The 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 14 and 16 May, and the grand final on 18 May 2019. According to the Eurovision rules, each participating country, except the host country and the "Big 5", consisting of , , , and the , were required to qualify from one of the two semi-finals to compete for the grand final, although, the top ten countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final. On 28 January 2019, it was announced that Albania would be performing in the second half of the second semi-final of the contest.