Albania in the Turkvision Song Contest

Albania

National selection events	Internal selection
Appearances
Appearances	2
First appearance	2014
Best result	8th: 2015
Worst result	19th: SF 2014

Albania participated in the Turkvision Song Contest for the first time at the Turkvision Song Contest 2014 held in Kazan, Tatarstan. The country has competed in the contest on two occasions.

History

2014

On 25 September 2014 it was confirmed that Albania would make their official début at the 2014 Song Contest to be held in Kazan, Tatarstan.^[1] For a short period of time it appeared that Albania had withdrawn from the contest, the official website Turkvizyon.tv removed all mention of Albania from their website.^[2] On 12 November 2014 it was confirmed by Xhoi that she was still participating and that she would be singing "Zjarr Dhe Ajer",^[3] the song was later partially translated into Turkish for the contest.

2015

As the official website published the preliminary participants list for 2015, Albania was not among them, on 7 November 2015 it was confirmed that Albania would participate in the contest for a second year, it was announced that Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi would represent Albania in Istanbul.^[4] Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi represented Albania at the contest in Istanbul with the song "Adı hasret"^[5]

Contestants

Table key

Winner

Second place

Third place

Last place

Year	Artist	Title	Language	Final	Points	Semi-final	Points
2014	Xhoi	"Hava ve Ates"	Turkish, Albanian	Failed to qualify		19	154
2015	Xhoi Bejko & Visar Rexhepi	"Adı hasret"	Turkish	8	154	No semi-final

References

↑ Schneider, Patrick (25 October 2014). "Albania: Turkvision artist presented". eurovoix.com. Eurovoix. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ Granger, Anthony. "Albania: Withdraw From Turkvizyon 2014?". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ Granger, Anthony. "Albania: Still Participating In Turkvizyon?". Eurovoix.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ Granger, Anthony. "Albania: Will Participate in Turkvizyon 2015". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
↑ Granger, Anthony. "Albania: "Adi Hasret for Turkvizyon 2015"". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

Turkvision Song Contest 2014

Countries

Semi-finalists (in performance order)	Kazakhstan Germany Turkmenistan Georgia Uzbekistan Albania Gagauzia Ukraine Iran Kabardino-Balkaria & Karachay-Cherkessia Tatarstan Moscow Kyrgyzstan Yakutia Turkey Bosnia and Herzegovina Bashkortostan Bulgaria Iraq Crimea Azerbaijan Romania Macedonia Khakassia Tuva

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Azerbaijan Bashkortostan Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Crimea Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Macedonia Moscow Tatarstan Turkey Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Yakutia

Withdrawn	Northern Cyprus

Artists

Semi-finalists (in performance order)	Zhanar Dugalova Fahrettin Güneş Züleyha Kakayeva Aysel Mammadova Aziza Xhoi Mariya Topal Natali Deniz Barış Grubu Eldar Zhanikaev Aydar Suleymanov Kazan World Non-Stop Vladlena Ivanova Funda Kılıç Mensur Salkić Zaman İsmail Matev Ahmed Duzlu Darina Siniçkina Elvin Ordubadli Cengiz Erhan & Gafar Alev Sibel Kaan Mazhar Sayana Sobirova Ayas Kullar

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	Zhanar Dugalova Züleyha Kakayeva Aziza Barış Grubu Aydar Suleymanov Kazan World Non-Stop Vladlena Ivanova Funda Kılıç Mensur Salkić Zaman İsmail Matev Darina Siniçkina Elvin Ordubadli Kaan Mazhar

Withdrawn	İpek Amber

Songs

Semi-finalists (in performance order)	"Izin korem" "Sevdiğim" "Shikga-Shikga bilerzik" "Tenhayam" "Dunyo bolsin omon" "Hava ve Ates" "Aaladim" "Sän benim" "Heydar baba" "Barama" "Atlar Çaba" "Sine kotem" "Seze bil" "Kyn" "Hoppa" "Šutim" "Kubair" "Yollara, taşlara" "Çal Kalbimi" "Suya Gider" "Divlerin Yalqizliği" "Genclik basa bir gelir" "Yolumu Bulurum" "Alzhaas" "Subedei"

Finalists (in alphabetical order)	"Atlar Çaba" "Divlerin Yalqizliği" "Dunyo bolsin omon" "Heydar baba" "Hoppa" "Izin korem" "Kubair" "Kyn" "Seze bil" "Shikga-Shikga bilerzik" "Sine kotem" "Šutim" "Suya Gider" "Yollara, taşlara" "Yolumu Bulurum"

Withdrawn	"Sessiz gidiş"

(Note: "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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