Your Face Sounds Familiar (Albanian TV series) explained

Your Face Sounds Familiar sometimes abbreviated as (YFSF) is an Albanian TV series. It is one of several dozen local versions of the Your Face Sounds Familiar format. The first series started airing on 14 March 2016. The host is Alketa Vejsiu and the broadcaster is TV Klan.

Season 01

The first season started to air on 14 March 2016 and ended on 7 June 2016 on TV Klan. In every episode, before the host arrives, in the introduction, eight dancers dance to "Let's Get Loud".

Contestants

• Adelina Tahiri
• Anxhela Peristeri
• Besnik Çaka
• Endri Prifti
• Era Rusi
• Kastro Zizo
• Rozana Radi

Judges

• Bleona Qereti
• Arian Cani
• Bojken Lako

Celebrities impersonated

Episode 01

Since it was the first episode, two judges (Bojken & Bleona) both impersonated an artist; Arian did not.

Judge	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Bojken		"Heroes"
Bleona		"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!"

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Adelina		"On the Floor"
Anxhela	Albërie Hadërgjonaj	"Ha Sta Je"
Besnik		"Kiss"
Endri	Vasco Rossi	"Siamo Soli"
Era	Whoopi Goldberg	"I Will Follow Him"
Kastro	Conchita Wurst	"Rise Like a Phoenix"
Rozana	Amy Winehouse	"Rehab"

Episode 02

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Adelina		"Nuk dua tjetër"
Rozana	Gianna Nannini	"Amandoti! (È La Vita La Mia)"
Besnik	John Lennon	"Love Me Do"
Endri	Robbie Williams	"Angels"
Era		"Poker Face"
Kastro	Zucchero	"Il Volo"
Anxhela	Cher	"Dov'è L'amore"

Episode 03

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Anxhela	Anna Oxa	"Camminando Camminando"
Endri	Elvis Presley	"Blue Suede Shoes"
Besnik		"Blurred Lines"
Era	Bon Jovi	"Always"
Adelina		"Man Down"
Kastro	Daddy Yankee	"Gasolina"
Rozana		"Hit the Road Jack"

Episode 04

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Kastro	Antonio Banderas	"Canción del Mariachi"
Era	Tina Turner	"Simply The Best"
Besnik	Freddie Mercury	"I Want to Break Free"
Endri	Louis Armstrong	"What A Wonderful World"
Adelina	Shakira	"Wherever, Whenever "
Anxhela		"Lambada"
Rozana	Beyoncé	"Run the World (Girls)"

Episode 05

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Adelina	Britney Spears	"Toxic"
Endri	Joe Cocker	"You Can Leave Your Hat On"
Era		"Mein Herr"
Besnik	Inner Circle	"Sweat (A La La La La Long)"
Anxhela	Christina Aguilera	"Hurt"
Rozana		"Gangnam Style"
Kastro	Azis	"Sen Trope" ^[1]

Episode 06

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Adelina		"La Isla Bonita"
Kastro	Kurt Cobain	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Endri	Tom Jones	"Delilah"
Rozana	Édith Piaf	"Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien"
Besnik		"I Just Called to Say I Love You"
Anxhela	Andrea Bocelli	"Con Te Partirò"
Era		"I Have Nothing"

Episode 07 (Albanians Special)

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Besnik	Iliret	"Xhamadani vija vija"
Kastro	Elita 5	"Al Kapone"
Anxhela	Nexhmije Pagarusha	"Baresha"
Adelina	Sabri Fejzullahu	"Fsahtarja ime"
Era		"Rrjedh në këngë e ligjërime"
Rozana	Aurela Gaçe	"Orgjinale"
Endri	Aleksander Gjoka	"Dite dimri"

Episode 08

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Kastro	Panjabi MC	"Mundian To Bach Ke"
Adelina	Kylie Minogue	"Can't Get You Out of My Head"
Endri	Prince	"Purple Rain"
Era	Nicki Minaj^[2]	"Hey Mama"
Rozana	Toni Braxton	"Un-Break My Heart"
Anxhela	Aretha Franklin	"Think"
Besnik	Bruno Mars	"Uptown Funk"

Episode 09

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Endri	James Brown	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Kastro		"Cuban Pete"
Era	Katy Perry	"I Kissed a Girl"
Besnik	Enrique Iglesias	"Bailamos"
Anxhela	Anna Vissi	"Treno"
Rozana	Shakira	"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"^[3]
Adelina	Helena Paparizou	"My Number One"

Episode 10

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Era	Jessie J	"Mamma Knows Best"
Endri		"Cose Della Vita"
Anxhela	P!nk	"Just Give Me a Reason"
Besnik		"SexyBack"
Kastro	LMFAO	"Sexy and I Know It"
Adelina		"Mr. Saxobeat"
Rozana		"Bon, Bon"

Episode 11

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Endri	Mick Jagger	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
Kastro		"Caruso"
Era	Bonnie Tyler	"Holding Out for a Hero"
Adelina	Beyoncé	"Baby Boy"
Besnik	John Legend	"All of Me"
Anxhela	Lara Fabian	"Je Suis Malade"
Rozana	Esma Redžepova	"Čaje Šukarije"

Episode 12

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Endri	Giannis Parios	"Aporo"
Adelina		"Don't Cha"
Besnik	The Weeknd	"Earned It" / "Can't Feel My Face"
Rozana		"Bad Romance"
Anxhela	Elton John	"Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word"
Era	Europe	"The Final Countdown"
Kastro		"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"

Episode 13 (Finale)

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Adelina		"Wild Dances"
Besnik	Michael Jackson	"Beat It"
Rozana		"Il ragazzo della via Gluck" / "24000 Baci"
Anxhela	Etta James	"At Last"
Era	Luciano Pavarotti	"Nessun Dorma"
Kastro		"La Bomba"
Endri	Pink Floyd	"Another Brick in the Wall"

Contestants	Celebrities impersonated	Song	Place
Adelina		"Booty"	6th
Rozana			5th
Besnik	A Great Big World	"Say Something"	3rd
Era	Christina Aguilera		2nd
Anxhela		"Cheap Thrills"	1st
Kastro			4th
Endri	Pink Floyd	"Another Brick in the Wall"	7th^[4]

Season 02

The second season started to air on 21 February 2017 and ended on 5 June 2017 on TV Klan. The introduction was refreshed.

Contestants

• Beatrix Ramosaj
• Flaka Krelani
• Herion Mustafaraj
• Shpat Kasapi
• Arinda Gjoni
• Valon Shehu

Other acts

• Marjana & Xumi
• Ana Kodra^[5]

Judges

• Alberie Hadergjonaj
• Olta Gixhari
• Arian Cani

Celebrities impersonated

Episode 01

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Herion		"Love Me Tender" / "Hound Dog"
Beatrix	Britney Spears	"Gimmie More"
Valon	Louis Armstrong	"What a Wonderful World"
Shpat	Ricky Martin	"Maria"
Arinda		"Crazy in Love"
Flaka	Freddie Mercury	"Don't Stop Me Now"
Marjana & Xumi		"Bow Down"

Guest	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Ana Kodra	Edith Piaf	"Padam... Padam..."
Olta Gixhari		"Let's Do It" (The Marrying Man soundtrack)
Alberie Hadergjonaj	Mariah Carey	"Without You"

Episode 02

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Arinda	Nicole Scherzinger	"The Phantom of The Opera"
Valon		"My Way"
Shpat	Bujar Qamili	"Kolazh Shkodran"
Herion	The Gipsy Kings	"Baila Me"
Flaka		"Tough Lover" (Burlesque film)
Beatrix		"Get Ready For This"
Marjana & Xumi	Elvana and Kaos	"Disco Disco"

Episode 03

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Arinda	Mireille Mathieu	"Mon Credo"
Valon		"Purple Rain"
Shpat	Chubby Checker	"Let's Twist Again"
Herion	Adriano Celentano	"24000 Baci"
Flaka		"Let's Get Loud"
Beatrix		"I Have Nothing"
Marjana & Xumi	Gru & Milutin	"I dalje me žele"

Episode 04

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Arinda	Giusy Ferreri	"Volevo te"
Valon	Aleksander Gjoka	"Kuturu"
Shpat	Maria Callas	"Habanera"
Herion	Kozma Dushi	"Eja o shoku yne" / "Te me vini pa trokitur"
Flaka		"Biću tu"
Beatrix		"What Is Love"
Marjana & Xumi	Silva ft. Mandi

Episode 05

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Arinda	Fatmira Bercani	"Hidhe Vallen"
Valon	HIM	"Join Me In Death" / "Wicked Game"
Shpat	Enrique Iglesias	"Bailando"
Herion	Dr. Flori	"Ku ka si Tirona"
Flaka		"Billie Jean" / "Dirty Diana"
Beatrix		"Vogue"
Marjana & Xumi	Tuna ft. Cozman

Episode 13

Contestant	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Arinda	Nexhmije Pagarusha
Valon		"It's My Life"
Shpat	Eros Ramazzotti	"Piu Bella Cosa"
Herion	Mike Diamondz	"La Onda"
Flaka	James Brown	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World" / "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine"
Beatrix	Celine Dion	"My Heart Will Go On"
Coxalz,^[6] Marjana & Xumi	Michael Jackson & Gru	"Hello" / "Somebody's Watching Me" / "You Are Not Alone" ^[7]

Guest	Celebrity impersonated	Song
Olta Gixhari	Jessica Rabbit	"Why Don't You Do Right?"
Herion Mustafaraj		"Sweet Home Chicago"
Xum Allushi
Besnik Qaka		"Faith"
Beatrix Ramosaj	Ariana Grande
Kastro Zizo		"Caruso"
Flaka	Lara Fabian
Adelina Tahiri		"Beautiful Liar"
Arinda	Beyonce
Era Rusi		"Angels"
Valon	Robbie Williams

Notes and References

1. 2011 single by chalga recording artist Azis Sen Trope is spelled in Bulgarian Cyrillic Сен Тропе.
2. Era sung Bebe Rexha's lyrics as well as Nicki's.
3. Instead of singing the song, Rozana belly danced and mimed the words.
4. Endri wasn't present in the finals due to a concert in the United States, so he received last place.
5. Only in the first episode.
6. Rapper and record producer Coxalz Bombaz debuted in this act.
7. Marjana & Xumi performed as Michael Jackson and Gru three songs as tribute act for the final.