Albania has never won the contest, with their best result being in 2015, with the song "Dambaje" performed by Mishela Rapo, achieving fifth place with a score of 93 points.

In 2016, Klesta Qehaja represented Albania in Valletta, Malta with the song "Besoj".

In 2017, Ana Kodra represented Albania in Tbilisi, Georgia with the song "Don't Touch My Tree" and participated in the 2018 national final but did not win.

It consisted of sixteen competing acts participating in a televised production at Amphitheater of the Lake Park in Tirana.

The second phase of the online voting took place during the live show and began right after the last performance and was open for 15 minutes.