Albania: Besa Kokëdhima’s artistic team for Malmö!

This year’s Albanian representative, Besa Kokëdhima, unveiled her creative team for Eurovision 2024 via her personal account on X. She revealed that Fredrik Benke Rydman, an experienced director and choreographer, will be taking over the artistic direction of “Titan” on Malmö stage. Melissa Thompson and Reija Ware will join him.

Fredrik Benke Rydman is no stranger to the Eurovision community. He is the creator behind two highly regarded Eurovision entries, Mans Zelmerlow’s “Heroes,” which won for Sweden in 2015 and Kaarija’s “Cha Cha Cha,” which finished second last year. This year, Rydman is also in charge of Switzerland’s and Finland’s entries for Eurovision 2024.

Some of his other works include:

• Sweden 2011 – Eric Saade –  ”Popular”  (3rd place)
• Finland 2022 – The Rasmus –  “Jezebel”  (21st place)
• Ireland 2021 – Leslie Roy –  ”Maps”  (16th place on the First Semi-Final)

Albania with Besa Kokëdhima and “Titan” will perform at the first half of the second semi-final on May 9.

You can also enjoy EurovisionFun’s interview with Besa Kokëdhima, below:

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