Jonida Maliqi

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Jonida Maliqi at the ESC 2019

Jonida Maliqi (born March 26, 1983 in Tirana , Albania ) is an Albanian singer and television presenter .

life and career

Born in the capital Tirana , Maliqi began her musical career at the Festivali i Këngës in 1995. At the age of twelve, she took part in the important music festival together with Aleksandër Rrapi and the song Planeti i fëmijëve . However, the two could not win the festival. In 1997 Maliqi took part in the festival again. This time she sang a song about Mother Teresa with Kastriot Tusha . But even here she couldn't win the festival. In 1999 she started her solo career and took part in the Festivali i Këngës for the third time with the song Do jetoj pa ty , where she then took second place. She also took part as a solo artist in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006 and 2007, but could not achieve victory by then. Also at the music festivals Kënga Magjike (1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013), Nota Fest (2002), PoliFest (2002) Microfoni i Artë (2004) and Top Fest (2006, 2007, 2010) she was a participant. Maliqi won the Kënga Magjike 2008 competition on TV Klan .

It wasn't until the Festivali i Këngës 2018 that she returned as a solo artist to the Festivali i Këngës and was able to win the competition in the tenth attempt. As the winner, she received the right to represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv , Israel . Her song Ktheju tokës (German: return to the country ) was written by Eriona Rushiti and was also performed in Albanian at the ESC . She reached the final of the competition, where she finished 17th with 90 points.

In addition to her work as a singer, Maliqi also appears as a moderator. In 2012, for example, she hosted the program Dua vendin tim . In 2014 she hosted the fourth season of the Albanian show Dancing with the Stars . In 2016 she acted as a coach on the program The Voice of Albania .

Discography

  • 2005: Nuk të pres
  • 2013: Jonida Maliqi

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonida Maliqi: Bio. In: Tekste Shqip. Retrieved December 25, 2018 (Albanian).
  2. ↑ Constantinos Christou: Jonida Maliqi wins Festivali i Këngës 57! In: escxtra.com. December 22, 2018, accessed December 22, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Anthony Granger: Albania: “Ktheju tokës” To Remain in Albanian. In: eurovoix.com. December 23, 2018, accessed December 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ EBU issues statement on Eurovision 2019 Grand Final jury result. May 22, 2019, accessed May 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Jonida Maliqi
  6. ↑ Jonida Maliqi, trajnere në "The Voice of Albania"
  7. ↑ https://www.teksteshqip.com/jonida-maliqi/albumi-13653.php
personal data
SURNAME Maliqi, Jonida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maliqi, Jonida (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Albanian singer and presenter
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Tirana , Albania