Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018

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Albania in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
Selection processJunior Fest 2018
Selection date
  • 23 September 2018
Competing entry
Song"Barbie"
ArtistEfi Gjika
SongwritersHristina Gjika
Efthimia Gjika
Placement
Final result17th, 44 points
Participation chronology
◄201720182019►

Albania was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Barbie" performed by Efi Gjika. The Albanian broadcaster RTSH was responsible for the organization of their representative at the contest. Their entry was selected through Junior Fest 2018, a national selection process consisting of sixteen artists competed in order to become the Albanian representative on 23 September 2018.

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Background

Prior to the 2018 contest, Albania had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest four 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. In 2017, Ana Kodra represented Albania in Tbilisi, Georgia with the song "Don't Touch My Tree" and participated in the 2018 national final but did not win.

Before Junior Eurovision

National final

The national final Junior Fest 2018 took place on 23 September 2018. It consisted of sixteen competing acts participating in a televised production at Amphitheater of the Lake Park in Tirana.

Draw [2] Artist [3] Song [4] Language
1Hera Hysi"Melodi pranverore"Albanian
2Emmi Rushiti"Mbrëmje feste"Albanian
3Kristiana Veshaj"Sot"Albanian
4Efi Gjika"Barbie"Albanian
5Jasmina Hako"Happy"Albanian, English
6Sindi Goga"Me tinguj fantazi"Albanian
7Iris Sula & Samanta Qoshku"Çdo gjë do dashuri"Albanian
8Era Rakipllari"Panorama"Albanian, English
9Merlin Xhai"Botë e re"Albanian
10Laura Boriçi"Është koha"Albanian
11Iris Dollani"Ylberi im"Albanian
12Sajana Kodheli"Ylli im"Albanian
13 Ana Kodra "Prindër ju lutem"Albanian
14Melodajn Mancaku"Ëndërroj"Albanian
15Speranza Bregasi"Ditari"Albanian
16Uendi Goga"Qiellin dhe yjet i dua"Albanian


At Junior Eurovision

During the opening ceremony and the running order draw which both took place on 19 November 2018, Albania was drawn to perform fourth on 25 November 2018, following Kazakhstan and preceding Russia. [5]

Voting

The same voting system that was introduced in the 2017 edition was used, where the results were determined by 50% online voting and 50% jury voting. Every participating broadcaster assembled 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. [6]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 23 November 2018 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 25 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. [7] 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 10% of the votes, it received 10% of the available points.

Detailed voting results

Detailed voting results from Albania [8]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 613751792
02Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 161414101615
03Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8884674
04Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
05Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 171918141319
06Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 15915151214
07Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 42461856
08Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 71810131512
09Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 19171912917
10Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 101511161916
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 141216111013
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5757147
13Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1211129811
14Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 13513197101
15Flag of France.svg  France 11112112
16Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 34325210
17Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1110617483
18Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 181617181118
19Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 9698365
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23231438

References

  1. Malaj, Eris (1 June 2016). "JESC 2016: Klesta Qehaja to represent Albania with Besoj". eurovisionary.com. EuroVisionary. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. "Albania's Junior Fest participants revealed. Ana Kodra returns!". 21 September 2018.
  3. "Albania's Junior Fest participants revealed. Ana Kodra returns!". 21 September 2018.
  4. "Albania's Junior Fest participants revealed. Ana Kodra returns!". 21 September 2018.
  5. Zwart, Josianne (19 November 2018). "Running order of Junior Eurovision 2018 revealed". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. Granger, Anthony (15 November 2018). "Junior Eurovision 2018 – How Does The Voting Work?". Eurovoix.
  7. "Junior Eurovision fans: Cast your vote online!". Junioreurovision.tv. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "Results of the Final of Minsk 2018". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.