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Albanian singer

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Albania
Active from
1983

Discography

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Listeners
14,070
Total plays
178,579

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Jonida Maliqi (born 26 March 1983) is an Albanian singer, television host, media personality, philanthropist, style icon and entrepreneur. Throughout her career, Maliqi has won six awards at Kënga Magjike and the first place in 2008. She is also a double winner of accolades at the Top Fest in 2006 and 2010 respectively. Maliqi played Bithia in the Albanian version of The Ten Commandments: The Musical and starred as Juliet in the Albanian theatre production of Roméo et Juliette (musical). <a hre

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Key facts

Born
( 1983-03-26 ) 26 March 1983 (age 43) , Tirana , Albania
Education
University of Arts , Tirana, Albania
Occupation
Singer
Years active
1995–present
Instruments
Vocals

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Albania
Place of birth
Tirana
Occupation
singer
Languages spoken
Albanian
Instrument
voice
Official website
www.jonidamaliqi.com
Image
Albania - Jonida Maliqi at Grand Final dress rehearsals - EuroVisionary (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1983-03-26
start of work period
1995-00-00
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name in native language
Jonida Maliqi
social media followers
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Encyclopedic overview

Jonida Maliqi ( Albanian pronunciation: [jɔˈnida maˈlici]; born 26 March 1983) is an Albanian singer and media personality.

Throughout her career, Maliqi has won six awards at Kënga Magjike and first place in 2008. She is also a double winner of accolades at the Top Fest in 2006 and 2010 respectively. Maliqi played Bithia in the Albanian version of The Ten Commandments: The Musical and starred as Juliet in the Albanian theatre production of Roméo et Juliette. In 2012, she was appointed as the captain of her team at the Albanian version of the Dutch TV series I Love My Country whereas in 2014 she co-hosted the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars. In 2016, 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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