Back Альбанія на конкурсе песьні Эўрабачаньне-2008 BE-X-OLD Albanie au Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2008 French Albanië op het Eurovisiesongfestival 2008 Dutch Albânia no Festival Eurovisão da Canção 2008 Portuguese Албания на «Евровидении-2008» Russian 2008 Eurovision Şarkı Yarışması'nda Arnavutluk Turkish
| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country |  Albania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Festivali i Këngës 46 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Semi-finals: 14 December 2007 15 December 2007 Final: 16 December 2007 | |||
| Selected artist(s) | Olta Boka | |||
| Selected song | "Zemrën e lamë peng" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Placement | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (9th, 67 points) | |||
| Final result | 17th, 55 points | |||
| Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia, with the song "Zemrën e lamë peng" performed by Olta Boka. Its selected entry was chosen through the national selection competition Festivali i Këngës organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) in December 2007. To this point, the nation had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest four times since its first entry in 2004. Due to the introduction of two semi-finals, Albania was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the contest, which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing as number six, the nation was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the grand final. In the final on 24 May 2008, it performed as number three and placed 17th out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 55 points.