Eneda Tarifa (born 30 March 1982) is an Albanian singer and former television presenter. She represented Albania in the

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, after winning the 54th edition of

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and '' Portokalli'' from 2011 to 2016.

Life and career

Tarifa was born in

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on 30 March 1982. She began her career in 2001, participating in

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with the song "Ika larg". In 2003, she participated at

Festivali i Këngës 42 Albania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song " The Image of You", composed by Edmond Zhulali, with lyrics by Agim Doçi, and performed by Anjeza Shahini. The Albanian participating broadcaster, (RTSH), selected it ...

with the song "Qëndroj", and managed to qualify to the final. In 2006, Tarifa took part in

with the song "Rreth zjarrit tënd", and finished 4th in the competition with 154 points. She was also awarded the

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with the song "E para letër". In the final, she was awarded 11 points and placed tenth out of seventeen. In 2008, she participated in Kënga Magjike again with the song "Zëri im" and earned 577 points. In 2010, she competed in Top Fest 2010 with the song "Me veten". She went on to win the competition, and later worked as a host on the television program '' Portokalli'' on

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for many years. After a hiatus, Tarifa returned to Festivali i Këngës in 2015 with the song " Përrallë". She went on to win the competition, representing Albania in the

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, Sweden. She performed her song on May 12, 2016, on the second semi-final of the competition, but didn't make it to the final. In 2018, she was a judge on '' The Voice Kids Albania 2'' with Ledion Liço being the host and the other judges being

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and Aleksandër & Renis Gjoka (duo). In January 2019, announced that she will present the second season of ''Top Talent'' in

Personal life

Tarifa is married to musician Erjon Zaloshnja. In 2013, they had a daughter together named Aria.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

References

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