Soni Malaj
Soni Malaj (born in 1981) is an Albanian singer. She has participated in competitions like "Top Fest"[1] (2006), and she placed second in Kënga Magjike with Flori Mumajesi, her long-time boyfriend, with the song "Fluturimi 3470" (Flight 3470). However in 2009 she broke up with Mumajesi. In 2010, she took part on the very first season of the Albanian celebrity dancing show Dancing with the Stars Albania and she managed to get to the final night. During the show she met Mirko Luccarelli, an Italian dancer and actor, with whom she got engaged. She went to live in Barcelona, Spain with Mirko and in 2011 she announced she was pregnant.
After the Serbian singer Marija Šerifović won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 (that was held in Helsinki, Finland), there was a speculation that her winning song Molitva was actually Musical plagiarism of Soni Malaj's song Ndarja.[2]
Malaj has also been a judge on X Factor Albania for more than two seasons and is in talks with the producers to return for the fourth season as well.
Soni Malaj also won top fest 11 award titled "you live with her". In the same edition of Top Fest Soni Malaj also won "best female singer" award.
References[edit]
- ^ "Je Marija Šerifović osvojila Evrosong s plagiatom?" (in Slovenian). Dnevnik.si. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ Portal Jutarnji.hr (14 May 2007). ""Molitva" plagijat albanskog hita?". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Soni Malaj Fiton Top Fest 11
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