Tonight, Albania was the first country to hold its national final for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Kejsi Tola won the 47th edition of the Festivali i kenges. With the song Më mërr në ëndërr (Take me into your dreams), she will be the sixth Albanian entrant in the competition.
20 songs were presented in the national final and a jury picked the winner. The song Më mërr në ëndërr was written by Edmond Zhulali andAgim Doçi, the team behind Anjeza Shahini's 2004 entry The image of you. Reaching 7th place in Istanbul, it remains the country's most successful entry to date.
Kejsi is a new artist, who comes from ETHET, the show Anjeza Sahini and Luis Ellis also started from.
The complete national final results are as follows:
- Kejsi Tola – Më mërr në ëndërr – 126 points
- Juliana Pasha & Luiz Ejlli – Nje jetë – 119 points
- Group West Side Family – Jehonë – 118 points
- Besa Kokedhima – Ajer – 109 points
- Marjeta Billo – Era e tokës – 106 points
- Group Burn – Jam I Pari I Jettes Sime – 96 points
- Dorina Garuci – Dite 1 jetë – 92 points
- Adelina Thaci – Oret e fundit– 91 points
- Endri & Stefi Prifti – Ti bere faj – 91 points
- Evis Mula – Unë jam dashuria – 91 points
- Erga Halilaj – Dikush mungon – 63 points
- Rovena Dilo & Gent Bushpepa – S'jam balade – 60 points
- Agim Poshka – Fajtor për ngrohjen globale- 56 points
- Vedat Ademi – Po me prite – 51 points
- Era Rusi – Shpirt i humbur – 50 points
- Soni Malaj – Zona zero- 44 points
- Emi Bogdo – Kur buzet henen e kafshojn – 43 points
- Kujtim Prodani – Nostalgji– 24 points
- Shpat Kasapi – Aromë mediterane- 22 points
- Julian Lekocaj – Nuk Je Ti- 17 points
You can watch Friday's song presentation below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNCVsCGWyU&ap=%2526fmt%3D18&rel=0
