Arbana Osmani (born 7 May 1983) is an Albanian television presenter and radio personality, best known for presenting ''

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''.

Career

She started her career in 2000 as a journalist for "Intervista" magazine. Later she started working for Top Albania Radio, first as a radio presenter for shows like "''Top Select''" in 2002. Later she went on working in television on

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, she presented for four seasons the popular show "''

Top Fest Top Fest was an Albanian music competition organised by Top Channel. It began airing in 2004 with its last edition being in 2015. The event was annually held in Tirana, Albania. The songs were usually performed in Albanian with artists from Albani ...

''", together with other TV presenters such as Ledion Liço, Xhemi Shehu, Alban Dudushi and Evis Mula. She has also presented other shows like "''Pasdite ne Top Channel''", "''E Diell''" ("''Sunday''"), "''1001 Pse?!''" ("''1001 Why?!''"), an entertainment children's show and other shows. For 7 editions in a row, from 2008 until 2014, Osmani presented Albania's most watched reality show, "''

''". In 2013 she confirmed that ''Big Brother'' would go on hiatus for a year. She was then working on her cooking book. However, ''Big Brother'' returned with a seventh season on 22 February, 2014, with Osmani returning as well as the host of the show. She did not return for the eighth season, due to pregnancy. The main host was Ledion Liço. Osmani returned to the show as a presenter for its ninth season. In 2015–2016 season, she presented for one season the game show "''Ne 1 Jave''" ("''In 1 Week''"). From 29 October, 2016, and for 5 seasons she presented the show "''Dua Te Te Bej Te Lumtur''" ("''I want to make you happy''") on

. On 17 August, 2021, Osmani announced on her

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account that she will be presenting the celebrity version of '' Big Brother VIP Albania'', that began airing on 5 October 2021 on Top Channel. Due to satisfactory ratings of the first season, Top Channel announced a second season of ''Big Brother VIP'', which will begin airing in December 2022, with Osmani being the presenter of the show. In 2022, Osmani played on the film ''Sophia'', where played herself. Osmani hosted the 61st edition of the annual

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n music competition

Festivali i Këngës Festivali i Këngës (; ), also referred to as simply FiK, is an annual music competition in Albania organised by the national broadcaster Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). Broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1962, it has also determ ...

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TV shows

* ''Top Select'' (Top Albania Radio) * ''

'' (

) * ''Pasdite ne Top Channel'' (Top Channel) * ''E Diell'' (Top Channel) * ''1001 Pse?!'' (Top Channel) * ''

'' (Top Channel) * ''Ne 1 Jave'' (Top Channel) * ''Dua Te Te Bej Te Lumtur'' (Top Channel) * ''

Big Brother VIP ''Big Brother VIP'', is an adaptation of the '' Big Brother'' reality television series. It is the celebrity version of its parent franchise ''Big Brother'', the celebrity version airs in several countries, however, the housemates or houseguest ...

'' (Top Channel) * ''

'' (

)

Personal life

Osmani was in a relationship with Ardit Kero, who were for 16-years together. They have a son, with the name Joni. Osmani met director Eduart Grishaj in 2019. They have a son, who was born in 2020 and gave him the name Diell and a daughter, who was born in 2022 and Osmani and Grishaj gave her the name Zoi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Osmani, Arbana Living people 1983 births People from Dibër (municipality) 20th-century Albanian women 21st-century Albanian women People from Tirana Albanian television presenters Albanian women television presenters Albanian radio presenters Albanian women radio presenters Big Brother (Albanian TV series)