The national broadcaster of Albania, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), organised the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës to determine the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It opened a submission period where artists, bands and composers were able to submit their songs to the broadcaster between 28 May and 15 September 2019, while a jury panel internally selected 20 songs to participate in the competition's semi-finals. During the grand final, Arilena and her Albanian-language song "Shaj" was chosen to represent Albania at the contest after receiving 67 total points. After her victory at the competition, mixed reactions followed with multiple individuals criticising the competition itself and attributing the singer's victory to arranged voting.