Rona Nishliu releases Eurovision video

TIRANA, March 26 – The 2012 Albanian representative has released the final version of her Eurovision entry and the official videoclip of the song called Suus. Rona Nishliu, the Albanian artist from Kosovo won back in December 2011 the strong competition of 50th edition of Festivali i Kenges and got the ticket to represent Albania in the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in Baku.
To record the song, Rona and her team flied to Los Angeles where they revamped and reproduced the Albanian entry at the prestigious music studios in Los Angeles, Ocean Way Recording and Capitol Records. Rona will perform her powerful ballad Suus in the first semi final on 22nd of May in Baku. She will sing her ballad in Albanian.
As the first ever singer from Kosovo representing Albania in Eurovision, Rona becomes the third to have her Eurovision song in Albanian. She was selected as Albania’s representative after winning the national song contest, Festivali i Kenges, in late Dec. 2011.
“It was the 50th anniversary of the National Song Festival. I thought that it was crucial for me as an artist to give a contribution that would include original and spiritual work,” said Nishliu who was the only singer from Kosovo to participate in the last December’s national song contest.
Albania joined the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 and achieved its only top ten placing in a final to date that year. The country was less successful since finishing 16th in 2005 and being eliminated in the 2006 and 2007 semi finals. Since then, Albania has always made it to the final finishing 16th twice and 17th once.