Smaja competed in the 2014 Kënga Magjike with "Shpirt i lirë" "(Free spirit)". She made it through to the final, held on 13 December 2014. Later that month, she competed at the 53rd Festivali i Këngës, with "Më rrëmbe" "(Take me away)", a song written by Dr. Flori, an Albanian singer-songwriter who died in November 2014, with a hope to represent Albania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. She qualified to the final, and placed 7th. She competed in Festivali i Këngës 54 with the song "Dashuri në përjetësi" (Love in eternity), a duet with Klodian Kaçani. They ended 4th in the final. She also competed in the 55th Festivali i Këngës, where she and her performance partner Luiz Ejlli were voted the fan favorites, and in the Grand Final of the 56th Festivali i Këngës.