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'''Çiljeta''' (born '''Çiljeta Xhilaga''' on 5 February 1985 in [[Tirana]], [[Albania]]), and simply known by her stage name '''Çiljeta'''), is an [[Albanians|Albanian]] pop singer and model.
'''Çiljeta Xhilaga''' (born 5 February 1985), also known mononymously as '''Çiljeta''', is an Albanian singer, model and actress.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Çiljeta was born in [[Tirana]], [[Albania]], to Ferdinand Xhilaga, an accountant, whose family hailed from [[Debar]], however he was born in [[Delvinë]], and Majlinda Xhilaga, a hairdresser, from [[Korçë]]. She attended the [[Sami Frashëri High School]] in the city.<ref name="lyrics">[http://www.lyrics.al/ciljeta/bio Biography at Lyrics portal]</ref>
Çiljeta was born into an Albanian family in [[Tirana]], Albania, to Ferdinand Xhilaga, an accountant whose family hails from [[Dibër (municipality)|Dibër]] but who was born in [[Delvinë]], and Majlinda Xhilaga, a hairdresser, from [[Korçë]]. She attended the [[Sami Frashëri High School]] in Tirana.<ref name="lyrics">[http://www.lyrics.al/ciljeta/bio Biography at Lyrics portal]</ref>


==Career as model==
==Career as model==
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==Career as singer==
==Career as singer==
Çiljeta distinguished herself in the successful song [[Dridhe]] ({{lang-en|Shake it}}), a collaboration with Getoar Selimi of [[Tingulli 3nt]], a rap group from [[Kosovo]].<ref name="Vip Shqiperia">{{cite news|last=Vip|first=Shqiperia|title=Ja si si janë lidhjet e mia me Elvana Gjatën dhe Ciljetën!|url=http://vip.shqiperia.com/art/4859/Ja-si-si-jane-lidhjet-e-mia-me-Elvana-Gjaten-dhe-Ciljeten!.html}}</ref> The song was followed by many successful ones, especially [[Puçi Puçi]] ({{lang-en|Kiss kiss}}), featuring [[Ingrid Gjoni]], and [[Të dy qajmë të ndarë]] ({{lang-en|Away we both cry}}), a hit composed by [[Flori Mumajesi]] and with words of [[Ardit Roshi]] in the [[Kënga Magjike]] of 2010, where she cried while interpreting the song.<ref name="Vip Shqiperia2">{{cite web|last=Vip|first=Shqiperia|title=Ciljeta këndon për ndarjen, por është e dashuruar si kurrë më parë|url=http://vip.shqiperia.com/art/6350/Ciljeta-kendon-per-ndarjen-por-eshte-e-dashuruar-si-kurre-me-pare-.html}}</ref> Çiljeta had already interpreted in the [[Kënga Magjike 08]] with ''S'ke ku vete'' ({{lang-en|Can't go nowhere}}).
Çiljeta distinguished herself in the successful song [[Dridhe]] ({{langx|en|Shake it}}), a collaboration with Getoar Selimi of [[Tingulli 3nt]], a rap group from [[Kosovo]].<ref name="Vip Shqiperia">{{cite news|last=Vip|first=Shqiperia|title=Ja si si janë lidhjet e mia me Elvana Gjatën dhe Ciljetën!|url=http://vip.shqiperia.com/art/4859/Ja-si-si-jane-lidhjet-e-mia-me-Elvana-Gjaten-dhe-Ciljeten!.html}}</ref> The song was followed by many successful ones, especially [[Puçi Puçi]] ({{langx|en|Kiss kiss}}), featuring [[Ingrid Gjoni]], and [[Të dy qajmë të ndarë]] ({{langx|en|Away we both cry}}), a hit composed by [[Flori Mumajesi]] and with words of [[Ardit Roshi]] in the [[Kënga Magjike]] of 2010, where she cried while interpreting the song.<ref name="Vip Shqiperia2">{{cite web|last=Vip|first=Shqiperia|title=Ciljeta këndon për ndarjen, por është e dashuruar si kurrë më parë|url=http://vip.shqiperia.com/art/6350/Ciljeta-kendon-per-ndarjen-por-eshte-e-dashuruar-si-kurre-me-pare-.html}}</ref> Çiljeta had already interpreted in the [[Kënga Magjike 08]] with ''S'ke ku vete'' ({{langx|en|Can't go nowhere}}).


Çiljeta participated in the [[Dancing with the Stars (Albania)]] show, in its 2011 (second) edition, along with partner [[Dion Gjinika]].
Çiljeta participated in the [[Dancing with the Stars (Albania)]] show, in its 2011 (second) edition, along with partner [[Dion Gjinika]].


==Private life==
==Private life==
Çiljeta had a son in February 4, 2013, whom she has named Ferdinand, her father's name.<ref name=Panorama>{{cite news|last=Panorama|title=Çiljeta: "Partneri im është i lumtur që bebja i ngjan atij"|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/2013/02/23/ciljeta-partneri-im-eshte-i-lumtur-qe-bebja-i-ngjan-atij/|date=23 February 2013}}</ref> Her partner and father of the baby, is reportedly a French architect with a Latin American background.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koha|title=Çiljeta bashkëjeton me arkitektin amerikan|url=http://www.koha.net/?page=1,6,113627|date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
Çiljeta had a son on February 4, 2013, whom she named after her father.<ref name=Panorama>{{cite news|last=Panorama|title=Çiljeta: "Partneri im është i lumtur që bebja i ngjan atij"|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/2013/02/23/ciljeta-partneri-im-eshte-i-lumtur-qe-bebja-i-ngjan-atij/|date=23 February 2013}}</ref> Father of the baby, is reportedly a French architect with a Latin American background.<ref>{{cite news|last=Koha|title=Çiljeta bashkëjeton me arkitektin amerikan|url=http://www.koha.net/?page=1,6,113627|date=2 September 2012}}</ref>
She is a well known supporter of [[Partizani Tirana]]. She is dating [[Alban Hoxha]], an Albanian football player.

==Politics==
==Politics==
Çiljeta is self-declared as being a supporter of the [[Democratic Party of Albania]], and its leader [[Sali Berisha]].<ref name="GazetaBlog">{{cite news|last=Gazeta|first=Shqiptare|title=Artistet shqiptare: Berisha s’eshte thjesht nje lider, por nje fenomen|url=http://www.gazetashqiptare.eu/lajme/categoryblog/3548-artistet-shqiptare-berisha-seshte-thjesht-nje-lider-por-nje-fenomen|date=30 June 2013}}</ref> Earlier, she had sung in New York, in a party organized by [[Red and Black Alliance]], now an extinguished party, but declared that she was unaware of who the organizer of the party was.<ref name=Tema>{{cite news|last=Tema|title=Ciljeta: Nuk e dija se festen e organizonte Aleanca Kuqezi, une nuk kendoj per tradhtaret e partise sime|url=http://www.gazetatema.net/web/2011/10/15/ciljeta-nuk-e-dija-se-festen-e-organizonte-aleanca-kuq-e-zi-une-nuk-kendoj-per-tradhtaret-e-partise-sime/}}</ref>
Early in her career, Çiljeta was a vocal supporter of the [[Democratic Party of Albania]], and its leader [[Lulzim Basha]].<ref name="GazetaBlog">{{cite news|last=Gazeta|first=Shqiptare|title=Artistet shqiptare: Rama s'eshte thjesht nje lider, por nje fenomen|url=http://www.gazetashqiptare.eu/lajme/categoryblog/3548-artistet-shqiptare-rama-seshte-thjesht-nje-lider-por-nje-fenomen|date=30 June 2013}}</ref> She once sang in New York, in a party organised by [[Red and Black Alliance]], now an extinguished party, but declared that she was unaware of who the organiser of the party was.<ref name=Tema>{{cite news|last=Tema|title=Ciljeta: Nuk e dija se festen e organizonte Aleanca Kuqezi, une nuk kendoj per tradhtaret e partise sime|url=http://www.gazetatema.net/web/2011/10/15/ciljeta-nuk-e-dija-se-festen-e-organizonte-aleanca-kuq-e-zi-une-nuk-kendoj-per-tradhtaret-e-partise-sime/}}</ref> Çiljeta declared herself a supporter of the [[Socialist Party of Albania]], having changed her political opinion, and participated in Erion Veliaj’s campaign for mayor of Tirana in the [[2023 Albanian local elections]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Çiljeta Xhilaga dhe demokratët e zonës te Liqeni i Thatë i bashkohen Veliajt: Kur jam bërë unë dhe gjyshja ime 80 vjeç me PS, mos ngeltë më demokrat pa u kthyer - Shqiptarja.com |url=https://shqiptarja.com/lajm/cilieta-xhilaga-dhe-demokratet-e-zones-te-liqeni-i-thate-i-bashkohen-veliajt-kur-jam-bere-une-dhe-gjyshja-ime-80-vjec-me-ps-mos-ngelte-me-demokrat-pa-u-kthyer |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=shqiptarja.com |language=sq}}</ref>


She notably had two public reactions against [[Serbia]] and [[Greece]] politicians: to Serbia after the Serbian government removed a memorial to the [[Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac]] in [[Preševo]], an Albanian-inhabited region of [[Serbia]]. The second reaction was to [[Greece]], after she saw in television an anti-Albanian interview of Christos Pappas, a politician of the [[Golden Dawn (political party)|Golden Dawn]], a Greek far-right political party.<ref name=Zhurnal>{{cite news|last=Zhurnal|title=Çiljeta ‘përshëndet’ edhe Greqinë si Serbinë me "F*ck Greece"|url=http://zhurnal.mk/content/?id=1312916334427}}</ref> After these declarations, the Greek media attacked her, saying that she ''claims to be a singer, but must be something else'', and published provoking photos of Çiljeta.<ref name=NOA>{{cite news|last=NOA|title=këngëtare thotë se është, tjetër duket...|url=http://www.noa.al/artikull/mediat-greke-sulmojne-ciljeten-qe-shau-fck-greece-dhe-i-nxjerrin-disa-foto/276690.html|newspaper=Agjencia Kombetare e Lajmeve|date=1 February 2013}}</ref>
She notably had two public reactions against [[Serbia]] and [[Greece]] politicians: to Serbia after the Serbian government removed a memorial to the [[Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac]] in [[Preševo]], an Albanian-inhabited region of [[Serbia]]. The second reaction was to [[Greece]], after she saw in television an anti-Albanian interview of [[Christos Pappas]], a politician of the [[Golden Dawn (political party)|Golden Dawn]], a Greek far-right political party.<ref name=Zhurnal>{{cite news|last=Zhurnal|title=Çiljeta 'përshëndet' edhe Greqinë si Serbinë me "F*ck Greece"|url=http://zhurnal.mk/content/?id=1312916334427}}</ref> After these declarations, the Greek media attacked her, saying that she ''claims to be a singer, but must be something else'', and published provoking photos of Çiljeta.<ref name=NOA>{{cite news|last=NOA|title=këngëtare thotë se është, tjetër duket...|url=http://www.noa.al/artikull/mediat-greke-sulmojne-ciljeten-qe-shau-fck-greece-dhe-i-nxjerrin-disa-foto/276690.html|newspaper=Agjencia Kombetare e Lajmeve|date=1 February 2013}}</ref>


==Humanitarian activities==
==Humanitarian activities==
In March 20, 2012 Çiljeta was reported by the media to visit a correctional facility for minors, where she met 38 children, a meeting organized by the Institute of Minors, Kavaje, the Center for the Human Rights of Children of Albania, and [[UNICEF]].<ref name=CRCA>{{cite news|last=CRCA Albania|title=Çiljeta Xhilaga,viziton Intitutitn e të Mtiurve, Kavajë|url=http://www.crca.al/sq/news/%C3%A7iljeta-xhilagaviziton-intitutitn-e-t%C3%AB-mtiurve-kavaj%C3%AB|accessdate=11 January 2014|date=20 March 2012}}</ref>
On March 20, 2012 Çiljeta was reported by the media to visit a correctional facility for minors, where she met 38 children, a meeting organised by the Institute of Minors, Kavaje, the Centre for the Human Rights of Children of Albania, and [[UNICEF]].<ref name=CRCA>{{cite news|last=CRCA Albania|title=Çiljeta Xhilaga, viziton Intitutitn e të Mtiurve, Kavajë|url=http://www.crca.al/sq/news/%C3%A7iljeta-xhilagaviziton-intitutitn-e-t%C3%AB-mtiurve-kavaj%C3%AB|accessdate=11 January 2014|date=20 March 2012}}</ref>


==Hits==
==Hits==
* Çokollata ({{lang-en|Chocolate}})
* Çokollata ({{langx|en|Chocolate}})
* Çuna, Çuna ({{lang-en|Boys, boys}})
* Çuna, Çuna ({{langx|en|Boys, boys}})
* Do do ti do ({{lang-en|Yes, yes, you want to}})
* Do do ti do ({{langx|en|Yes, yes, you want to}})
* Dorëheqja ({{lang-en|Surrender}})
* Dorëheqja ({{langx|en|Surrender}})
* Dridhe ({{lang-en|Shake it}})
* Dridhe ({{langx|en|Shake it}})
* Duty free
* Duty free
* Falma ({{lang-en|Forgive me}})
* Falma ({{langx|en|Forgive me}})
* Kur këndoj serenate ({{lang-en|When I sing a serenade}})
* Kur këndoj serenate ({{langx|en|When I sing a serenade}})
* Maria
* Maria
* Mike dhë rivale (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) ({{lang-en|Friends and rivals}})
* Mike dhë rivale (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) ({{langx|en|Friends and rivals}})
* Puçi Puçi (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) ({{lang-en|Kiss kiss}})
* Puçi Puçi (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) ({{langx|en|Kiss kiss}})
* S'ke ku vete ({{lang-en|Can't go anywhere}})
* S'ke ku vete ({{langx|en|Can't go anywhere}})
* Të dy qajmë të ndarë ({{lang-en|We both cry separated}})
* Të dy qajmë të ndarë ({{langx|en|We both cry separated}})
* Tekila ({{lang-en|Tequila}})
* Tekila ({{langx|en|Tequila}})
* Vetëm ti ({{lang-en|Only you}})
* Vetëm ti ({{langx|en|Only you}})
* Nuk e di pse me do ({{lang-en|I don't know what to do}})
* Nuk e di pse me do ({{langx|en|I don't know what to do}})


==References==
==References==
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*{{YouTube|dgq2438AIZk|Interview along with Ingrid Gjoni in Zona e lire}}
*{{YouTube|dgq2438AIZk|Interview along with Ingrid Gjoni in Zona e lire}}


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Latest revision as of 09:24, 30 October 2024

Çiljeta
Birth nameÇiljeta Xhilaga
Born (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39)
Tirana, Albania
GenresPop, dance
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, mode, actress
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1999-present

Çiljeta Xhilaga (born 5 February 1985), also known mononymously as Çiljeta, is an Albanian singer, model and actress.

Biography

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Çiljeta was born into an Albanian family in Tirana, Albania, to Ferdinand Xhilaga, an accountant whose family hails from Dibër but who was born in Delvinë, and Majlinda Xhilaga, a hairdresser, from Korçë. She attended the Sami Frashëri High School in Tirana.[1]

Career as model

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Xhilaga featured in the Miss Shqipëria competition in 2001 and won the title "Miss Cinema".[1][2]

Career as singer

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Çiljeta distinguished herself in the successful song Dridhe (English: Shake it), a collaboration with Getoar Selimi of Tingulli 3nt, a rap group from Kosovo.[3] The song was followed by many successful ones, especially Puçi Puçi (English: Kiss kiss), featuring Ingrid Gjoni, and Të dy qajmë të ndarë (English: Away we both cry), a hit composed by Flori Mumajesi and with words of Ardit Roshi in the Kënga Magjike of 2010, where she cried while interpreting the song.[4] Çiljeta had already interpreted in the Kënga Magjike 08 with S'ke ku vete (English: Can't go nowhere).

Çiljeta participated in the Dancing with the Stars (Albania) show, in its 2011 (second) edition, along with partner Dion Gjinika.

Private life

[edit]

Çiljeta had a son on February 4, 2013, whom she named after her father.[5] Father of the baby, is reportedly a French architect with a Latin American background.[6] She is a well known supporter of Partizani Tirana. She is dating Alban Hoxha, an Albanian football player.

Politics

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Early in her career, Çiljeta was a vocal supporter of the Democratic Party of Albania, and its leader Lulzim Basha.[7] She once sang in New York, in a party organised by Red and Black Alliance, now an extinguished party, but declared that she was unaware of who the organiser of the party was.[8] Çiljeta declared herself a supporter of the Socialist Party of Albania, having changed her political opinion, and participated in Erion Veliaj’s campaign for mayor of Tirana in the 2023 Albanian local elections.[9]

She notably had two public reactions against Serbia and Greece politicians: to Serbia after the Serbian government removed a memorial to the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac in Preševo, an Albanian-inhabited region of Serbia. The second reaction was to Greece, after she saw in television an anti-Albanian interview of Christos Pappas, a politician of the Golden Dawn, a Greek far-right political party.[10] After these declarations, the Greek media attacked her, saying that she claims to be a singer, but must be something else, and published provoking photos of Çiljeta.[11]

Humanitarian activities

[edit]

On March 20, 2012 Çiljeta was reported by the media to visit a correctional facility for minors, where she met 38 children, a meeting organised by the Institute of Minors, Kavaje, the Centre for the Human Rights of Children of Albania, and UNICEF.[12]

Hits

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  • Çokollata (English: Chocolate)
  • Çuna, Çuna (English: Boys, boys)
  • Do do ti do (English: Yes, yes, you want to)
  • Dorëheqja (English: Surrender)
  • Dridhe (English: Shake it)
  • Duty free
  • Falma (English: Forgive me)
  • Kur këndoj serenate (English: When I sing a serenade)
  • Maria
  • Mike dhë rivale (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) (English: Friends and rivals)
  • Puçi Puçi (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) (English: Kiss kiss)
  • S'ke ku vete (English: Can't go anywhere)
  • Të dy qajmë të ndarë (English: We both cry separated)
  • Tekila (English: Tequila)
  • Vetëm ti (English: Only you)
  • Nuk e di pse me do (English: I don't know what to do)

References

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  1. ^ a b Biography at Lyrics portal
  2. ^ Ciljeta Xhilaga, Miss-i mes Miss-eve 12/09/2010
  3. ^ Vip, Shqiperia. "Ja si si janë lidhjet e mia me Elvana Gjatën dhe Ciljetën!".
  4. ^ Vip, Shqiperia. "Ciljeta këndon për ndarjen, por është e dashuruar si kurrë më parë".
  5. ^ Panorama (23 February 2013). "Çiljeta: "Partneri im është i lumtur që bebja i ngjan atij"".
  6. ^ Koha (2 September 2012). "Çiljeta bashkëjeton me arkitektin amerikan".
  7. ^ Gazeta, Shqiptare (30 June 2013). "Artistet shqiptare: Rama s'eshte thjesht nje lider, por nje fenomen".
  8. ^ Tema. "Ciljeta: Nuk e dija se festen e organizonte Aleanca Kuqezi, une nuk kendoj per tradhtaret e partise sime".
  9. ^ "Çiljeta Xhilaga dhe demokratët e zonës te Liqeni i Thatë i bashkohen Veliajt: Kur jam bërë unë dhe gjyshja ime 80 vjeç me PS, mos ngeltë më demokrat pa u kthyer - Shqiptarja.com". shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  10. ^ Zhurnal. "Çiljeta 'përshëndet' edhe Greqinë si Serbinë me "F*ck Greece"".
  11. ^ NOA (1 February 2013). "këngëtare thotë se është, tjetër duket..." Agjencia Kombetare e Lajmeve.
  12. ^ CRCA Albania (20 March 2012). "Çiljeta Xhilaga, viziton Intitutitn e të Mtiurve, Kavajë". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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