Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023

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Albania in the
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023
CountryFlag of Albania.svg  Albania
Selection processJunior Fest 2023
Selection date22 September 2023
Competing entry
Song"Bota ime"
ArtistViola Gjyzeli
SongwritersEnis Mullaj
Eriona Rushiti
Placement
Final result8th, 115 points
Participation chronology
◄202220232024►

Albania was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Nice, France. Albanian broadcaster RTSH is responsible for the country's participation, and selected Viola Gjyzeli to represent the country with her song "Bota ime" through the national selection competition Junior Fest 2023. [1] [2]

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Background

Prior to the 2023 contest, Albania had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest eight 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. [3] In 2022, Kejtlin Gjata represented Albania in Yerevan, Armenia with the song "Pakëz diell". The country ended in 12th place out of 16 countries, achieving 94 points. [4]

Before Junior Eurovision

Junior Fest 2023

The Albanian broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) revealed in July 2023 that the Albanian representative would be chosen via the national selection competition Junior Fest 2023. [5] [6] Bojken Lako was named as the creative director for the competition, which was to undergo changes as compared to previous years. [5] [7] Interested artists from Albania and Kosovo were able to send in their applications, starting from 20 July 2023 until 25 August 2023. [8] The competing acts were revealed on 30 August. [9] The final, originally scheduled to take place on 20 September, [10] was broadcast live on 22 September at 20:30 CET in front of the Pyramid of Tirana, [11] [12] marking the first live broadcast of Junior Fest since 2017. The winner was selected solely by a jury panel. In addition to the competition performances, Arsi Bako, Erma Mici, Niki Zaimi, Luna Çausholli, Melodajn Mancaku and Sardi Strugaj performed all throughout the show as interval acts. [11] [12]

Final – 22 September 2023 [1]
DrawArtistSongSongwriter(s)
1Amra Madani"Rock Star"Reinald Foçi
2Françeska Kasa"Perfekte Jam" Ana Kodra
3Elisa Skarra"Një përqafim"Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti
4Tea Metohu"Smile"Dorian Metohu
5Rei Bardhollari"Hasta Mañana"Adrian Hila
6Fiona Resuli"Lodroj me yjet"Klodian Rexhepaj, Fran Ukcama
7Viola Gjyzeli"Bota ime"Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti
8Irsa Haxhillari"Melodinë e saj"Melodajn Mancaku
9Era Hasanaj"Bisedë me një yll"Alfred Kaçinari, Ana Kaçinari
10Ea Zoga"Lule n’zemrën tuaj"Florent Boshnjaku, Ramazan Ceka
11Nikol Çabeli"Vetëm unë"Melodajn Mancaku, Wendi Mancaku
12Anja Canaj"E dua erën"Kristi Bello, Mimoza Bici Dhima
13Marianxhela Rodakaj"Afrika"Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti
14Kejt Hitaj"Eja"Enis Mullaj, Eriona Rushiti
15Ajshel Zykollari"Pas ëndrrës time eja"Miron Kotani, Mimoza Bici Dhima

At Junior Eurovision

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2023 took place at Palais Nikaïa in Nice, France on 26 November 2023.

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. [13]

The online voting consisted of two phases. The first phase of the online voting began on 24 November 2023 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 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 three songs. [14] 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.

At the end of the show, Albania received 70 points from juries and 45 points from online voting, placing 8th. This marked Albania's second-best result in the contest, following fifth place in 2015. [15]

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the Albanian jury: [16]

  • Andi Lazaj
  • David Kerri
  • Serxhio Hajdini
  • Anxhela Llaha
  • Izabela Veliaj
Detailed voting results from Albania [15]
DrawCountryJuror AJuror BJuror CJuror DJuror ERankPoints
01Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 24193210
02Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1191111174
03Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4125638
04Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14101415914
05Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 32612112
06Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 7512147101
07Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 81278811
08Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 96321056
09Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 58910583
10Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 151410121515
11Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 12151371213
12Flag of France.svg  France 6343447
13Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10131561312
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1311541192
16Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 178131465

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