On Friday evening the first semi-final of Festivali i Këngës 53 took place. A total of 13 contestants competed for a place in the final, however only 9 acts made it through. You can check out the first set of finalists below and then watch their performances.
FiK53 Semi-final 1 Qualifiers:
1. Enver Petrovci – Të vranë bukuri (Destroyed your beauty)
2. Marsela Çibukaj – S’muj (I can’t)
3. Erga Halilaj – Ti s’më njeh (You don’t know me)
4. Saimir Braho – Kristal (Crystal)
5. Klajdi Musabelliu – Vetëm te ti besoj (I only believe in you)
6. Besiana Mehmeti & Shkodran Tolaj – Kështjella (The castle)
7. Estela Brahimllari – Kjo natë (This night)
8. Lindita Halimi – S’të fal (I don’t forgive)
9. Venera Lumani – Dua të jetoj (I want to live)
Semi-Final 1 Performances:
1. Enver Petrovci – Të vranë bukuri (Destroyed your beauty)
2. Revolt Klan – Më mungon (I miss you)
3. Julian Gjojdeshi – Himn jetës (Anthem of life)
4. Sigi Bastri & Florent Abrashi – Eklips mbi oqean (Eclipse over the ocean)
5. Marsela Çibukaj – S’muj (I can’t)
6. Erga Halilaj – Ti s’më njeh (You don’t know me)
7. Saimir Braho – Kristal (Crystal)
8. Klajdi Musabelliu – Vetëm te ti besoj (I only believe in you)
9. Besiana Mehmeti & Shkodran Tolaj – Kështjella (The castle)
10. Estela Brahimllari – Kjo natë (This night)
11. Lindita Halimi – S’të fal (I don’t forgive)
12. Grupi Offchestra – Bajram (Eid festival)
13. Venera Lumani – Dua të jetoj (I want to live)
A famous Albanian rock singer Redon Makashi rocked the FiK53 stage – performing as an interval act in tonight’s semi-final.
The second semi-final of Festivali i Këngës 53 will be held tomorrow night at 20:45 CET. And another 13 contestants will have a chance to be in the grand final on December 28.
What do you think of the qualifiers? We wanna hear your opinions, so comment below!
Happy for the qualifiers, my favorites were Venera Lumani, Mersela Çibukaj, and Erga Halilaj
Can’t wait to see what Elhaida has for us tonight.
Venera Lumani was my favourite last night, close followed by Erga Halilaj! 🙂
@JrEscNl Look where that got Milki, lol.
bronson, probably because she already won the voice of italy so people expected her to win from the beginning just like how people epected milki would win.
Venera Lumani and her guitar riffs will cost her on the Eurovision stage if she manages to get there. Hersi 2.0 – the song is fantastic but the guitar has no place in the song. Other than that, I adored Venera’s song. Other songs I thoroughly enjoyed that advanced to the final were Lindita Halimi (I am more than sure she held that note longer than Rona) and Erga Halilaj. One question: Why did the Albanian media predict an Elhaida Dani win when there was no samples of the song released beforehand? What if she sends a crap song like… Read more »
Marsela Çibukaj, Revolt Klan, Lindita Malimi,
Grupi Offchestra are my guilty pleasure.
Erga Halilaj is my favorite of the above.
Man – my beloved Elhaida Dani may not have as easy a road as I thought!
How about Lindita? That woman … Wow
Albania’s really going hard this year, wow…
Marsela’s song was the only one I instantly fell in love with, so glad she qualified.
WOW! Festivali i Kenges looks this year very good! Could this be the year of another Suus-like entry?
FiK was really brilliant. Tonight. Miles ahead of Eurofest.
My favourites tonight:
-Lindita Halimi
-Venera Lumani
-Erga Halilaj
-Mersela Çibukaj
-Klajdi Musabelliu