Bledar Sejko

Sejko at ESC 2013

Bledar Sejko (born 10 September 1972) is an Albanian guitarist, composer, and singer who represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with his song "Identitet", which he performed with Adrian Lulgjuraj.^[1] According to Sejko, the song includes combined motives from Northern Albania and Chameria.^[2] He also appeared in the 2011 edition of the contest, performing alongside Aurela Gaçe in her song Feel the Passion.^[3]

Sejko's first group, which included Redon Makashi and Elton Deda was one of the first pop groups of Albania created in clandestinity in the late 1980s: Communist Albania did not allow pop music to be recorded, performed or broadcast. Sejko's nickname has always been Qepa (English: Onion). He taught guitar to Makashi and has always been known as a great performer of the instrument in Albania.^[4] He created Megahertz, the first rock band in Albania.^[5]

Sejko's last participation to the Festivali i Këngës before "Identitet" had been in 1992 with his group Thunder Way. Their song, "Legjenda e Heroit" (English: The heroe's legend), had come last in that festival.^[2]

References

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↑ Escudero, Victor (23 December 2012). "Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko win Festivali i Këngës!". Eurovision.tv. EBU. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
1 2 Telegrafi (24 December 2012). "Sejko: Serbët vodhën melodinë shqiptare". Telegrafi.
↑ "Reprezentant Albánie 2013". escportal.cz (in Czech). ESC Portal - Czech OGAE Website. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
↑ Gazeta Albania (24 January 2009). "Redon Makashi: "Ndarja ime me "qepën" dhe me Elton Dedën". gazeta Albania.
↑ Haziri, Lulëzim (2000). Rokenrolli shqiptar: artikuj te botuar rreth rokenrollit (in Albanian). Skopje: Shkupi. p. 85.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Rona Nishliu with "Suus"	Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013	Succeeded by Hersi with "One Night's Anger"

Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

2000s	Anjeza Shahini Ledina Çelo Luiz Ejlli Frederik Ndoci Olta Boka Kejsi Tola

2010s	Juliana Pasha Aurela Gaçe Rona Nishliu Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko Hersi Elhaida Dani Eneda Tarifa

Songs

2000s	"The Image of You" "Tomorrow I Go" "Zjarr e ftohtë" "Hear My Plea" "Zemrën e lamë peng" "Carry Me in Your Dreams"

2010s	"It's All About You" "Feel the Passion" "Suus" "Identitet" "One Night's Anger" "I'm Alive" "Fairytale"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Albania did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2013

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Austria Croatia Cyprus Montenegro Serbia Slovenia

Semi-final 2	Albania Bulgaria Israel Latvia Macedonia San Marino Switzerland

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Despina Olympiou Hannah Klapa s Mora Moje 3 Natália Kelly Who See

Semi-final 2	Adrian Lulgjuraj and Bledar Sejko Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankulov Esma and Lozano Moran Mazor PeR Takasa Valentina Monetta

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(by alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	"An me thimasai" "Igranka" "Ljubav je svuda" "Mižerja" "Shine" "Straight Into Love"

Semi-final 2	"Crisalide (Vola)" "Here We Go" "Identitet" "Pred da se razdeni" "Rak Bishvilo" "Samo shampioni" "You and Me"

Withdrawn

"Imperija" (Macedonia)
"Kismet" (Bulgaria)
"Rhythm of Love" (Belarus)

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

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