Andri Xhahu (born 30 April 1987) is an Albanian television and radio presenter, journalist and

editor Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...

, who works for

RTSH Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (; ; formerly TVSH , now mostly referred to as RTSH ) is the national public broadcasting company of Albania. Founded in 1938, it operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as we ...

. Since 2012, he has served as the commentator and spokesperson for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

Career

Xhahu began his career in 2003 hosting ''Koha tendencë'' on Radio Koha. Soon afterwards, he moved to Radio Tirana. Having become popular through the radio evening shows, he went on to host various radio shows: ''Nata nuk do t'ja dijë'', ''Bisedë me zë të ulët'', ''Deri në pikë të fundit'', ''Hapur''. Since 2008, Xhahu has hosted the radio broadcast ''Gjithçka Shqip''. The show airs everyday from 16.00 to 17.00 and combines a mixture of the latest Albanian music, chat and celebrity guests. In 2015, ''Gjithçka Shqip'' was nominated by Info Media Albania and won "Best showbiz programme". Andri Xhahu wrote for magazines. As a journalist, he worked for the magazine ''Jeta'' between 2011 and 2013. Since 2012, he has served as the commentator and spokesperson for the

every year. In and again since , Xhahu commentates on the

Junior Eurovision Song Contest The Junior Eurovision Song Contest, often known simply as Junior Eurovision, is an international children's Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 2003. Each part ...

. Since

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

, Xhahu has commentated on the

Sanremo Music Festival The Sanremo Music Festival ( ), officially the Italian Song Festival (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria, organized and broadcast by (RAI). It is the longest-running ...

. In

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, he commentated on the

Eurovision Young Dancers Eurovision Young Dancers (), often shortened to EYD, or Young Dancers, was a biennial dance competition, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) between members of the union, who participate representing their countries. Broadcasters ...

Radio and TV shows

* ''Koha tendencë'' (Radio Koha, 2003) * ''Nata nuk do t'ja dijë'' ( Radio Tirana, 2004–2008) * ''Maratona e Këngës'' (Radio Tirana, 2010–2011) * ''Gjithçka Shqip'' – (Radio Tirana and TVSH, 2008–2017) * ''Anë e errët'' – (Radio Tirana, 2014–2015) * ''Verë dhe mendim në një gotë'' – (Radio Tirana, 2016) * ''E vërteta'' – (Radio Tirana, 2020) * ''Identikit'' – (Radio Tirana, 2021) * ''Në radio'' – (Radio Tirana, 2019–present) * ''Mirëmëngjes fundjavë'' – (RTSH 1 and RTSH 3, 2016–2017) *

(Commentator and spokesperson, RTSH, 2012–present) *

(Commentator, RTSH, 2012, 2015–present) *

(Commentator, RTSH, 2013–present) *

Festivali i Këngës 53 Albania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria, with the song "I'm Alive (Elhaida Dani song), I'm Alive" performed by Elhaida Dani. Dani was chosen through the national selection competition, , organised by (RTS ...

(Pop jury and backstage, 2014) *

(Commentator, RTSH, 2015) * Festivali i Këngës 55 (Host of green room and voting sequence, 2016) *

Eurovision Choir Eurovision Choir (formerly Eurovision Choir of the Year) was a choral competition organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and . It is modeled after the latter's World Choir Games. Participation is open to non-professional choirs sel ...

(Commentator, RTSH 1, 2017) * ''Post Festival'' (

Festivali i Këngës 57 Albania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, with the song "" performed by Jonida Maliqi. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition organised by (RTSH) in December 2018. To th ...

) (Host, 2018) * Festivali i Këngës 59 (Jury member, 2020)

References

Living people 1987 births People from Tirana Albanian radio presenters Albanian television presenters {{Europe-tv-bio-stub