Albania: Olta Boka in Turkey

by Stella Floras 250 views

It seems that Olta Boka, the 16 year old Albanian representative in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, will finally get her wish for a promo tour as she will be in Turkey for two days to promote her entry, Zemren e lame peng.

In a recent interview, Olta Boka expressed her bitterness about the complete lack of funds to support the Albanian entry this year with a promo tour which would offer Zemren e lame peng exposure to the international European audience before the contest in May. It seems now that things have started moving forward as she is on her way to Turkey where she will spend Friday and Saturday.

Olta will appear on the evening news of Show TV on Friday and on Saturday, as it seems to be a tradition for Eurovision artists visiting Turkey, she will be a guest in the first part of the the hugely popular Aynadan yansıyanlar music talk show on TRT International at 22.00 CET. The second part of the same show will see the Portuguese Vania Fernandes with her Senhora do mar.

Many thanks to Hakan Yalcinkaya for the information.

Stella Floras

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