User:PancakeFlavoured/sandbox/Albania in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Albania will participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 which will take place on 24 November 2019 in Gliwice, Poland

Background
Prior to the 2018 contest, Albania had participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest four times since its first entry in 2012, only opting not to participate at the 2013 and 2014 contests. Albania has never won the contest, with their best result being in, with the song "Dambaje" performed by Mishela Rapo, achieving fifth place with a score of 93 points. In 2016, Klesta Qehaja represented Albania in Valletta, Malta with the song "Besoj". The country ended in 13th place out of 17 countries, achieving 38 points. In 2017, Ana Kodra represented Albania in Tbilisi, Georgia with the song "Don't Touch My Tree" and participated in the 2018 national final and also got 13th place out of 16 countries, achieving 67 points. Finally in 2018, Efi Gjika represented Albania in Minsk, Belarus with the song "Barbie and got 17th place out of 20 countries, and achieved 44 points.

Junior Fest 2019
The National Final (Junior Fest 2019) takes place in Tirana on 29th September 2019 with a total of 20 acts competing with each other.