From March to June 2016, Peristeri appeared as a contestant on the first season of "Your Face Sounds Familiar" and eventually emerged as the winner. Later that year, she took part at "Kënga Magjike" with the song "Genjështar" in December 2016 and finished in the second place. In December 2017, she returned to compete in the 19th edition of "Kënga Magjike" and won the contest with the song "E Çmëndur". Following her victory, her follow-up single, "Shpirti ma di", went on to reach number 73 in Albania. Another charting single, "Pa mua", followed in late 2018 and peaked at number 74 in her native country. A Balkan ballad incorporating Albanian folk elements, "Pa mua" was eventually honored as the song of the year by the Akademia Kult at the 2019 Kult Awards with Peristeri donating her prize winnings to victims of the 2019 Albania earthquake.