Albina & Familja Kelmendi are this year’s representants of Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest of 2023 with the song “Duje”. Today the group disclosed some details about their Eurovision staging.
Details about the Albanian staging
The composer of the song “Duje”, Eriona Rushiti, spoke about the song itself and the staging of the song during this year’s contest. There are several things that need to be take into account because this song is sung by an extensive group of people, and the message of the song needs to be conveyed well. The staging will be managed by Sascha Jean-Baptiste; together with Albina and her family she is looking at every detail of the performance, from the cameras up to the lights that are being used, and there will also be choreography.
Revamp of the song “Duje”
Eriona Rushiti, the composer of the song “Duje” also spoke about the revamp of the song, and why the revamp was done in Istanbul (Turkey). The reason for the revamp to be done in Istanbul is because Albina and her family had a chance to work together with a string orchestra and could use all sorts of different instruments to record the music for their song again. There is also the matter that Turkish culture and Albanian culture find each other halfway, which also means that there culture overlaps in music. Because of the revamp the song of Albina & Familja Kelmendi stayed true to the original with which they won the Albanian national final, but there are also more modern elements in the song right now.
Eurovision 2023
Albania’s Albina & Familja Kelmendi will perform 14th (of 16) in Semi-final 2 on May 11th 2023.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 will take place on May 9th, 11th, and 13th 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. 37 countries will compete for the crown. This year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be a joint venture, since last year’s winner Ukraine cannot organize the contest on home soil because of the ongoing war with Russia.
