 According to the then-Eurovision rules, selected participating countries, except the host country and the "Big 4", consisting of , , and the , were required to qualify from the semi-final to compete for the final; the top ten countries from the semi-final progressed to the final.Due to the top 10 result in the previous year, Albania automatically qualified for the grand final and performed eighth, following and preceding .In the final, the country reached the sixteenth place with 53 points.