Thirteen artists sang in Semi-Final 1 of Festivali i Këngës 61. Now that the curtain has fallen and the floor has been swept, we’ve got one very important question for you: Who gave the best live performance?
You can vote in our poll below. You can vote for as many acts as you’d like, but you can only vote one time. Be sure to tick the box next to each artist you want to support before pressing submit.
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FiK 61: Who gave the best live performance in Semi-Final 1?
FiK 61 songs
Semi-Final 1 running order
Enxhi Nasufi – “Burrë” (Man)
Erma Mici – “Kozmosi i dashurisë” (The cosmos of love)
Fabian Basha – “Një gotë” (A glass)
Anduel Kovaçi – “Malli” (Longing)
Fifi (Filloreta Raçi) – “Stop”
Urban Band – “Në çdo hap” (At every step)
2 Farm – “Atomike” (Atomic)
Sara Kapo – “Para teje” (Before you)
Rezearta Smaja – “N’Eden” (In Eden)
In the first SF, my fave is Rovena Dilo – “Motit” (It’s been a while)!!!
Mall is Yearning in general whereas Malli is The yearning – there is no difference, just the definite or indefinite article in front. you can say Anduel and Andueli. the -i in the end is the article the in English.
Atomike is great, I agree !
Anduel has the best song, beautiful and emotive . Albina’s best bit is the first 12 seconds . The rest is a mess.
Where’s Luna’s performance video?
I’m guessing that Anduel has shared this poll with his fans, because this amount of votes over a few hours doesn’t come by in neutral terms. And I’m one of those who voted for him (among other songs) yesterday.
Albina Kelmendi – Duje sounds like something Albania would send.
2 Farm sounds like something Georgia would send hesitation :’)
And to answer to the poll, none off these first 13 songs seems good enough for ESC.
Anduel Kovaçi,emocion i jashtezakonshem. ??
I honestly preferred Andrea and We are Domi’s songs from Kënga Magjike to all of these. I think Albania should consider giving these artists, especially Andrea because North Macedonia is no longer in Eurovision, a chance to represent a country and do better this time around. Make Kënga Magjike part of Albania’s selection process so that we can have some familiar faces in the final! We can still have Albanians and ethnic music but I really liked the way Kënga Magjike was done with the staging and everything!
Sara Kapo?
Best performance …
None of them struck a chord with me, at all.
I’m not sure why people like Albina’s song (with her family) so much. It’s giving me Bosnia 2016, but not in a good way. I’m hoping SF2 has a standout to compete with Albina, because Albanians seem to love it.
I was actually surprised by the results as I find Albina’s “Duje” PERFORMANCE so outdated.
Not sure how many remember Israel 2001 – Tall Sondak – Ein Davar performance. But this was a very cringeworthy performance which ruined Israel’s chances that year.
Well, Albina’s performance reminded me of Israel 2001. Just so many random people on stage with a random “coreo”.
Not my cup of tea, sorry.
If the article is asking who had the best performance out of 13 artists, why there is only the photo of Albina as a heading? We know who is Wiwi’s favourite already
I also liked Urban Band, Rezarta, Albina, and Rovena
Albina obviously gave the performance of the night and, judging by the reaction from the audience, seems to be the frontrunner so far. It’s exactly the kind of entry we expect to win FiK and there’s always an audience for Balkan grandiosity in ESC. But I won’t lie, personally I would prefer if Albania dared to change gears and send something smoothier (is that a real word?) like Sara Kapo’s “Para teje” (though I could see her being overlooked in Liverpool) uplifting like Urban Band or intriguing like 2Farm (of course Kastro Zizo is part of it, now everything makes… Read more »
I like Albina and Rezarta
Albina has a great vocal but I won’t lie, not keen on the song. It feels like its in a similar vain of what Albania have done for years and I wasn’t wowed by it apart from her vocals. Erma’s song sounded quite interesting, I’d like for the staging to be better but it sounds cool.
Albina Kelmendi for the win!!!
Erma and Albina obviously gave the best live performances. They also happen to have two of the stronger songs, too. That helps. Rezarta was also good but the song wasn’t quite there.
Not judging solely by vocal delivery, 2Farm’s performance was also very captivating.
Albina Kemendi !!!! This song, this voice, this charisma for me its the winner of this SF 1 !
And maybe, for Albania ! I love itttt!!!
Kelmendi *
Imo, Luna is very underrated. There’s a talent showing in her voice and the song is cute imo
Everyone seems to like Albina Kelmendi for some reason, but I also really like the costumes of 2Farm! It really feels like a Eurovision entry to me for some reason!
I really liked Urban Band, the studio version must be better but it has potential imo.
Albina song is a good song, albanian sounds with powerful vocals but we are used to hear something like this from Albania in Eurovision and it didn’t give them good results the last years, on the other hand Eugent Bushpepa song and style give them a great result and in Urban Band I feel the same vibe as Eugent that’s why I would go more for this style rather than for the traditional albanian sound. Let’s see what the second night will bring.
Seeing the poll I’m largely in the minority but I’m proud 😉
I dont understand the hype for Fifi, she had an unusually weak song
She is very talented and she has many great songs and everyone was hoping for another one but she disappointed a lot.
I just listened to the studio version (the real instrumental of the song) when it comes to studio versions and live chorus, live choruses aren’t always made for every type of song, anyways, the studio version is really good I like it. The song is made for modern staging not live choruses. And I also liked Albina.
I’m speechless! Albina for Eurovision! What an performance, what a voice!
I 1000% agree with you. My god her vocals, I got chills the moment she began singing.