The 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May, and the grand final on 14 May 2011. 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 17 January 2011, it was announced that "Feel the Passion" would be performed in the first half of the first semi-final of the contest. During the live show, Albania performed third, following and preceding , and failed to qualify for the grand final in fourteenth place with 47 points, ranking eleventh by the jury's 61 points and thirteenth by the televote of 42 points.