Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country Albania
National selection
Selection processArtist: Festivali i Këngës 53
Song: Internal selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 28 December 2014
Song: 15 March 2015
Selected artist(s)Elhaida Dani
Selected song"I'm Alive"
Selected songwriter(s)Sokol Marsi
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (10th, 62 points)
Final result17th, 34 points
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria, with the song "I'm Alive" performed by Elhaida Dani. Dani was chosen through the national selection competition, Festivali i Këngës, organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2014. Dani emerged as the winner of contest with the song "Diell"; however the song withdrawn as the Albanian entry at the request of one of the song's songwriters and replaced with "I'm Alive". Prior to the 2015 contest, Albania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 11 times since its first entry in 2004.

"I'm Alive" was promoted by a music video and live performances in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in the lead up to the contest. Albania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 19 May 2015. Performing 14th, the nation was among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final. In the final on 23 May, the entry was performed 26th and placed 17th out of the 27 finalists.