Birth name Elhaida Dani Name Elhaida Dani Origin Albanian Role Singer | Occupation(s) singer Years active 2008–present Albums Elhaida Dani | |
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Born 17 February 1993 (age 32) Shkoder, Albania ( 1993-02-17 ) Genres Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Soul music Nominations World Music Award for World’s Best Album Similar People Nina Sublatti, Bojana Stamenov, Genealogy, Boggie, Loic Nottet Profiles | ||
Elhaida dani i m alive albania live at eurovision 2015 semi final 1
Elhaida Dani (born 17 February 1993) is an Albanian singer. She rose to fame after winning Star Academy Albania in 2009, and Top Fest in 2012. Later that year, she auditioned for The Voice of Italy, and won the show with over 70% of the public vote. She released her first single "Baciami e Basta" through Universal Music in Italy.
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- Elhaida dani i m alive albania live at eurovision 2015 semi final 1
- Elhaida dani i m alive albania 2015 eurovision song contest
- Early career
- 20122013 The Voice of Italy
- 20142015 Eurovision Song Contest 2015
- Singles
- Awards and nominations
- References
In December 2014 she won the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës with the song "Diell" ("Sun"), and was going to represent Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria with this song. However, on 23 February 2015 Dani announced that the song's songwriters had withdrawn the song from the competition and she'd be performing a different song at Eurovision. The next day it was revealed that the song will be called "I'm Alive".
Elhaida dani i m alive albania 2015 eurovision song contest
Early career
Elhaida Dani was born on 17 February 1993 in Shkodër, north Albania. She studied piano from the age of 6. She started appearing on national television in 2008, after participating in Kënga Magjike with her song "Fjala e fundit" (The last word).
In 2009, she auditioned for the Albanian version of Star Academy and won the show. She then continued singing at various music competitions around the Balkans. In 2011 she participated in Sunčane Skale, held in Montenegro with "Si asnjëherë" (Like never before). and won the youth category of the show. Later that year, she won two competitions in Bulgaria and Romania. She also participated at the 50th edition of Festivali i Këngës with "Mijëra vjet" (Thousands of years).
In early 2012, she worked with Threedots Music Albania, a popular music label and wrote "S'je më" (You're not the same anymore), and won Albania's biggest music show, Top Fest. After returning to Albania, the first song she sang was "Ya nabi salam alayka" of Maher Zain in the Medrese Haxhi Sheh Shamia of Shkodra. There she wore a headscarf.
2012–2013: The Voice of Italy
After seeking an international career and winning many music competitions in the Balkan region (she won all the contest she took part in), Elhaida decided to temporarily move to Rome, Italy to audition for the Italian version of The Voice. She appeared on the "Blind auditions" with Jessie J's "Mamma Knows Best" and received a huge feedback from the jury and the viewers.
She chose to join Riccardo Cocciante's team, and the world-renowned songwriter became her coach. She advanced to the battles and knockouts and reached the finals in May 2013.
She sang Lara Fabian's version of "Adagio" and "When Love Calls Your Name", the unreleased song that Riccardo Cocciante wrote for her with Roxanne Seeman, and won the show with over 70% of the public vote.
2014–2015: Eurovision Song Contest 2015
In 2014, Dani revealed that she was going to participate at the 53rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, with the hope to represent Albania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest. Her song "Diell" (Sun) was among the 28 participating entries. The competition was held from 26 to 28 December in Tirana. She was the favourite to win the show. On 28 December 2014, Elhaida won the contest with a total of 82 points.
After Festivali i Këngës, Dani was forced to change her Eurovision song "Diell" to "I'm Alive", after the original song's composers decided to withdraw it from the contest. She then competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with this song. She qualified from the first semi final in tenth place.
At the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 Elhaida Dani placed 17th, with a total of 34 points, similarly to previous Albanian entrants Olta Boka in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and Kejsi Tola in Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
Singles
Awards and nominations
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Festivali i Këngës
Top Fest
The Voice
Star Academy Albania
Sunčane Skale
Bullgaria International Festival
Romania International Pop Festival