I'm Alive (Elhaida Dani song)

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The national broadcaster of Albania, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), organised the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës to determine the country's participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. [28] It opened a submission period for artists, bands and composers between 14 and 15 October 2014, while a jury panel internally selected 28 songs to participate in the competition's semi-finals. [29] [30] During the end of the grand final, Dani and her Albanian-language song "Diell" was chosen to represent the country at the contest, after gathering 82 total points. [5]

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Elhaida Dani performing during a rehearsal before the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. 20150515 ESC 2015 Elhaida Dani 7496.jpg
Elhaida Dani performing during a rehearsal before the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

The 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals on 19 and 21 May, and the grand final on 23 May 2015. [31] According to the Eurovision rules, each participating country, except the host country and the "Big Five" including 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. [32] On 26 January 2015, it was announced that Albania would be performing in the second half of the first semi-final of the contest. [33]

During the first semi-final, Albania performed fourteenth, following Denmark and preceding Romania, and qualified for the grand final in tenth place with 62 points, ranking tenth by the jury's 61 points and eighth by the televote of 66 points. [34] [35] At the grand final, the country performed twenty sixth, following Russia and preceding the Italy. [36] Albania finished in the seventeenth place in a field of twenty seven with 34 total points, ranking twenty sixth by the jury's 4 points and eighth by the televote of 93 points. [37]

Elhaida Dani's performance begins in yellow and black colours on the LED screens changing throughout his performance to warmer tones consisting of beige and cream colours. [38] [39] The tragedy of the song's message was reflected through broken pieces of glass on the background. The singer was accompanied during her performances by three female backing vocalists.

Track listing

  1. "I'm Alive" –3:06

Charts

"I'm Alive"
Elhaida Dani - I'm alive.png
Single by Elhaida Dani
Released1 January 2015 (2015-01-01)
Genre
Length3:06
Label
Songwriter(s) Sokol Marsi
Producer(s) Darko Dimitrov
Elhaida Dani singles chronology
"Diell"
(2014)		"I'm Alive"
(2015)		"Më Mbaj"
(2017)
Music video
"I'm Alive" on YouTube
Chart (2015)Peak
position
Iceland (Tonlist) [41] 46

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
United Arab Emirates1 January 2015
  • RTSH
  • Universal
 [40]

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