After climbing into the top ten for only the second time, Albania are hoping to build on last year’s good result and keep the momentum going for their tenth appearance at Junior Eurovision in 2024. Waving the flag is Nikol Çabeli, who will be performing the song “Vallëzoj” (“Dance”).
Scroll down for the “Vallëzoj” lyrics
Albania in Junior Eurovision 2024: Nikol Çabeli with “Vallëzoj”
Nikol was born in the Greek city of Ioannina but soon moved to Gjirokastër in southern Albania, where she was raised.
Music is one of her biggest passions and Nikol can often be found writing her own music. She also plays both the piano and drums.
She’s pursued this passion further by participating in a number of singing contests: becoming a finalist in the show Little Genius 8, and taking the gold medal at the Children’s Festival in Shkodër with her song “Coco Im.”
Junior Eurovision has long been another contest that Nikol has aimed to tick off. She was very close to making it in 2023, finishing as the runner-up in Albania’s national selection, Junior Fest, with “Vetëm unë.” Nikol developed her skills and returned in 2024, ultimately going one step further and winning the chance to perform in Madrid on 16 November.
What do the “Vallëzoj” lyrics mean?
Through her Junior Eurovision entry, Nikol has decided to highlight the importance of protecting nature. The young singer begins the song by imagining a world without any plants or flowers:
How would we all live?
Without enjoying the pleasure
This world would be without colours
Without the love we seek
She realises that a lack of flora in our lives would be a disaster for us all and throw the ecosystem off balance. Therefore, Nikol urges us to take care of the natural environment around us:
No! No! Do not step on them!
Plants, flowers
They speak to us
Although the lyrics have a serious tone, they also have an element of hope and joy running through them — after all, the song is titled “Vallëzoj” (“Dance”). Nikol twirls and frolics in the fields, enjoying all that Earth’s nature has to offer:
I dance, I dance
With a flower in my hand
Just to say I want
Let’s protect our nature
“Vallëzoj” lyrics – Nikol Çabeli (Albania JESC 2024)
Lyrics: Eriona Rushiti, Music: Endri Muçaj
Albanian textJetën mendoja një ditë Si do jetonim të gjithë? Jo! Jo! Mos prek! Jo! Jo! Mos shkel! Vallëzoj, unë vallëzoj Vallëzoj Jo! Jo! Mos prek! Jo! Jo! Mos shkel! Vallëzoj, unë vallëzoj Vallëzoj, unë vallëzoj Vallëzoj |
English translationI thought about life one day How would we all live? No! No! Don’t touch them! No! No! Do not step on them! I dance, I dance I dance No! No! Don’t touch them! No! No! Do not step on them! I dance, I dance I dance, I dance I dance |
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