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Kënga Magjike 2019
The Kënga Magjike 2019 was the 21st edition of the annual music contest Kënga Magjike and was held on 4, 5 and 7 December 2019 at the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana broadcast live on Televizioni Klan (TV Klan). Ardit Gjebrea and Adrola Dushi were the hosts of the three live shows. The proceeds from the ticket sales was donated to the people affected by the 2019 earthquake in Albania. Anna Oxa, as she stated, bought a ticket and sat with the public in the first semi-final as an act of solidarity. The winner of this year's edition was Eneda Tarifa with the song titled "Ma Zgjat Dorën". It was her first victory after two previous participations in 2006 and 2008. Format Kënga Magjike 2019, organised by Televizioni Klan (TV Klan), was the twenty-first consecutive edition of the annual contest. The two semi-finals and grand final were held at the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana on 4, 5 and 7 December 2019. Contestants The contestants of this year's edition of Kë ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrola Dushi
Miss Universe Albania (''also known'' Miss Albania Organization) is a national Beauty pageant in Albania. The pageant was founded as Miss Albania in 2002, until rebranding as Miss Universe Albania in 2006. History The beauty pageants in Albania are run by two different organizers: Vera Grabocka organized the Miss Albania competition in 1991, while Petri Bozo and his Deliart Association organize the Miss Shqiperia election. The finalists take part in the Miss Europe election, and since 2002 also for Miss World and Miss Universe. Albanian women from Kosovo can also take part in the Miss Albania competition: Venera Mustafa became Miss Kosovo and Miss Albania in 1999. In the same year, she took part in the Miss Europe election for Albania. Agnesa Vuthaj was elected Miss Kosovo in 2003 and Miss Albania in 2004 and was a candidate for Miss World in 2004 and Miss Universe in 2005. Miss Universe Albania was created in 2002 to determine the participants for the international Miss Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inis Neziri
Inis Neziri (; born 12 January 2001) is an Albanians, Albanian singer and songwriter. She has been crowned the winner of numerous festivals including the Romanian Golden Stag Festival, Golden Stag and Russian New Wave (competition), New Wave. Life and career In 2013, Neziri began to dedicate herself to music when she was twelve as she won the 5th edition of the Albanian children's talent show Gjeniu i Vogël. In December 2017, she successfully participated in the Festivali i Këngës 56, 56th edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song "Piedestal" where she finished in the third place. In September 2018, she took part in the Golden Stag Festival in Romania and eventually emerged as the winner of the competition. In October 2020, the Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), announced her as one of the contestants selected to compete in the Festivali i Këngës 59, 59th edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song "Pendesë". Discography Singles As lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliana Pasha
Juliana Pasha (born 20 May 1980) is an Albanian singer. In 2010, she won Honorary Citizen Award of Burrel from the mayor of the city. After she went into Eurovision in 2010 she won the first prize in the festival "Kenga Magjike" with the song called "Sa e shite zemren". She was a mentor and judge on the first series of Albania and Kosovo's version of The X Factor. Eurovision 2010 On 27 December 2009, Pasha won the national final to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. She had previously taken part in the 2007 and 2008 festivals, placing 3rd and 2nd respectively with "Qielli i ri" and "Një jetë", the latter a duet with Luiz Ejlli. In the contest, she qualified to the final, where she performed fifteenth, following the Turkish representants MaNga and preceding Iceland's Hera Björk, and placed 16th out of 25 contestants, receiving 62 points, which included a 12-point set from Macedonia. Personal life Pasha has stated that she believes in God and that she b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Language
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and remained in regular use as a first language until after 200 CE and as the liturgical language of Judaism (since the Second Temple period) and Samaritanism. The language was revived as a spoken language in the 19th century, and is the only successful large-scale example of linguistic revival. It is the only Canaanite language, as well as one of only two Northwest Semitic languages, with the other being Aramaic, still spoken today. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date back to the 10th century BCE. Nearly all of the Hebrew Bible is written in Biblical Hebrew, with much of its present form in the dialect that scholars believe flourished around the 6th century BCE, during the time of the Babylonian captivity. For this reason, Hebrew has been referred to by Jews as '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soni Malaj
Sonja "Soni" Malaj (born 23 October 1981), also known mononymously as Soni, is an Albanian singer, songwriter and dancer. Life and career Soni Malaj was born on 23 October 1981 into an Albanian family in the city of Tropojë, then part of the People's Republic of Albania, present Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to .... Her real name is Sonja Malaj. She spent her childhood until the age of 9 in Tropoja. The family then moved to Tirana where Soni would continue her career as a singer. She has participated in competitions like "Top Fest" (2006), and she placed second in Kënga Magjike with Flori Mumajesi, with the song "Fluturimi 3470". After Serbian singer Marija Šerifović won Eurovision Song Contest 2007, there was speculation that her winning song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Side Family
Florian Kondi (28 February 1979, Kuçovë – 17 November 2014, Tirana), known professionally as Dr. Flori, was an Albanian singer, songwriter and rapper. He was one of the founding members of the group West Side Family, which had great success with songs such as ''Tirona'' and ''Hou çike''. Until his death, Dr. Flori worked with many singers and actors, most notably with Aurela Gaçe and Ermal Mamaqi. Career West Side Family (1996–2008) Dr. Flori, along with Landi and Miri, in 1996 created the group West Side Family. They wrote and sang their first songs, such as ''Tik-Tak'', and other songs, but in 2002 they sang their first well-known song, which became a hit for their time. Called ''Tirona'', this song was of a political nature and aimed support for politician Edi Rama in the election campaign for the Socialist Party. This song was very well received in Albania and Kosovo. In 2002, the group took part in the Kënga Magjike show with the song ''Mesazh''. Next year they t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monsters (Tamara Todevska Song)
"Monsters" is a song recorded by Macedonian singer and songwriter Tamara Todevska for her upcoming third studio album. It was written by Kosta Petrov and produced by Darko Dimitrov, Lazar Cvetkoski and Robert Bilbilov. ''Note: Open description for credits.'' The song was released as a single through Dimitrov on 24 November 2019. Tamara performed the song for the first time at the 21st edition of Kënga Magjike on 24 November 2019. She performed the song for the second time in the second semi-final on 5 December 2019 and finished fifth overall in the grand final on 7 December 2019. She additionally won the award for the Best Big International Artist. See also * Kënga Magjike 2019 The Kënga Magjike 2019 was the 21st edition of the annual music contest Kënga Magjike and was held on 4, 5 and 7 December 2019 at the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana broadcast live on Televizioni Klan (TV Klan). Ardit Gjebrea and Adrola Dushi ... References {{authority control 2019 si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Todevska
Tamara Todevska (, pronounced , born 1 June 1985), known professionally as Tamara, is a Macedonian singer. She has North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest, represented North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions; in Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, 2008, she performed the song "Let Me Love You (Tamara Todevska, Vrčak and Adrijan Gaxha song), Let Me Love You" with Vrčak and Adrian Gaxha and failed to qualify for the final, performing, and in North Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, 2019, she placed seventh in the final with the song "Proud (Tamara Todevska song), Proud", earning North Macedonia its best-ever result in the contest. Tamara began her music career in 2003 following the release of her debut studio album ''Sino (Tamara Todevska album), Sino''. She has won on various music competitions throughout her career such as MAKFest in 2006 and Skopje Fest in 2007. Todevska is the younger sister of singer Tijana Dapčević, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Language
Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around 1.6 million people, it serves as the official language of North Macedonia. Most speakers can be found in the country and Macedonian diaspora, its diaspora, with a smaller number of speakers throughout the transnational Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Macedonian is also a recognized minority language in parts of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Serbia and it is spoken by expatriate communities predominantly in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Macedonian developed out of the western dialects of the Eastern South Slavic dialect continuum, whose earliest recorded form is Old Church Slavonic. During much of its history, this dialect continuum was called "Bulgarian", although in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marova (song)
"Marova" (; ) is a song performed by Kosovo Albanian singer and songwriter Fifi. The record was released as a single through Onima under exclusive license from Threedots Productions. ''Note: Open description for credits.'' It was written by herself and composed for her participation at Kënga Magjike 2019. Fifi performed the song for the first time at the 21st edition of Kënga Magjike on 17 November 2019. The song finished second in the grand final of Kënga Magjike 2019 with 1152 points constituting her highest position in the contest after three consecutive participations. See also * Kënga Magjike 2019 The Kënga Magjike 2019 was the 21st edition of the annual music contest Kënga Magjike and was held on 4, 5 and 7 December 2019 at the Pallati i Kongreseve in Tirana broadcast live on Televizioni Klan (TV Klan). Ardit Gjebrea and Adrola Dushi ... References {{authority control 2019 singles 2019 songs Kënga Magjike songs Songs in Albanian Songs written by F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifi (singer)
Filloreta Raçi (; born 31 March 1994), known professionally as Fifi, is a Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter. Life and career 1994–2021: Early life and formations Fifi was born as Filloreta Raçi on 31 March 1994 in Herten, Germany, into an Albanian family from Ferizaj, Kosovo. Raised in Germany, she became interested in literature and theatre as well as music and attended the music school of Pristina. Forming her early forays into the music industry, Raçi participated in various music and talent competitions, including at Albanians Got Talent, The Voice of Albania ''The Voice of Albania'' is an Albanian television reality singing competition created by John de Mol Jr. and is part of ''The Voice'' franchise. It began airing on Top Channel on October 21, 2011. Top Channel ended the show, because they be ... and Top Fest. Adopting the stage name Fifi, she debuted with the single "FrymomMu" in 2015. In March 2021, Televizioni Klan (TV Klan) announced Raçi along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besa (singer)
Besa Kokëdhima (; born 29 May 1986), also known mononymously as Besa, is an Albanian singer. In 2013, she won the 15th edition of . She represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Titan". Life and career Kokëdhima was born on 29 May 1986 into an Albanian family in the city of Fier then part of the People's Socialist Republic, present Albania. At the age of 15, she emigrated to the United Kingdom to pursue higher education. In 2003, Besa released her debut song "Më Beso", which was written by producer Florian Mumajesi, and featured the then newly formed Albanian group Produkt 28. The song was awarded "Mikorofoni I Artë" in 2003. Besa released her debut album, titled "Besa", in 2006. The album was written in collaboration with well-known Albanian music industry personalities, including Dorian Gjoni, Flori Mumajesi, Genti Lako, Andy DJ and Stine. Besa has participated in a number of music contests including "Notafest", where she was awarded fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
