17 countries will compete today in the first semifinal of the European Song Festival for one of the 10 countries that will advance to the grand final.
The semifinal starts today at 21:00 and will be broadcast as usual on RTSH.
The representative of Albania, Ronela Hajati, will perform the first "Secret" in a row tonight, but what are the chances for the final?
In an analysis by the popular Wiwibloggs site - the most followed independent site in the world for Eurovision - Albania's chances were not as strong as they expected, because during the official rehearsals, Ronela had technical problems with the microphone and stage effects. (not fortunately for her). However Wiwibloggs states that it does not believe that Albania's qualification should be doubted. According to this site, Albania has a 75% chance of qualifying.
According to them, the chances for qualification are:
1. Ukraine - 100%
2. Greece - 99%
3. Norway - 98%
4. Netherlands - 97%
5. Portugal - 92%
6. Armenia - 90%
7. Albania - 75%
8. Moldova - 61%
9. Latvia - 55%
10. Austria - 48%
11. Switzerland - 46%
12. Iceland - 38%
13. Lithuania - 35%
14. Croatia - 26%
15. Denmark - 18%
16. Slovenia - 14%
17. Bulgaria - 7%