| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country |  Albania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festivali i Këngës 51 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 20 December 2012 21 December 2012 Final: 22 December 2012 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko | |||
| Selected song | "Identitet" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Eda Sejko | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (15th) | |||
| Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song "Identitet" performed by Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2012. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and a live performance, the latter of which was in the Netherlands. Albania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 16 May 2013. Performing as number 14th, the nation was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify for the final, marking Albania's fourth non-qualification in the contest.