Albania

The Southeastern Europen country of

Albania joined the competition in the 5th edition, participating a total of 44 times so far, qualifying in 17 of them, being an automatic qualifier in two and being already in the final in the 2nd Special edition (because there weren't semi-finals).

Participating songs

The songs Albania presented in the contest have been (in alphabetical order):
• "2017 S'Agapo", by Eleni Foureira;
• "Do Si Kjo", by Ronela Hajati;
• "Aeroplan" and I'm Sorry", by Arilena Ara;
• "Ain't Love Strange", by Stanaj;
• "Akoma Jo", by Aurela Gaçe;
• "Animon", by Hersi;
• "Baciami e Basta" and "S'je Më", by Elhaida Dani;
• "Blow Your Mind (Mwah)", by Dua Lipa;
• "Call Me Goddess" and "Rendez Vous", by Enca;
• "Celsi i zemres", by Xhensila Myrtezaj;
• "Dall'alba al tramonto", by Ermal Meta;
• "Dame Dame", by Claydee and Lexy Panterra;
• "For You", by Liam Payne and Rita Ora;
• "Forever Is Over", by Elvana Gjata;
• "Home", by Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors and Bebe Rexha;
• "Insanely in Love", by Anxhela Peristeri and Kastriot Tusha;
• "Kameleon", Besa and Ansi;
• "Kings & Queens", "Sweet but Psycho" and "Torn", by Ava Max;
• "Labyrinth" and "Meteor", by Miriam Cani;
• "Let Me Die With You" and "Somebody Hurts", by Alban Skënderaj and Miriam Cani;
• "Let U Go", by JMSN;
• "Let You Love Me", by Rita Ora;
• "Let's Go", by Ardit Çuni;
• "Light It Up", ROD and Soundstreamers;
• "Me Të Jeton", by Soni Malaj;
• "Ndihmë" and "Rock Whine", by Lindita;
• "Ndrysho", by Flaka Krelani;
• "Nëse vdes", by Mirud;
• "Një Ëndërr", by Alban Skënderaj and Capital T;
• "Pa ty", by Beatrix Ramosaj;
• "Piccola Anima", by Ermal Meta and Elisa;
• "RING RING", by Dafina Zeqiri and Varrosi;
• "Together", by Jon Tarifa and Eneda Tarifa;
• "U Rritëm", by Kejsi Tola;
• "Zhurme", by Fifi;
• "Zjarri im", by Era Rusi.

Participating artists

Participations and placements in normal editions

Key	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Second Chance	Last Place/Disqualified

Edition	Artist(s)	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
5	Alban Skënderaj feat. Miriam Cani	Let Me Die With You	17	62	9	56
6	Elhaida Dani	Baciami e Basta	Failed to qualify		17	29
7	Miriam Cani	Labyrinth	21	77	9	57
8	Beatrix Ramosaj	Pa ty	25	48	10	54
9	Jon Tarifa feat. Eneda Tarifa	Together	Failed to qualify		16	36
10	Lindita	Ndihmë	Failed to qualify		15	48
11	Did not participate
12	Ardit Çuni	Let's Go	18	94	3	97
13	Arilena Ara	Aeroplan	13	94	9	72
14	Besa feat. Ansi	Kameleon	17	99	3	109
15	Did not participate
16	JMSN	Let U Go	Failed to qualify		15	55
17	Soni Malaj	Me Të Jeton	Failed to qualify		14	57
18	Did not participate
19	Elhaida Dani	S'je Më	Failed to qualify		14	53
20	Enca	Call Me Goddess	Failed to qualify		19	41
Did not participate between 21st and 22nd edition
23	ROD feat. Soundstreamers	Light It Up	Failed to qualify		13	42
24	Aurela Gaçe	Akoma Jo	Failed to qualify		13	50
25	Ronela Hajati	A Do Si Kjo	Failed to qualify		12	55
26	Ermal Meta feat. Elisa	Piccola Anima	20	106	3	103
27	Arilena Ara	I'm Sorry	3	189	1	116
28	Alban Skënderaj feat. Capital T	Një Ëndërr	28	14	"Big 3" member
29	Machine Gun Kelly, X Ambassadors & Bebe Rexha	Home	24	70	8	60
30	Lindita	Rock Whine	Failed to qualify		19	1
31	Claydee feat. Lexy Panterra	Dame Dame	Failed to qualify		15	35
32	Dua Lipa	Blow Your Mind (Mwah)	9	137	5	67
33	Elvana Gjata	Forever Is Over	20	109	8	79
34	Liam Payne, Rita Ora	For You	13	131	2	92
35	Hersi	Animon	Failed to qualify		15	25
36	Enca	Rendez Vous	Failed to qualify		15	28
37	Kejsi Tola	U Rritëm	Failed to qualify		7	62
38	Rita Ora	Let You Love Me	Failed to qualify		8	64
39	Ava Max	Sweet but Psycho	2	222	1	94
40	Flaka Krelani	Ndrysho	28	54	"Big 4" member
41	Alban Skënderaj feat. Miriam Cani	Somebody Hurts	Failed to qualify		8	60
42	Stanaj	Ain't Love Strange	23	89	2	79
43	Ava Max	Torn	Failed to qualify		9	50
44	Ermal Meta	Dall'alba al tramonto	21	96	5	72
45	Dafina Zeqiri feat. Varrosi	RING RING	Failed to qualify		15	18
46	Anxhela Peristeri feat. Kastriot Tusha	Insanely in Love	Failed to qualify		13	44
47	Did not participate
48	Miriam Cani	Meteor	Failed to qualify		17	31
49	Fifi	Zhurme	Failed to qualify		17	30
Did not participate between 50th and 51st edition
52	Ava Max	Kings & Queens	Failed to qualify		10	53
53	Mirud	Nëse vdes	20	104	1	91
54	Xhensila Myrtezaj	Celsi i zemres	30	60	2	78
55	Era Rusi	Zjarri im	Failed to qualify		15	26

Participations and placements in special editions

Key	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Second Chance	Last Place/Disqualified

Edition	Artist(s)	Song	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2	Eleni Foureira	2017 S'Agapo	23	45	No semi-finals