Rozana Radi, invited to "Goca dhe Gra", spoke, among other things, about Eurovision and expressed her dissatisfaction with Besa Kokëdhima, who represented Albania with the song "Titan" .
Rozana was asked by the moderators whether Albania should be represented with an Albanian or English song and spoke specifically about Besa's case, saying:
"Then I was very happy that the song of the RTSH Festival was represented in the native language, in Albanian. When you represent your country, Albania, what represents us best is the language and the flag. I honestly expected to touch Eurovision with Besa Kokëdhima's song last year when we won the Festival - Kledi Bahiti, Darko Dimitrov and me as the lyricist."
He further added that Besa, after winning the competition, changed the song's authors and created an English text, without first consulting with the song's authors:
"Unfortunately, it's the first time I've said it, after the song won this competition, Besa Kokëdhima, without asking us and without considering us as the authors of the song, created an English text and represented Albania, with another author."
Rozana shared her feelings and emphasized that you should stay loyal to people who don't let you go:
"To be honest, I felt bad because it's good when you participate in an Albanian competition and decide to take names to better represent yourself and as soon as you step outside the territory or outside the Albanian border, you prefer to choose foreign collaborators. Sometimes you have to stay loyal to the old one, because he never lets you go. And you have to stay loyal to your language and your country, because that's what we're going for, for the language, for our values ??and special features and for what we Albanians know how to do best."
Anabel contacted Besa's team, who expressed themselves verbatim:
"Hello, dear Anabel Media! We thank you for your honesty and understand your interest, but Besa does not consider it important to comment on this news. We greet you and wish you all the best. Further success."
Besa Kokëdhima represented Albania with the song "Titan" last year. She failed to qualify for the grand final, despite the song being well received by both domestic and foreign audiences.
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