Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Country	Albania
National selection
Selection process	Festivali i Këngës 47
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals:; 19 December 2008; 20 December 2008; Final:; 21 December 2008
Selected entrant	Kejsi Tola
Selected song	"Carry Me in Your Dreams"
Selected songwriter(s)	Edmond Zhulali; Agim Doçi;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (7th, 73 points)
Final result	17th, 48 points
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, with the song "Carry Me in Your Dreams" performed by Kejsi Tola. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2008. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest five times since its first entry in 2004. Albania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the contest, which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing as number 16, the nation was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the grand final. In the final on 16 May 2009, it performed as number 19 and placed 17th out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 48 points.