Olta Boka (born 13 September 1991) is an Albanian singer. She represented Albania in the

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with the song "

Zemrën e lamë peng "Zemrën e lamë peng" (; ) is a song by Albanian singer Olta Boka, written by Pandi Laço and composed by Adrian Hila. It was released as a CD single in 2008 through Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). Musically, it is an Albanian-language ball ...

", after winning Festivali i Këngës 46.

Career

Olta Boka was born in

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. She started singing at a very young age. She has participated in the talent shows: "Gjeniu i vogël" where she won the Best Performer award, and also in "Ethet e së premtes mbrëma" (Albanian version of Idols). She rose to fame after winning

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in 2007, giving her the right to represent Albania in

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the next year. She competed in the second semi-final on May 22, and won a place in the final on May 24, where she finished 17th out of 25 entrants with 55 points. She was the youngest singer to represent a country in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2004, with Cyprus' representative who was 16 years old. She has won several awards in the major musical event

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. She has also won the "Top Albania Radio Award" in Top Fest 11. In 2013, Boka played the role of Esmeralda in the Albanian version of

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musical. A year later, she participated in

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's dancing competition "Dance With Me" and won four prizes, alongside actor Devis Muka.

Discography

* 2001: ''Të dy prindërit i dua'' * 2007: ''

'' * 2009: ''S'duhet të dua'' * 2009: ''Jepu me zemër'' * 2010: ''Mbete një brengë'' * 2011: ''Anna'' * 2013: ''E fundit tango'' * 2014: ''Ti më ke mua'' (ft. Erik Lloshi) * 2014: ''Parfumi i tij'' * 2016: ''Rri edhe pak'' * 2017: ''Atij/asaj'' (ft. Stiv Boka)

Awards

, - , , 2009 , , "Jepu me zemër" , AMC Prize , , - , , 2010 , , "Mbete një brengë" , Best Ballad , , - , , 2011 , , "Anna" , AMC Prize , , - , , 2013 , , "E fundit tango" , Best Performance ,

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 ...

, - , , 2014 , , "Ti më ke mua" (ft. Erik Lloshi) , Top Albania Radio Award ,

References

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