Rezarta Smaja


Rezarta Smaja is an Albanian singer.

Life and career

Rezarta Smaja was born on 23 March 1984 in Shkodër, a city located in northern Albania. She began her music career in rock bands and sang at various music events in her hometown. Her professional career started after her decision to compete at Ethet where she was a finalist. Despite not being a prominent name in the commercial music business and magazine headlines, Smaja decided to continue her career participating at music festivals in Albania, such as Top Fest, Kënga Magjike and Festivali i Këngës. To date, she hasn't recorded any music videos, and instead sings live in Tirana.
Her latest appearance was at the 2014 Kënga Magjike with "Shpirt i lirë" '. She made it through to the final, held on 13 December 2014. Later that month, she competed at the 53rd Festivali i Këngës, with "Më rrëmbe" ', a song written by Dr. Flori, an Albanian singer-songwriter who died in November 2014, with a hope to represent Albania at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. She qualified to the final, and placed 7th. She competed in Festivali i Këngës 54 with the song "Dashuri në përjetësi", a duet with Klodian Kaçani. They ended 4th in the final.

Discography

Singles