Its round three of our 2023 contest contenders and the superfans reveal their opinions on three more entries. Albania is our destination for this weeks triple play, and your chosen fan favourite is also a Eurovision Show top contest song, so we’re very pleased! Plus get your regular round up of the latest big Eurovision news stories…
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This Weeks Highlights
Ben Dolic
Fan FavouriteBenjamin Dolić, known professionally as Ben Dolic, is a Slovenian singer. He gained popularity in Germany after his participation in the eighth season of The Voice of Germany. Dolic would have represented Germany in the 2020 Contest with the song 'Violent Thing', but it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 18 times since its debut in 2004. Festivali i Këngës, a long-standing song contest that takes place every year in Albania since 1962, is used to select the country’s entrant for that year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2004 with Anjeza Shahini placing seventh. It remained the country’s highest result in the contest until 2012, when Rona Nishliu finished fifth.
Eneda Tarifa is an Albanian singer, actress and television host. She began her career in 2001, participating in Kënga Magjike with the song “Ika larg”.
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 Top Channel 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 Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.
She performed her song in 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 Miriam Cani and Aleksandër & Renis Gjoka (duo).
In January 2019 announced that she will present the second season of Top Talent in Top Channel.
Track List
| 1 | Here For You | Maraaya | 2015 Slovenia |
| 2 | Heaven | Jonsi | 2004 Iceland |
| 3 | Zemren E Lame Peng | Olta Boka | 2008 Albania |
| 4 | Feel The Passion | Aurela Gace | 2011 Albania |
| 5 | Fairytale | Eneda Tarifa | 2016 Albania |
| 6 | Marianne | Sergio Endrigo | 1968 Italy |
| 7 | Eaea | Blanca Paloma | 2023 Spain |
| 8 | My Sister’s Crown | Vesna | 2023 Czech Republic |
| 9 | Bridges | Alika | 2023 Estonia |
| 10 | Take Him Home | Jump The Gun | 1988 Ireland |
| 11 | Violent Thing | Ben Dolic | 2020 Germany |
| 12 | You Got Style | Skamp | 2001 Lithuania |
| 13 | In Too Deep | Tijana Bogicevic | 2017 Serbia |
