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Besa to compete in Una Voce per San Marino 2025!

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As the submission window for San Marino’s national selection for Eurovision 2025 remains open, the first stage of evaluating entries has already begun. However, attention is now turning to the upcoming third round of the Academy and Casting phase, which is scheduled to take place from November 14 to 16.

One of the most anticipated auditions in this round is set to feature Besa Kokëdhima, a former Eurovision contestant. The Albanian singer is set to compete for a chance to represent San Marino at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel.

Besa’s Bid for San Marino

Besa’s participation in the Sanmarinese national selection, Una Voce per San Marino (UVPSM), has been confirmed by her management team, putting an end to any speculation. Besa, who previously represented Albania at Eurovision, will now aim for a spot in the upcoming contest with San Marino’s flag.

It is not the first time that an ex-Eurovision contestant has participated in San Marino’s open selection. In 2023, Albanian Eurovision 2022 representative Ronela Hajati joined UVPSM and reached the final, drawing attention to the competition’s growing appeal among established artists.

Besa’s International Eurovision Journey

For Besa, this marks another attempt to represent a country other than her native Albania. Back in 2009, she participated in Romania’s national selection for Eurovision. Now, with her eyes set on the Sanmarinese stage, Besa hopes to make her mark once again on the Eurovision stage, but this time with a different flag.

As the UVPSM 2025 selection progresses, Besa’s participation adds another layer of intrigue to this competition already filled with excitement regardless the small size of the country.

Besa won the public’s vote in Festivali I Këngës 2023 with her song Zemrën n’dorë“. Besa released a revamped version in English titled “Titan” for Eurovision, where she did not make it to the Grand Final, finishing fourteenth in the second semi-final.

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Albania 2025: Preparations start for Festivali i Këngës 63

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RTSH is already starting the preparations for the 63rd anniversary of Festivali i Këngës.  Since Albania started participating in the Eurovision Song Contest, the traditional Festivali i Këngës has been their national final.

Albania also wants to celebrate 20 years of Albanese participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.  During one of the evening galas (The nostalgia night), the competing artists sang Albanian tunes alongside other invited artists.

According to Albania commentator, Andri Xhahu the Nostalgia Night of the upcoming edition of Festivali i Këngës will be dedicated to the 20 songs that have represented Albania in Eurovision so far.

Festivali i Këngës 63 will be celebrated by the end of the year.  The winner of the Festival is expected to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Source: RTSH

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Αlbania: Watch the additional footage from the Second Rehearsal of Besa!

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Earlier today, Besa completed the second rehearsal with the song “Titan” on the stage of Eurovision 2024 in Malmo!

Eurovision 2024: Albania’s Second Rehearsal!

Just moments ago, Eurovisionalbania and RTSH published a 30 second official snippet of her second rehearsal that will be a part of today’s recap of all the countries that did a rehearsal today.

Enjoy the snippet below:

The Dress Rehearsal for Albania and the rest of Semi Final 2 is scheduled for Wednesday the 8th of May!

Source: eurovision.tv

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Βesa: “Τhe revamp of my song will be in English!” | Exclusive Interview

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This year’s Albanian representative Besa Kokëdhima spoke exclusively to Eurovisionfun about her preparations for this year’s contest, the new version of the song and her upcoming visit to Greece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rEDP1lSoDQ&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title

In her exclusive interview with Paschalis and Apostolis, Besa revealed that very soon she will be attending the first official Eurovision pre-party in Athens and is looking forward to meeting the Greek fans as she often visits both Athens and Thessaloniki as well as Halkidiki .

The revamp of her entry

“I wanted to work with people from different cultures for the new version of my song. So to better convey the message of the song we decided to have it all in English. The song has evolved and I want everyone to understand the message! I know it’s a risk to change the language but what could go wrong?”

Then she revealed to us that she has not officially started the preparations for her staging, but this time she is focusing on the creation of the video clip of the participation which will be officially released in the next period.

“Our time is very limited but we work day and night for the best result”

From this year’s entries, she singled out those of Denmark, France and Italy, while as her favorite entries from the Eurovision contest she mentioned those of Loreen and Elena Paparizou from 2005.

Finally, together with Besa we played our brand new game and of course she shared her wishes for the Eurovisionfun audience. Watch the full interview below:

We have nothing but to warmly thank this year’s representative of Albania and wish her success on the Malmo stage!