Suus

Albania "Suus"
Eurovision Song Contest 2012 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Florent Boshnjaku
Lyricist(s)
Finals performance
Semi-final result
2nd
Semi-final points
146
Final result
5th
Final points
146
Appearance chronology
◄ "Feel the Passion" (2011)   
"Identitet" (2013) ►

"Suus" is a song by Kosovar singer Rona Nishliu, and used as the Albanian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The lyrics were written by Nishliu and the music was composed by Florent Boshnjaku.

Although the song is entirely in Albanian, the title is the Latin third person reflexive possessive pronoun suus, and can mean "his," "his own"; its official translation is "Personal" (Albanian: Personale; për veten).

Eurovision Song Contest

In December 2011, Rona Nishliu participated in the 50th Festivali i Këngës. She got through to the finals, where she finished in first place. She got the maximum twelve points from five judges out of seven.[1] After being crowned as the winner, Rona was chosen to represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 which was held in Baku, Azerbaijan.,[2][3] where she got second place in the semi-final with 146 points and 5th place in the finals with 146 points as well, making it the highest position for Albania in the contest.[4]

Critical reception

The song received a positive review from Will Adams from Huffington Post, who said that he was skeptical when he first heard the song but upon realizing that Nishliu was singing "qaj" ("cry" in English), he said that "it really drove home the point that "Suus" is a deeply emotional ballad." Despite this, he did not predict that the song would fare well in the Grand Final scoreboard during the contest.[5]

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Albania (Albanian Music Charts)[6] 6

References

  1. ↑ Live: Festivali i Këngës Grand Final!, ESCDAILY.COM
  2. ↑ Albania: Rona Nishliu to Baku!
  3. ↑ Albania Decided 2012: Rona Nishliu to Baku
  4. ↑ http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=1593#Scoreboard
  5. ↑ Adams, Will (19 May 2012). "Eurovision 2012 Previews: Albania, Germany, Israel, San Marino". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Albanian Music Charts - 21 May 2012". Retrieved 21 May 2012.
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