Will Ronela be the sekret to success for Albania?

Albania send it’s first uptempo song to Eurovision in 12 years with Ronela’s Sekret. Sekret has a strong instrumental hook with a passionate performer. However in it’s current form there are several red flags. Ronela comes across as too aggressive, almost giving death glances to the camera at moments. The song itself is messy in structure and the lighting is too dark. If it went to ESC in it’s current form it would be a borderline qualifier at best.

However, there is a lot of potential for Albania. Ronela has confirmed the song will undergo a revamp by British-Dutch producer, “Diztortion”. Issues with the: staging, lighting and camera angles can all be ironed out. Albania have had issues in the past with staging production but Ronela is a big & well connected artist who will likely have the funding to hire someone experienced like SJB.

It is difficult to predict where Albania will place this year with so much work to be done. If everything falls into place then I can envisage a Hurricane like result with strong regional televote support along with votes from the diaspora. There is some evidence to suggest this could be the case with the NF performance trending on Youtube across the balkan nations as well as diaspora nations such as Germany, Italy and even the UK.