Leon Menkshi
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Leon Menkshi is a famous Albanian
TV personality. Leon is a professional Journalist (MA, European Journalism & International Affairs) and one of Albania's outstanding and charming news anchors; he is also known as a radio host and interviewer. Leon’s relation with the Television is diverse; he is famous not only for being one of the most successful news anchors in Albania, and not only for being the only anchor who is able to anchor in Albanian and English.
Leon Menkshi has presented the official votes from Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
since 2006. His career in TV started in 1990, by being chosen to host the Albanian National Song Festival (which is now known as the national selection for Albania's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest, Festivali i Këngës) twice in a row in 1990 & 1991. Leon also hosted the national selection in Albania in 2004.
In the recent years Leon has become mainly involved and well known for his TV-production work in cultural news items, mini-reportages/documentaries and live-coverages of international events televised by TVSH.
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
TV personality. Leon is a professional Journalist (MA, European Journalism & International Affairs) and one of Albania's outstanding and charming news anchors; he is also known as a radio host and interviewer. Leon’s relation with the Television is diverse; he is famous not only for being one of the most successful news anchors in Albania, and not only for being the only anchor who is able to anchor in Albanian and English.
Leon Menkshi has presented the official votes from Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
since 2006. His career in TV started in 1990, by being chosen to host the Albanian National Song Festival (which is now known as the national selection for Albania's entry into the Eurovision Song Contest, Festivali i Këngës) twice in a row in 1990 & 1991. Leon also hosted the national selection in Albania in 2004.
In the recent years Leon has become mainly involved and well known for his TV-production work in cultural news items, mini-reportages/documentaries and live-coverages of international events televised by TVSH.