Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country	Albania
National selection
Selection process	Festivali i Këngës 48
Selection date(s)	Semi-finals:; 24 December 2009; 25 December 2009; 26 December 2009; Final:; 27 December 2009
Selected entrant	Juliana Pasha
Selected song	"It's All About You"
Selected songwriter(s)	Ardit Gjebrea; Pirro Çako;
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (6th, 76 points)
Final result	16th, 62 points
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, Norway, with the song "It's All About You" performed by Juliana Pasha. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2009. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest six times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and live performances both in Macedonia and the Netherlands.

Albania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing as number 12, the nation was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the grand final. In the final on 29 May 2010, it performed as number 15 and placed 16th out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 62 points.