Zemrën e lamë peng

"Zemrën e lamë peng"

Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country	Albania
Artist(s)	Olta Boka
Language	Albanian
Composer(s)	Adrian Hila
Lyricist(s)	Pandi Laço
Finals performance
Semi-final result	9th
Semi-final points	67
Final result	16th
Final points	55
Appearance chronology
◄ "Hear My Plea" (2007)
"Carry Me in Your Dreams" (2009) ►

"Zemrën e lamë peng" (Hearts trapped in time) is the song that represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. The song was sung by Olta Boka and was selected on 16 December 2007 during the televised show Festivali I Këngës.

The song was performed 6th on the night of the second semi-final, following Lithuania's Jeronimas Milius with "Nomads in the Night" and preceding Switzerland's Paolo Meneguzzi with "Era stupendo". The song received 67 points, placing 9th in a field of 19 and qualifying Albania to the final for the first time since 2005.

At the final Boka performed 3rd in the running order, following the United Kingdom's Andy Abraham with "Even If" and preceding Germany's No Angels's with "Disappear". She received 55 points, placing joint 16th (with Spain) in a field of 25.

Fellow Eurovision 2008 singer Boaz Mauda covered the song in Hebrew, titled שער ליבך, on his eponymous debut album.^[1]

References

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(by semifinal
results)

Semi-final 1	Slovenia Moldova Netherlands Montenegro Andorra Ireland Belgium Estonia San Marino

Semi-final 2	Macedonia Bulgaria Switzerland Malta Cyprus Lithuania Belarus Czech Republic Hungary

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(by semifinal
results)

Semi-final 1	Rebeka Dremelj Geta Burlacu Hind Stefan Filipović Gisela Dustin the Turkey Ishtar Kreisiraadio Miodio

Semi-final 2	Tamara Todevska, Vrčak & Adrian Deep Zone and Balthazar Paolo Meneguzzi Morena Evdokia Kadi Jeronimas Milius Ruslan Alekhno Tereza Kerndlová Csézy

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(by semifinal
results)

Semi-final 1	"Vrag naj vzame" "A Century of Love" "Your Heart Belongs To Me" "Zauvijek volim te" "Casanova" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "O Julissi" "Leto svet" "Complice"

Semi-final 2	"Let Me Love You" "DJ, Take Me Away" "Era stupendo" "Vodka" "Femme Fatale" "Nomads in the Night" "Hasta La Vista" "Have Some Fun" "Candlelight"

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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 Lindita

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" "Botë"

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

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