REACTION: Besa Kokëdhima, "Zemrën N’dorë" Albania 🇦🇱

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Alesia Michelle is a Eurovision blogger, based in the United States and has been covering the Eurovision Song Contest on KZbin since 2015. Check out her reaction now!
The 68th Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted in Malmö, Sweden. Semifinals and finals will be held May 7th, 9th and 11th in Malmö Arena.
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[@DominikGuzowski]

this song a very strong grower, it felt meh to me on first listen, and now I'm obsessed. even the rap part which i didnt particularly enjoy grew on me.

[@spainspain3398]

Im chained to it too! Cannot stop listening to it now

[@xibir]

The growers at Eurovision haven't gone far, so it's actually a weakness that it's a grower song (for you and for many others too) The song must immediately captivate the viewer to vote for it.

[@bammer180and1]

The song grows on me a little more every time I hear it. Makes me worry that it won’t be understood or appreciated in the semifinal but Albania often defies the odds.

[@benjeffery7829]

This woman is extra, OTT styling, the girls on display….we have a voice, generic but versatile song! Totally here for ALL this! I’m excited for Albania for once!!!❤

[@achnix3167]

Calling this generic? Gurl

[@GalicianBanshee]

I think they have to make the song more powerfull but they have material to make something great if they work in the right direction. Besa is a great performer and I hope she'll polish the outfit like Anxhela did. The staging with Sacha would be a great option too. Good luck.❤

[@AlesiaMichelle]

Yeah I’m not worried about it. The ingredients are all there 🙌🏾

[@user-be4vw1or3z]

@@AlesiaMichelle where is Alibabania? Must be in Mongolia?

[@MJMW25]

This really became an earworm for me and it’s my fave so far tbf! The orchestral version doesn’t hit as good as the studio version, as the instrumentation comes through clearer

[@bluerefr]

It's a grower, I like it more and more. But I also want to imagine that Albania isn't pushing hard for a Eurovision win like some other countries, their main goal is to qualify, which they have done consistently the past few years. With an updated and more modern instrumental and good staging this song could easily qualify.

[@Arriba_ftv]

lowkey is my favourite of the three selected songs so far, at least the one I listen the most

[@AlesiaMichelle]

I mean… I could see that. Pedestal as a track is perfectly fine and modern tho- but execution is KEY

[@alessio5966]

I will certainly vote for her from Italy, 12 points for Albania and Besa❤️🇦🇱🇮🇹 btw perfect reaction!! Ty

[@MrTomyxl]

Just because is from Albania or because of this bad song?

[@joseuribe9273]

The semi final version is even better. She seemed a lot more in control and her voice was popping.

[@AlesiaMichelle]

Well I’d assume since it was earlier in the week.

[@achnix3167]

Weird that you say that because the semi was way worse vocally... Nothing wrong with this final version though

[@user-pl8do8cu8t]

They will revamp and bahiti is the one that wrote music of karma and Darko producer that wrote music of shaj and she knows to sell. It was a lot of pressur in fik. You can check her in others songs she got one out in French. By the way you are one of the favorite of my ppl and of course mine. Thank you for your honest fed back love from Michigan ❤🇦🇱

[@Albanian_trends]

Im watching all the comments for the English version . 1st of all , I have heard the demo in English and it is not translated, it makes sense and is very beautiful and secondly I don't believe that Besa will transform the song into English, yes she can add some parts of English but not the whole song because she said I've been thinking about competing for a few years, so this shows that she knows what the fans want. Then we, her fans, communicated with her and the only thing I strongly belive is that we will have a place in the final because she did not come back for nothing after a long break 😊

[@black_bean_paste]

Where can we listen the English demo?

[@Albanian_trends]

@@black_bean_paste it is only a small part on insta but the full version was sent to us by the composer of the song, he sent it to us who have supported Besa and it was a wonderful demo

[@Querviinho]

Well, you know, Albania never qualifies with a translated song, they’ll be shooting their own foot if they go for the English version

[@Albanian_trends]

@@Querviinho Never ??? We have dhe 2nd best result ever with an english song (7th place) . You just had to be careful to make sense of the lyrics !!

[@adelinadhimas9398]

Bravo Albania ❤❤❤is great 🎉

[@kerimmedunjanin2743]

You should look her night 1 outfit, she looked sooo much better

[@user-cd2ye4vr4t]

Besa is a great singer, she will do the best for her revamp ❤

[@ANGELIC_DIVA_]

Btw she said on Twitter that the song was originally written in English so I fear we are getting some English in it. But she did also ask if the song should be in English or Albanian so at least she seems open to the idea of the song being kept in Albanian.

[@ANGELIC_DIVA_]

I’m just hoping we don’t get a Sekret revamp moment with the song switching languages every 5 seconds😭

[@jurgenm99]

Yeah but I supposed that she’ll keep in Albanian, she retweeted lots of tweets saying that the song has to be in albanian… so fingers crossed!

[@AlesiaMichelle]

God no- I don’t want the English version

[@user-pl8do8cu8t]

@@ANGELIC_DIVA_ I don’t think so Kledi Bahiti the music writer was the one that did Karma if they decide to sing in English it might the rap part my guess. The producer is Darko so it will be great revamp. I do have faith she will do great

[@Sk88p]

Albania 2015 is still one of my favorite Albanian entries. The studio version in particular. And yes 2021 is another one i liked at first listen, even before the revamp. But idk about this song yet. I feel meh! about it

[@shawnverbonac5971]

She needs way differnet styling so she can move on the more rap part, she nearly fell😂

[@BartekKowalski-qi4rj]

👍👍👍

[@abc-00000]

Titan . ❤

[@esc.castelosca]

Her voice is very powerful, with the correct revamp and staging, don't get surprised to see her close to the jury top 5 if she Q's, but I'm worried about the televote

[@achnix3167]

Its a grower but lets be honest if Albania is amazing they still place 17th so... Its not just them its "us". The entire festivak was about delivering a park and bark regardless of the song. So cant judge that for Eurovision really

[@GospodinNelson]

You should react to Moldova's national final, it's strong!

[@ANGELIC_DIVA_]

Also I think the drama around FIK this year is because one of the fan favs (Luan Dusmishi) didn’t make it to the final and another fan fav that made it to the final (Elsa Lila) didn’t end up winning. Also some people think it was rigged this year

[@Skorpio994]

I need her to do a Elhaida dani and change the whole thing not feeling it

[@yungbratthekilla3864]

Facts sounds like a 2014 Eurovision song I swear it’s out dated as heck so sad wish my country would win Eurovision 😭😭😭😭 (incase you didn’t know I’m Albanian but I am born in Australia)

[@davidbenjamin3714]

its not bad but could forgotten in a shuffle of other entries that may be more outstanding which might be concerning for Albania

[@jamesjohnson8279]

I don’t know why I’m thinking this, maybe the fact that we’re in Sweden again this year, but if the inevitable revamp goes wrong this could very easily become another Fairytale by Eneda Tarifa. It worries me immensely that I’m even thinking about that but all I’m saying is they’d better not make her stand like a statue in the middle of the stage singing a poorly translated English song when the Albanian version is pretty alright as it is.

[@dhilandass7986]

the song was originally wrote in english than translated to Albanian 👍🏾

[@theduck0]

After 2013 and 2016 I think Albania has some sort of bad luck when Sweden is the host country lol

[@jatojo]

This song gets a 3 out of 12 from me.

[@christianlyon6147]

I actually like this song better than Duje. I really hope it qualifies 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

[@Hydraas]

I like the melody. It caught me by surprise and the rap section made it stand out for me in FiK. I don't care for the song much sadly

[@DrKeroro]

I suspect "too much titty" will not be an issue when it comes to the actual contest after Ronida. 😂 Have to say that I do feel a bit underwhelmed with this FOR NOW.

[@BigL1991]

Dear Alesia i like your films. But yes there is a reason why albania never won the eurovision song contest. It won't happen in 2024 either. we don't have to worry about packing our bags for Tirana 2025.

[@robertzielinski2475]

Exactly, we need more drama from Albanian entry. This song is too flat.

[@pogodziej]

I think this song is catchy enough to maybe get the normies who voted for Lithuania last year to vote for it.

[@basj6579]

You should see what shw wore in the semi-final. For its even eurovision level. The final dress was definately a downgrade

[@dhilandass7986]

are you talking about Ronelas dress for sekret?

[@koftheashes]

It's giving me a touch of an attempted Albanian Shania Twain

[@AlesiaMichelle]

Shania?!? Huh???

[@Maria_muziekjes]

I don’t know, I think it is a bit messy maybe they should skip the rap-part? And the outfit… when you got it flaunt it, but is it really necessary girl?

[@SuperBoro89]

We all know Albania always make a revamp of their songs and the compositor is very popular. But so far... a mess, sorry no for me :S

[@fdaija4628]

Is this a reaction or you stating how is she supposed to sing, get dressed and what not to do? This is everything but a reaction and it's a weak one. She is an Albanian DIVA singer with an amazing voice and you (not a vocal trainer from what I know) was talking about her lack of voice and in 90% of the video you talked about her hair. Listen to the studio version as a start and don't focus on the orchestra as there WILL NOT be an orchestra at Eurovision.✌🏼

[@AlesiaMichelle]

Hello person who has NO CLUE about reaction videos and my background. Bye 👋🏾

[@Maria_muziekjes]

Eurovision is about the whole package: song, music, outfit, performance, she might be adiva but that’s not a guarantee for a good song😢

[@yungbratthekilla3864]

I’m Albanian from Australia but this song is giving 2014 2013 it’s so outdated and this year I checked out fik and there was none that I liked this year not even one

[@AlesiaMichelle]

Oh wow

[@Relevart9169]

Usually im a huge Albania fan but this is so bad and boring

[@ekrousseau9124]

🙈😂

[@wojciechk3282]

For me this is a mess... dont feel the structure of a song.

[@MrTomyxl]

Not my cup of tea!