Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Albania
Albania
Participating broadcaster	RTSH
Participation summary
Appearances	4
First appearance	2004
Highest placement	7th, 2004

Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest four times, debuting in 2004 (see ESC2004). Their best finish was in their debut year, Anjeza Shahini finishing 7th with the song "The Image Of You". Having finished in the top 10, Albania was thus granted an automatic final berth for their 2005 entrant, Ledina Çelo with her song "Tomorrow I Go".
Ledina did not achieve the same level of success as Anjeza had, finishing 16th in the final and thus meaning that the Albanian 2006 entry competed in the semi-final. The following year, Luiz Ejlli, became Albania's first male representative and also the first to sing in the Abanian language. However, he did not manage to pass through the final in 2006 and neither the next year. Olta Boka, Albania's first female representative to sing in the Albanan r 2006 or 2007, but finally did in 2008 with .

Contestants

Year	Artist	Title	Final	Points	Semi	Points
2004	Anjeza Shahini	The Image Of You	7	106	4	167
2005	Ledina Çelo	Tomorrow I Go	16	53	NA	NA
2006	Luiz Ejlli	Zjarr E Ftohtë English: "Fire and Cold"	NA	NA	14	58
2007	Frederik Ndoci	Hear My Plea	NA	NA	17	49
2008	Olta Boka	Zemrën E Lamë Peng English: "We Pledged Our Hearts"