The first of four evenings of Festivali i Këngës 63 will take place tomorrow, 19th of December at the Palace of the Congresses in Tirana. In each of the semi-final we will see 15 acts competing for a chance to qualify to the grand finale which is set for Sunday, 22nd of December while the third night of the festival will be the “Night of Nostalgia” during which all of the contestants will be performing performing songs from the previous editions of FiK, the ones which made the biggest impact, at the end of the evening all of the finalists will be revealed. Today the semi-final split has been revealed.

Semi-final 1 (19th of December):

1. Orgesa Zaimi – “I parë”
2. Erma Mici – “Mbaje”
3. Luna Çausholli – “Qiell apo ferr”
4. Ronaldo Mesuli – “N’zemër”
5. Mihallaq Andrea – “Porositë e babait”
6. Kejsi Jazxhi – “Kur bota hesht”
7. Lorenc Hasrama – “Frymë”
8. Jet – “Gjallë”
9. Djemtë e detit – “Larg”
10. Nita Latifi – “Zemrës”
11. Martina Serreqi – “Nese qaj”
12. Alis – “Mjegull”
13. Shkodra Elektronike – “Zjerm”
14. Kleansa Susaj – “Ta dija”
15. Ardit Çuni – “Amane”

During the first semi-final evening rapper Noizy will be performing as the interval act and Slimane has been announced as a special guest of the festival. The interval acts for the second semi-final have not yet been disclosed.

Semi-final  2 (20th of December)

1. 1.  Mal Retkoceri – “Antihero”
   2. Klea Dina – “Dashuri ndiej”
   3. Devis Xherahu – “Ka momente”
   4. Vesa Smolica – “Lutem”
   5. Algert Sala – “Bosh”
   6. Gresa Gjocera – “E vërteta”
   7. Frensi Revania – “Rreziko”
   8. Endrik Beba – “Ishe ti”
   9. Epos – “Kurajo dhe Zjarr”
   10. Laorjan Ejlli & Adelina Correj – “A thu!”
   11. Santino de Bartolo – “Kur nata vjen si bora”
   12. Rea Nuhu – “Sot”
   13.  Elvana Gjata – “Karnaval”
   14. Stine – “E kishim nis”
   15. Gjergj Kaçinari – “Larg jetës pa ty”

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 winner in the final will be chosen by the jury and audience votes.

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:

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