Andi Artani

Andi Artani. (born October 11, 1996) is an Albanian television personality and former professional Judo. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City.
In 2021, Andi entered the Për'puthen of the Top Channel reality series Për'puthen. Prior to appearing on the show, Andi was a professional judo player for Judo Team IPPON and New York Athletic Club.
== Biography ==
Andi Artani was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on October 11, 1996. In 2000, his family decided to return to Kosovo after the Kosovo War.
Andi, in 2005 started training Judo at his uncle's dojo, Driton Kuka. Andi continued training and attending school at the same time. In 2014 he obtained a high school diploma in Linguistics from Education in Peja|Bedri Pejani Gymnasium. After graduation, he returned to New York City in 2014. Two years later, he joined the New York Athletic Club as a brown belt under the direction of Senseis Matsumura, Bendriss, and Johnston-Ono.
After winning the gold medal in Jimmy Pedro's highly competitive regional tournament, Andi got invited to join the Club's program as an elite athlete. Two weeks before the nationals, he was promoted to black belt, and he lit up the mat in Salt Lake City, winning four matches, each by ippon. Andi won the 2017 Individual National Champion under 90kg. After winning the USA National Championship, he was featured on The Winged Foot's "NYAC Hall of Fame 2017" magazine and did few interviews with tv channels from Kosovo.
== Për'puthen ==
In January 2021, it was announced that Andi would join the second series of Top Channel dating reality show Për'puthen. Andi entered the show on January 15, 2021 and left on April 30, 2021. He was the first male contestant to have two dates in the same week. In total, he had 10 dates with 5 contestants.
Air Date 	Episode Title 	Contestant
January 18, 2021 	Incidenti në studio ndërpret programin, Fationi përplaset me djalin e ri – Përputhen, 18 Janar 2021	Ana
January 26, 2021 	Magji me letra në takim me Melisën, çudit Andi - Përputhen, 26 Janar 2021 	Melisa
February 9, 2021 	Incidenti në prapaskenë, Atdheu largohet nga studio - Përputhen, 9 Shkurt 2021 	Antonela
February 10, 2021	Mevlani akuza vajzave; Jasmina shpërthen në të qarë dhe lë studion - Përputhen, 10 Shkurt 2021 	Jasmina
February 26, 2021	Jasminë çmendet pas Andit, dhe “lufton” shoqen e saj Sarën - Përputhen, 26 Shkurt 2021 	Sara
March 2, 2021 	Një takim me epsh e puthje mes Jasminës dhe Andit, ish e fejuara në studio - Përputhen, 2 Mars 2021	Jasmina
March 17, 2021 	Kërcim romantik, puthje në takimin Jasmina me Andin - Përputhen, 17 Mars 2021 	Jasmina
March 26, 2021 	Andi e braktis në takim, Jasmina shpërthen në lot - Përputhen, 26 Mars 2021 	Jasmina
April 9, 2021 	Më në fund më shumë emocione, Jasmina deklarohet për Andin ​- Përputhen, 9 Prill 2021 	Jasmina
April 16, 2021 	Jasmina qan me ngashërim në studio, a ka rënë në dashuri me Andin? - Përputhen, 16 Prill 2021 	Jasmina
== Outside Për'puthen ==
Andi is part of the video clip "Sheqer" of the famous Albanian singer Diona Fona. He had his first post-reality show interview at talk show Klan Kosova NIN where he talked about his experience at Për'puthen and answered fan-asked questions.
Andi was offered to host a live show called "Natë Vere" for tv channel :sq:T7|T7. He accepted the offer and hosted the show for two months, Monday to Friday, from 8:10 pm to 9:30 pm.
Category:Albanian television personalities
Category:Albanian judoka
Category:People from Brooklyn