Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021

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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
National selection
Selection processJunior Fest 2021
Selection date(s)23 October 2021
Selected entrantAnna Gjebrea
Selected song"Stand By You"
Selected songwriter(s)
Finals performance
Final result14th, 84 points
Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
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Albania participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Paris, France, with the song "Stand By You" performed by Anna Gjebrea. Its entry was selected through the national selection competition Junior Fest 2021 organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in October 2021. The country returned to the contest after an absence of one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Background

Prior to the 2021 contest, Albania had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest six times since its first entry in 2012, only opting not to participate at the 2013, 2014 and 2020 contests. Albania has never won the contest, with their best result being in 2015, with the song " Dambaje " by Mishela Rapo achieving fifth place with a score of 93 points. [1] The country did not participate in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [2] but on 18 August 2021, RTSH announced that Albania will participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 following their one-year absence. [3]

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Fest 2021

Despite reports that the Albanian entry for the competition would be chosen internally, [4] the Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) revealed in September 2021 that the Albanian representative will be chosen via the national selection competition Junior Fest 2021. [5]

Interested artists were able to send in their applications, starting from 29 September until 15 October. [5] [6] Only the final versions of the entries were accepted. [5] Eventually 19 acts were selected to compete in the final, which was broadcast on 23 October 2021 on 18:00 CET, but filmed earlier in RTSH Studios in Tirana. [7] [8] The winner was selected exclusively by jury vote, with the members of the committee not being revealed publicly.

Final – 23 October 2021
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)Place
1Adea Rreshka"Botën ndal"Erdit Shani, Taulant Skënderaj—
2Viola Gjyzeli"A më njihni"Kristi Bello, Mimoza Bici—
3Iris Çarçani"Per ty mam"Lambert Jorganxhi, Moza Bici—
4Sergita Varfi"Tek një flutur krahët marr"Edmond Rrapi, Leidi Shqiponja—
5Kristel Qarri"Nesër"Alfred Kacinari, Ana Kacinari—
6Violeta Beshiri"Mbi krahët e tu"Ylli Ramzotti, Mimoza Tola—
7Sajana Kodheli"Si ty"Sokol Marsi—
8Stelios & Artemis Tollkuci"Këngë e klases tonë"Miron Kotani, Jorgo Papingji—
9Dea & Eva Çutra"Mesazh nga e ardhmja"Elvis Peçi—
10Ajlis Disha"Një këshillë"Liman Maloku, Petrit Koci—
11Klara Leti"Ëndrra ime e vërtetë"Edmond Mancaku3
12Dea Moniku"Dhurata më ë bukur"Edmond Zhulali, Arben Duka—
13Marina Daka"Shoqja ime"Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti2
14Altea Kamberi"Atdheun kam"Voltan Prodani—
15Anna Gjebrea"Stand by You" Adam Watts, Gannin Arnold, Sani M'airura, Endi Cuci1
16Uarda Dibra & Rosela Gropaj"Qeni i rruges"Roland Guli, Meri Guli—
17Sibora Teqja"Jemi ne e ardhmja"Petrit Terkuci, Mimoza Tola—
18Keit Hitaj"Sekreti është sekret"Artur Dhamo—
19Eizhen Qinami"Mom"Eriona Rushiti—

Promotion

On 20 November, Anna Gjebrea travelled to North Macedonia to perform "Stand By You" on MRT 2, along with the Macedonian entrant Dajte Muzika. [9]

At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place at La Seine Musicale in Paris, France, on 19 December 2021. After the opening ceremony, which took place on 13 December 2021, it was announced that Albania would perform eleventh on 19 December 2021, following Kazakhstan and preceding Ukraine. [10]

At the end of the contest, Albania received 84 points, placing 14th out of 19 participating countries.

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 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. [11]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 17 December 2021 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 17 December 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 three songs. [12] 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 [13]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror EAverage RankPoints Awarded
01Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1412814913
02Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 167971092
03Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 96751774
04Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10111011811
05Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 21122210
06Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 88681683
07Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3443447
08Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 171517151517
09Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 75510656
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1314119712
11Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
12Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 151712171416
13Flag of France.svg  France 4334338
14Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 59131212101
15Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 121614161315
16Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 610166565
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 111315131114
18Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 12211112
19Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 181818181818

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