Albania National Final preview

The Albanian national final, Festivali i Kenges (FiK), takes place on the evening of Saturday 22 December (European time) and early 645am AEDT Sunday 23 December for Australians.

The semi finals over the last two days saw a performance with a full orchestra followed by a Eurovision style staging without the orchestra.

From this the FiK jury selected 14 of the 22 acts to go through to the final.

Below is the full list of competitors, their song and running order:

1. Gjergj Leka - "Një ditë tjetër"

2. Jonida Maliqi - "Ktheju tokës"

3. Klinti Çollaku - "Mbrëmje e pafund"

4. Alar Band - "Dashuria nuk mjafton"

5. Lidia Lufi - "Rrëfehem"

6. Eranda Libohova - "100 pyetje"

7. Artemisa Mithi & Febi Shkurti - "Dua ta besoj"

8. Eliza Hoxha - "Peng"

9. Bojken Lako" - Jeto jetën"

10. Dilan Reka" - Karma"

11. Elton Deda" - Qetësisht"

12. Marko Strazimiri & Imbro - "Leyla"

13. Orgesa Zaimi - "Hije"

14. Soni Malaj - "Më e fortë"

You can watch the final on the Albanian broadcaster's site RTSH https://www.rtsh.al/rtsh1-hd/ or download the RTSH app.

You can watch the songs here: https://www.youtube.com/user/RadioTvShqiptar/videos

And see our preview of the final below: