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{{short description|Albanian singer}}
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▲| birth_place = [[Shkodër]], [[People's Republic of Albania|Albania]]
▲| origin = [[Dukagjin Highlands|Dukagjin]], [[Albania]]
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▲| occupation = Singer, Musician, TV personality, Reality Show star, Actor
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'''Luiz Ejlli''' (born 12 July 1985) is an Albanian [[singer]], [[songwriter]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://shkodraweb.com/foto-kantautori-shkodran-luiz-ejlli-nuk-arrin-te-gjeje-me-femra-te-sinqerta-e-pohon-vete/ |title=Kantautori shkodran Luiz Ejlli nuk arrin të gjejë më femra të sinqerta...e pohon vetë |website=ShkodraWeb
== Life and career ==
Ejlli was born on 12 July 1985, in [[Shkodër]], Albania. Between 1991 and 2002, he attended the Prenk Jakova Musical secondary school in Shkodër. He debuted in an Albanian version of [[Idol series|Idol]] in [[Tirana]] called "Ethet e së premtes mbrëma". After his victory, he participated in the 43rd edition of {{lang|sq|Festivali i Këngës|italics=no}}. He ended in second place with the song "Hëna dhe Yjet Dashurojnë". Ejlli participated in the music competition again in 2005 and won with the song "[[Zjarr e ftohtë]]", with which he represented Albania at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2006]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forthnet.gr/templates/newsPosting.aspx?p=152924|script-title=el:Και η Αλβανία θα εκπροσωπηθεί από...|date=December 19, 2005|publisher=[[Forthnet]]|language=el|access-date=May 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728091434/http://forthnet.gr/templates/newsPosting.aspx?p=152924|archive-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> but failed to make it past the semi-final stage.
In November 2010, Ejlli collaborated with [[Juliana Pasha]] on "Sa e shite zemrën", with which they competed in the annual musical competition [[Kënga Magjike]], winning the prize of the critic and the first place award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=mateo |date=2023-01-14 |title="Koha sekretin do ta zbulojë"/ Çfarë thotë Juliana Pasha për Luiz Ejllin (Video) |url=https://boldnews.al/2023/01/14/koha-sekretin-do-ta-zbuloje-cfare-thote-juliana-pasha-per-luiz-ejllin/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=BoldNews.al |language=en-US}}</ref> Ejlli was also employed from the Albanian state authorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a high-profile cultural attaché at the Albanian embassy in [[Paris]].
On 24 December 2022, Ejlli appeared as a contestant on the [[Big Brother VIP (Albanian season 2)|second season]] of the reality competition ''[[Big Brother VIP (Albanian TV series)|Big Brother VIP]]'', an Albanian edition of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother]]''. During his participation on the competition, he recorded the song "[[Me ty]]" which was dedicated to Albanian television presenter [[Kiara Tito]], who was also a participant of the competition, and released on 14 February 2023, which was also [[Valentine's Day]]. On 6 May 2023, in the season finale, Ejlli emerged as the winner of the second season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oranews.tv/vendi/luiz-ejlli-fitoi-big-brother-vip-2-shkodranet-pushtojne-rruget-e-qytetit-i1087963 |title=Luiz Ejlli fitoi Following his participation and victory of the second season of ''Big Brother VIP'', Ejlli played
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