Albania: Elvana Gjata will sing “Karnaval” in Festivali I Këngës 63!

RTSH progressively reveals the song titles of the contestants following the announcement of the list of participants for Festivali I Këngës 63, the Albanian selection format for Eurovision 2025.

Elvana Gjata is the sixth contestant whose song title and credits are made public. She is unquestionably one of the most well received artists from this year’s competition and a strong contender to win.

“Karnaval” for Elvana Gjata

As unveiled in RTSH’s instagram post, Elvana’s bid for Eurovision 2025 is titled “Karnaval“. Her entry is penned by Elvana herself along with Lira Blakaj. The fact that “Karnaval” will be a dance song is also disclosed.

 

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The other song titles we know so far

As previously mentioned, RTSH progressively reveals the song titles of the competitors in this edition. The following song titles have been revealed thus far:

• Algert Sala will sing “Bosh” – Ballad
• Alis will sing “Mjegull” – Ballad
• Ardit Çuni will sing “Amane” – Pop/Dance
• Devis Xherahu will sing “Ka Momente” – Ballad
• Djemtë e Detit will sing “Larg” – Folk Rock
• Elvana Gjata will sing “Karnaval” – Dance

Festivali i Këngës 63

Following the closing of the submission window for artists interested in participating on September 29, these are the thirty participants of Festivali i Këngës 63:

1. Algert Sala
2. Alis Kallacej
3. Ardit Çuni
4. Devis Xherahu
5. Djemtë e Detit
6. Elvana Gjata
7. Endrik Beba
8. Epos Grup
9. Erma Mici
10. Frensi Revania
11. Gjergj Kaçinari
12. Gresa Gjocera
13. Jet
14. Kejsi Jazxhi
15. Kleansa Susaj
16. Laurjan Ejlli ft. Adelina Corraj
17. Lorenc Hasrama
18. Luna Çausholli
19. Mal Retkoceri
20. Martina Serreqi
21. Mihallaq Andrea
22. Nita Latifi
23. Olsi Bylyku
24. Orgesa Zaimi
25. Rea Nuhu
26. Ronaldo Mesuli
27. Santino De Bartolo
28. Shkodra Elektronike
29. Stine
30. Vesa Smolica

A combination of jury and public vote will decide

For the past two editions, Festivali i Këngës had two separate winners. The winner of the jury voting was crowned as the winner of the festival and the winner of the public vote was the chosen one for the Albanian representation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Indicatively,

• Elsa Lila and Mal Retkoceri won the jury voting and were crowned as the winners of Festivali i Këngës 61 and 62 respectively, while
• Albina & Familja Kelmendi and Besa won the public vote, won the tickets to Liverpool and Malmö

This year and according to Euromix.il, the winner and consecutively the Eurovision 2024 Albanian representative will be chosen accordingly through a combination of jury and public vote. Hence, a 60/40 format will be used in order to select the next Albanian act.

This is another change that Festivali i Këngës sees in its voting format. Festivali i Këngës has now started to implement the public opinion more, especially when it comes to Eurovision. For many years it was accused of corruption and the country’s inability to respond to the modern-day Eurovision standards.