It eventually reached the seventeenth place in a field of twenty six, gathering a total of ninety points and marking the fourth year for Albania to achieve the same result.

During Maliqi's black and red-toned performance, she was accompanied by three backing vocalists, while the background LED screens prominently displayed a flying eagle and its nest.

"Ktheju tokës" was positively received by music critics who praised Maliqi's vocals, the song's composition as well as its ethnic appeal.

[4] The song has been described as a rhythmic Albanian-language folk-electronic spiritual and dramatic ballad backed by traditional Albanian instruments consisting of a fyell, lahuta and tupan.

[13] Described as dark and dramatic, it prominently features scenes of Maliqi performing the song in front of a smoke-filled black backdrop and prior to the end, in the rain.

[10] Interspersed shots through the main plot portray two children running separately, one across the water and the other escaping from the flames, symbolising the message of the song.

[21] The national broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), organised the 57th edition of Festivali i Këngës to determine the Albania's participant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

[33] Maliqi's Albanian-themed performance commences with her singing the song in front of dark coloured LED screens enhanced by black, red and white lights.

[35] Graphics of burning fire, rain and various dark images were displayed during the rest of the performance, and near the end, a nest and a flying eagle is depicted.