The Albanian music festival and the contest which they use in order to select their Eurovision entry, Festivali i Këngës 63 will commence on 19th of December and will span over four nights with the grand final taking place on 22nd of December. Today RTSH has revealed all of the competing entries on the official YouTube channel.

During the first two evenings of the show we will see all of the acts being performed once (15 acts per evening). The third night will be the “Night of Nostalgia” and during this evening all of the contestants will be performing songs from the previous editions of FiK, the ones which made the biggest impact, at the end of the eveninga all of the finalists will be revealed. The grand final which will take place on 22nd of December will feature up to 18 finalists, during the evening a total of five prizes will be awarded: a prize for the best lyrics, a critics prize, and prizes for the third, second and first place of FiK. At the end of each night, both the votes of the Festivali i Këngës jury and the public will be published for each act.

The festival will take place at the Palace of the Congresses in Tirana. The winner will be chosen by the jury and audience votes. The list of all competing acts is as follows:

• Algert Sala – “Bosh”
• Alis – “Mjegull”
• Ardit Çuni – “Amane”
• Devis Xherahu – “Ka momente”
• Djemtë e detit – “Larg”
• Elvana Gjata – “Karnaval”
• Endrik Beba – “Ishe ti”
• Epos – “Kurajo dhe Zjarr”
• Erma Mici – “Mbaje”
• Frensi Revania – “Rreziko”
• Gjergj Kaçinari – “Larg jetës pa ty”
• Gresa Gjocera – “E vërteta”
• Jet – “Gjallë”
• Kejsi Jazxhi – “Kur bota hesht”
• Klea Dina – “Dashuri ndiej”
• Kleana Susaj – “Ta dija”
• Laorjan Ejlli & Adelina Correj – “A thu!”
• Lorenc Hasrama – “Frymë”
• Luna Çausholli – “Qiell apo ferr”
• Mal Retkoceri – “Antihero”
• Martina Serreqi – “Nese qaj”
• Mihallaq Andrea – “Porositë e babait”
• Nita Latifi – “Zemrës”
• Orgesa Zaimi – “I parë”
• Rea Nuhu – “Sot”
• Ronaldo Mesuli – “N’zemër”
• Santino de Bartolo – “Kur nata vjen si bora”
• Shkodra Elektronike – “Zjerm”
• Stine – “E kishim nis”
• Vesa Smolica – “Lutem”

Let us know which of the competing songs are YOUR personal favorites, by voting for up to three of them in our poll right here:

You can listen to all of the competing songs by clicking at the link of the song name in the list above, or in this playlist right here: