Kejsi Tola (5 February 1992 in Tirana) is an Albanian singer and the winner of Albanian Idol 2007. In 2008 she was the winning contestant in the Festivali I Këngës competition to find the representative for Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. Kejsi’s entry has been submitted by Edmond Zhulali who was responsible for the nations very first Eurovision entry “The Image of You” in Eurovision Song Contest 2004 performed by Anjeza Shahini.
Her career started when she was 11-years-old in the Young Voices of Albanian Festival Song contest winning the first prize, and two time winner of the young voices of the Shkodra Festival Contest.
In the first Contest of Young Geniuses she was one of the ten finalists. In 2008 she won the Best New Artist prize in the Friday Fever Song Contest of Albanian modern music, and in 2008 winner of the Albanian Radio Television Song Contest with the song Carry Me In Your Dream which will represent Albania at Europe’s favorite TV-show.
Tola represented her nation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Russia after winning the national final on December 21. She finished 17th with 48 points. Her song for the competition was called Carry Me in Your Dreams. Kejsi received much praise for her performance on her YouTube, Facebook and MySpace accounts. |
