Eugent Bushpepa

Eugent Bushpepa is an Albanian singer and songwriter. He started singing at an early age and lived in Italy after finishing high school. In 2006, he returned to Albania and joined Top Channel where he made his professional singing debut.

He has been a part of several bands including Seven Gate and Darkology Band, and is an 8-time participant of Top Fest.

On 23 December 2017, he won the 56th Festivali i Këngës and represented Albania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon with the song Mall, finishing in 11th place in the final.

Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Participants
Semi Final 1
Aisel • Ari Ólafsson • Eugent Bushpepa • SENNEK • Mikolas Josef • Ieva Zasimauskaitė • Netta • Alekseev • Elina Nechayeva • Equinox • Eye Cue • Franka • Cesár Sampson • Gianna Terzi • Saara Aalto • Sevak Khanagyan • Zibbz • Ryan O'Shaughnessy • Eleni Foureira
Semi Final 2
Alexander Rybak • The Humans • Balkanika • Jessika ft. Jenifer Brening • Rasmussen • Julia Samoylova • DoReDos • Waylon • Jessica Mauboy • Iriao • Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer • Christabelle • AWS • Laura Rizzotto • Benjamin Ingrosso • Vanja Radovanović • Lea Sirk • Melovin
Final
Madame Monsieur • Michael Schulte • Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro • Cláudia Pascoal • Alfred & Amaia • SuRie
Songs
Semi Final 1
X My Heart • Our Choice • Mall • A Matter of Time • Lie to Me • When We're Old • Toy • Forever • La Forza • Bones • Lost and Found • Crazy • Nobody But You • Oneiro Mou • Monsters • Qami • Stones • Together • Fuego
Semi Final 2
That's How You Write a Song • Goodbye • Nova deca • Who We Are • Higher Ground • I Won't Break • My Lucky Day • Outlaw In 'Em • We Got Love • Sheni Gulistvis • Light Me Up • Taboo • Viszlát Nyár • Funny Girl • Dance You Off • Inje • Hvala, ne! • Under The Ladder
Final
Mercy • You Let Me Walk Alone • Non mi avete fatto niente • O jardim • Tu canción • Storm

Trivia[]

Eugent is the first male soloist to represent Albania since 2007.
He is the first male soloist in his country's contest history to successfully qualify for the grand final.