Albania and Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) were present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, marking their sixth performance at the contest. They used the Festivali i Këngës competition to select the Albanian entrant and this year's contest was fronted by a new artistic director, Albanian composer and singer Pirro Çako. The winner of Festivali i Këngës 47 was Kejsi Tola, with the song "Më merr në ëndërr", which was performed at Eurovision in English as "Carry Me in Your Dreams".

RTSH set the provisional dates for the final of the 47th Festivali i Këngës at 21 December 2008, again being the first country to select their entry for Eurovision. Two semi-finals were held before the final on 19 and 20 December 2008. The contest was hosted by Elsa Lila, Julian Deda and Gentian Zenelaj.

The two semi-finals of Festivali i Këngës 47 were held on 19 and 20 December 2008. Due to criticism of last year's contest, changes have been made to the format of Festivali i Këngës. Firstly, 20 artists performed their selected songs in the first semi-final on 19 December 2008. The songs were then repeated on 20 December, this time with other famous Albanian artists. All 20 songs were in the final on 21 December, performed by their original artists. The winner was again selected by the votes of seven jury members, as in last year. The song titles and running order for both the semi-finals and final were released on 18 December 2008.

All of the songs were presented on 19 December 2008 by their original artists in advance to the final of the contest on 21 December 2008.

The second presentation evening of Festivali i Këngës 47 was held on 20 December 2008. The same 20 songs that were presented on 19 December 2008, this time as duets with other famous Albanian artists.

The final of Festivali i Këngës 47 was held on 21 December 2008 The winner was decided here, through the votes of seven jury members. Each jury member gave 1 to 20 points to each song, with 20 points for their favourite song and 1 point for their least favourite song.

Kejsi Tola was the winner of Festivali i Këngës 47, winning with 126 points. The runners-up were Juliana Pasha and Luiz Ejlli with 119 points, with West Side Family coming third with 118 points. Tola's song was "Më merr në ëndërr" (Take me in your dreams), composed by Edmond Zhulali and Agim Doçi, the composer's of Albania's first Eurovision entry, "The Image of You" by Anjeza Shahini, which came 7th at the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, Albania's best placing to date.

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