Ledina Çelo

{{short description|Albanian singer}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Ledina Çelo

| image = Ledina Çelo 2012.jpg

| caption = Ledina Çelo in 2012

| image_size =

| origin = Tirana, Albania

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|2|9|df=y}}

| genre =

}}

Ledina Çelo (born 9 February 1977) is an Albanian singer and model.{{cite web |title=Ledina Çelo–Bio |url=https://www.teksteshqip.com/ledina-elo/biografia |website=teksteshqip.com |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=sq}} She is best known for representing Albania at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv, after winning the 43rd edition of Festivali i Këngës.{{cite web |title=Albanien: Ledina Celo |url=https://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/Albanien-Ledina-Celo,albanien159.html |website=eurovision.de |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=de |date=21 May 2005}}{{cite web |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |title=Ledina Celo - Tomorrow I Go (Albania) Live - Eurovision Song Contest 2005 |url=https://eurovision.tv/video/ledina-celo-tomorrow-i-go-albania-live-eurovision-song-contest-2005 |website=eurovision.tv |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=en |date=15 December 2016}}

Life

= 2003–present =

In December 2003, she hosted the 43rd edition of Festivali i Këngës, the national pre-selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest. A year later, she participated as a contestant with the song Nesër Shkoj and eventually won the competition. She qualified for the grand final and finished in the sixteenth place. In 2006, Ledina Celo finished second in Kënga Magjike with the song "Jemi Të Huaj".

Awards

Festivali i Këngës

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||2004

||"Tomorrow I Go"

|First Prize

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Kënga Magjike

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||2003

||"Te dua se je Ti"

|Linda Association Prize

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||2004

||"Ne nje ishull qe nuk ekziston"

|Public Prize

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|rowspan="2"|2006

|rowspan="2"|"Jemi te huaj"

|Best Performer

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|Second Prize

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|rowspan="2"|2013

|rowspan="2"|"Gaboja"

|Best Ballad

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|Second Prize

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Videofest Awards

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|rowspan="2"|2005

|rowspan="2"|" Vagabond nga dashuria"

|Best Female

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|Best Editing

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|rowspan="2"|2007

|rowspan="2"|"Të ndjejë të huaj"

|Best Camera

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|Best Production

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Zhurma Show Awards

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||2004

|"Vagabond nga dashuria"

|Best Video

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References

{{Reflist}}

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{{succession box

| before=Anjeza Shahini
with The Image of You

| title=Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest

| years=2005

| after=Luiz Ejlli
with Zjarr e ftohtë

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{{Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest|state=collapsed}}

{{Eurovision Song Contest 2005|state=collapsed}}

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Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:Musicians from Tirana

Category:21st-century Albanian women singers

Category:Festivali i Këngës winners

Category:Albanian pop musicians

Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants

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