1. Jonida Maliqi is a double winner of accolades at the Top Fest in 2006 and 2010 respectively.
11 Facts About Jonida Maliqi
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Jonida Maliqi played Bithia in the Albanian version of The Ten Commandments: The Musical and starred as Juliet in the Albanian theatre production of Romeo et Juliette.
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In 2016, Jonida Maliqi appeared as a judge on the fifth season of The Voice of Albania and in 2018 she became the sixteenth representative of Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, finishing 9th in the second semi-final with 96 points and ended in the 17th place in grand final.
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Jonida Maliqi was born on 26 March 1983 into an Albanian family hailing from Gjirokaster in the city of Tirana.
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Jonida Maliqi attended the elementary and music school Deshmoret e Lirise in Tirana and thus took guitar and violin lessons at an early age.
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Jonida Maliqi started her early forays into the music industry at age 13 in 1995 as she participated at the 34th edition of Festivali i Kenges.
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In 2001, Jonida Maliqi pursued studies at the Academy of Arts under the mentorship of the Albanian professor Nina Mula, the mother of Albanian soprano Inva Mula.
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In 2005, Jonida Maliqi announced a work on her debut album Nuk Te Pres and won the "Best Interpretation Award" at Kenga Magjike for "Papagalli i Dashurise".
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In 2016, Jonida Maliqi appeared as a judge on the fifth season of "The Voice of Albania" between 9 January 2016 and 16 April 2016.
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On 20 December 2018, Jonida Maliqi participated and won the 57th edition of the Festivali i Kenges thus becoming Albania's sixteenth representative at Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ktheju tokes".
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Jonida Maliqi launched her own haute couture boutique in 2009 and another shoe salon in 2017.