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

[5] Eventually 19 acts were selected to compete in the final, which was broadcast on 23 October 2021 on 18:00 CET, but filmed earlier in RTSH Studios in Tirana.

On 20 November, Anna Gjebrea travelled to North Macedonia to perform "Stand by You" on MRT 2, along with the Macedonian entrant Dajte Muzika.

[9] The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2021 took place at La Seine Musicale in Paris, France, on 19 December 2021.

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.