Dr. Flori

Florian Kondi (28 February 1979, Kuçovë – 17 November 2014, Tirana), usually known by his artistic name Dr. Flori, was an Albanian singer, rapper, songwriter, and also one of the founding members of the group West Side Family (), which had great successes with songs such as Tirona and O çike çike'. Until his death, Dr. Flori worked with many singers alone and also with the actor and singer Ermal Mamaqi, which he collaborated with.

Dr. Flori, along with Landi and Miri, in 1996 created the group West Side Family. They wrote and sang their first songs, such as Tik-Tak, and other songs, but in 2002 they sang their first well-known song, which became a hit for their time. Called Tirona, this song was of a political nature and aimed support for politician Edi Rama in the election campaign for the Socialist Party. This song was very well received in Albania and Kosovo. In 2002, the group took part in the Kënga Magjike show with the song Mesazh. Next year they took part in the contest again with the song O çike çike' , which later would become one of their hit songs. In the final they took 87 points which was enough to secure fourth place and they won a public price.

After three years, more precisely in 2006, Dr. Flori and the West Side Family took part again in the show with a pleasant song, titled Ne krahë e tu dua te jem, which secured third place in the final with 215 points, behind Ledina Çelo and the winner Armend Rexhepagiqi (); However, he saved the group from obscurity by winning the award for the best lyrics.

Their first participation in the Festivali i Këngës in December 2008, where the winner would be selected as the representative of Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest for the following year (2009). The group took part in the song "Jehonë" written and composed by Dr. Flori himself. In the semi-finals, the group also sang other songs with another famous Albanian singer, Aurela Gaçe. Gaçe was also involved in the band's official song that was issued for the final. In the final, they were against 19 other artists, and came in third place overall with 118 points, being defeated by Juliana Pasha and Luiz Ejlli by only one point, and the eventual winner Kejsi Tola by eight points. If they had won, they would have been the first group to represent Albania within the song contest.

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