One Night's Anger

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The national broadcaster of Albania, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), organised the 52nd edition of Festivali i Këngës to determine the country's participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consisted of two semi-finals on 26 and 27 December, and the grand final on 28 December 2013, in which, Hersi Matmuja was chosen to represent the country in the contest, after the votes of an expert jury were combined, resulting in 69 points. [13]

Copenhagen

The 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 6 and 8 May, and the grand final on 10 May 2014. [14] According to the Eurovision rules, each participating country, except the host country and the "Big Five", consisting of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, were required to qualify from one of the two semi-finals to compete for the grand final, although, the top ten countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final. [15] On 20 January 2014, it was announced that Albania would be performing in the first half of the first semi-final of the contest. [16] During the live show, Albania performed sixth, following Iceland and preceding Russia. [17] The country eventually failed to qualify for the grand final in fifteenth place with 22 points, ranking ninth by the jury's 64 points and fifteenth by the televote of 6 points. [18]

Matmuja's minimalistic performance commences with a rear view of her looking out across the arena standing on a podium. [19] She wore an ivory-coloured full-length dress created by Kosovo-Albanian designer Blerina Kllokoqi Rugova, and was accompanied by three backing vocalists and a drum player, who were further hired for the show placed on the stage floor. [19] [20] On stage, Matmuja performed against a slightly dark LED screen whose colors were predominantly blue and white. [19]

Track listing

  1. "Zemërimi i një nate (Festivali i Këngës)" –3:36

Release history

"One Night's Anger"
One Night's Anger - Hersi - promotional single cover.jpg
Single by Hersi Matmuja
Released11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)
Genre Arena rock, symphonic rock, power ballad
Length3:04
Label
Composer(s) Genti Lako
Lyricist(s) Jorgo Papingji
Hersi Matmuja singles chronology
"Kush ta dha këtë emër?"
(2012)		"One Night's Anger"
(2014)
Music video
"One Night's Anger" on YouTube
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various
11 April 2014 CD
  • CMC
  • Universal
 [11]
14 February 2018 Digital download
  • Broken AL
  • RTSH
 [12]

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