Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Albania
National selection
Selection process	Festivali I Këngës 46
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals; 14 December 2007; 15 December 2007; Final; 16 December 2007
Selected entrant	Olta Boka
Selected song	"Zemrën e lamë peng"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (9th, 67 points)
Final result	16th, 55 points

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Albania selected their entry for the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest on December 16, 2007 in the Festivali I Këngës competition. The winner was Olta Boka with the song "Zemrën e lamë peng" (Hearts Trapped In Time), she represented Albania in Belgrade on May 22 where she participated in the second semi-final and won a place in the final.

[edit] Festivali I Këngës 46

For the full results, see Festivali I Këngës 46.

Draw	Singer	Song	Points	Place
1	Manjola Nallbani	"Kjo botë merr frymë nga dashuria"	27	7
2	Produkt 28	"30 sekonda"	3	15
3	Eneida Tarifa	"E para letër"	11	10
4	Mariza Ikonomi	"Mall i tretur"	20	9
5	Greta Koçi	"Natën të kërkova"	35	6
6	Flaka Krelani & Doruntina Disha	"Jeta kërkon dashuri"	57	2
7	Mira Konçi & Redon Makashi	"Nën një qiell"	37	5
8	Kthjellu	"Dhoma"	9	11
9	Kozma Dushi	"Tatuazh në kujtesë"	1	16
10	Devis Xherahu	"Endacaku"	0	17
11	Teuta Kurti	"Qyteti i dashurisë"	3	14
12	Samanta Karavello	"Pse u harrua dashuria"	23	8
13	Juliana Pasha	"Një qiell të ri"	54	3
14	Agim Poshka	"Kujt i them të dua"	8	12
15	Jonida Maliqi	"S'ka fajtor në dashuri"	36	4
16	Olta Boka	"Zemrën e lamë peng"	67	1
17	Rosela Gjylbegu	"Po lind një yll"	8	13

For the 2008 contest the spokesperson for the Albania broadcast was Leon Menkshi.^[1]^{[unreliable source?]}

Olta Boka finished 9th with 67 points in the second semi-final, thus qualifying for the final

In the final, she performed 3rd following United Kingdom and preceding Germany, finishing in 17th place with 55 points.