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Mary Bragg, Nashvillefavorite_borderfavorite

"Americana Queen." -Vice/Noisey "Sublime distilling of southern grit." -NPR Music. As heard in Starbucks and Nordstrom stores worldwide, Mary's work has also been featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, and USA Today.

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Mat Keselman, Torontofavorite_borderfavorite

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Welcome to our new series of posts – “The Looker” where we will share our wish list of artists participating in Eurovision.
But before we start, let us remark that our recommendations will not necessarily come true (as for example some countries select their artists by reality shows)

The previous chapters in the series are available as well:
1st post (Belgium, Israel, The Netherlands)
2nd post (Denmark, Iceland, North Macedonia)
3rd post (Finland, Norway, Sweden)
4th post (Austria, Czech Republic, Germany)
5th post (Bulgaria, Greece, Romania)
6th post (Australia, Ireland, the UK)
7th post (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
8th post (France, Portugal, Spain)
9th post (Moldova, Russia, Ukraine)
10th post (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia)

This time we will concentrate on 3 countries: Albania, Cyprus, Switzerland.

#1. Xhesika Polo

Xhesika Polo is a 24 year-old Albanian singer. In 2012, she auditioned for Season 1 of “X Factor Albania“ and made it all the way to the final as part of the Girls category mentored by Juliana Pasha (who represented Albania at Eurovision 2010).She even managed to perform the wonderful song “Mad About You” (originally performed by Hooverphonic who represented Belgium at Eurovision 2021). Xhesika finished in 3rd place in the final.
In the years 2012-2015, 2017 and 2021, Xhesika participated in the well-known music Albanian music festival “Kënga Magjike”.
In the years 2017, 2018 and 2021, the singer took part in “Festivali i Këngës” which is the Albanian national selection for Eurovision as well.
In 2021, she performed the song “Më mbron” (Eng: protect me):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AX53m93cL8

Let’s listen to 3 of her songs:

In 2017, she released the song “Vetem Nje Fjale” (Eng: just one word):

In 2020, she released the song

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    Session Vocalist & Songwriter

    Chris Biano, Nashvillefavorite_borderfavorite

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    Carlo - Solid Mastering, Milanfavorite_borderfavorite

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    Rock Producer | Mixer | Studio

    JxckFruit, Londonfavorite_borderfavorite

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    Music Producer & Mix Engineer

    Marko Polo, Tiranafavorite_borderfavorite

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    Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018

    Eurovision Song Contest 2018
    Country Albania
    Selection processFestivali i Këngës 56
    Selection date(s)Semi-finals:
    21 December 2017
    22 December 2017
    Final:
    23 December 2017
    Selected artist(s)Eugent Bushpepa
    Selected song"Mall"
    Selected songwriter(s)Eugent Bushpepa
    Semi-final resultQualified (8th, 162 points)
    Final result11th, 184 points

    Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Mall" performed by Eugent Bushpepa. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2017. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in 2004. Prior to the contest, the song was promoted by a music video and live performances in the Netherlands and Spain.

    Albania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 8 May 2018. Performing as number three, the nation was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final. In the grand final on 12 May, it performed as number 12 and placed 11th out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 184 points.

    Background

    Main article: Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

    Prior to the 2018 contest, Albania had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in 2004. The nation's highest placing in the contest, to this point, had been the fifth place, which it achieved in 2012 with the song "Suus" performed by Rona Nishliu. The first entry was performed by Anjeza Shahini with the song "The Image of You" and finished in the seventh place, Albania's second-highest placing to date. During its tenure in the contest, Albania

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