United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 leak of Bonnie Tyler's Eurovision participation, identified the UK representative as musical stage actress Bonnie Langford. The official announcement that Bonnie Tyler would represent the United Kingdom with the song "Believe in Me" was made on 7 March 2013. Tyler is the fifth Welsh-born solo act to represent the UK at Eurovision, following Mary Hopkin (1970), Emma (1990), Jessica Garlick (2002) and James Fox (2004). To date, the only Welsh-born person to sing on a winning Eurovision entrant is Nicky Stevens of Brotherhood of Man, that group having secured Eurovision victory for the UK in 1976 with "Save Your Kisses
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Albania and Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) were present at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, marking their sixth performance at the contest. They used the Festivali i Këngës competition to select the Albanian entrant and this year's contest was fronted by a new artistic director, Albanian composer and singer Pirro Çako. The winner of Festivali i Këngës 47 was Kejsi Tola, with the song "Më merr në ëndërr", which was performed at Eurovision in English as "Carry Me in Your Dreams". RTSH set the provisional dates for the final of the 47th