The 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, and consisted of two semi-finals held on 6 and 8 May, and the grand final on 10 May 2014. 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 20 January 2014, it was announced that Albania would be performing in the first half of the first semi-final of the contest. During the live show, Albania performed sixth, following and preceding . The country eventually failed to qualify for the grand final in fifteenth place with 22 points, ranking ninth by the jury's 64 points and fifteenth by the televote of 6 points.