 2019, she auditioned for Britain's Got Talent.

Don't Touch My Tree

"Don't Touch My Tree" (originally Mos ma prekni pemën) is a song performed by Albanian child singer Ana Kodra. It represented Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which took place on 20 November 2017, Albania was drawn to perform tenth on 26 November 2017, following Georgia and preceding Ukraine. [4]

Voting

In 2017, a new voting system was introduced, in which the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every country had a national jury that consisted of three music industry professionals and two children aged between 10 and 15 who were citizens of the country they represented. The rankings of those jurors were combined to make an overall top ten. [5]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2017 when a recap of all the rehearsal performances was shown on the contest's website Junioreurovision.tv before the viewers could vote. After this, voters also had the option to watch longer one-minute clips from each participant's rehearsal. This first round of voting ended on Sunday 26 November at 15:59 CET. The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes. International viewers were able vote for a minimum of three and a maximum of five songs. [6] They were also able to vote for their own country's song. These votes were then turned into points which were determined by the percentage of votes received. For example, if a song received 20% of the votes, it received 20% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Albania [7]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 121310141214
02Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3326438
03Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13121331313
04Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 27313210
05Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 92129565
06Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 141515151515
07Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 101465883
08Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 6684756
09Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 14122112
10Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
11Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 115148692
12Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 159771112
13Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 411112147
14Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5105131074
15Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 889119101
16Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7114101411

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