The 55th edition of the Song Festival on Albanian Radio and Television was accompanied by numerous criticisms, then more for the presenter than for the songs. Ledina Çelo appeared with a fairly transparent dress and not with her desire. Invited to "Xing with Ermal", the singer once again explained that all was a consequence of the lack of general evidence.
"The festival is and will always remain the festival that we are happy to have our fortune. As always, these are mistakes that always occur in Aqqiyya; we do not do general probation. To say the right did not like it myself, I did not want to do it like that. Extravagance has always been to me and I do not prejudge, the scene has these. It was a free trial. "
However, unlike what he expected, her husband Naim Kabashi, the former Albanian champion from Kosovo in kick box, reacted with style:
"She said style later: 'Listen, make a tepote a bit'. He is very liberal, but we are killing the public. I have always not wondered because I'm an artist and the artist should not be prejudiced. "
The singer's appearance at that time sparked numerous criticisms on social networks. "We worked together at the 42nd Festival, where she presented as partner of Adi Krasta. Please do not let designers and improbable tailors make such jokes with him, at the most important national cultural event, "wrote presenter Edi Oga. On the other hand, Olti Curri chose to comment on the pro singer and her presentation. He said that Ledina is aware that it is not a presentation and that "no one has ever come to anyone."
"I wore my gown with that dress, as the lighting in the studio was in the settings of the scene when we did the test. Everything, as I said above, was the surprise effect of the picture stole the flash. I want to mention that the black dress that was so much rumored was not a goal in itself, but a flash stolen picture, with malicious intent on that event. I never wanted to misunderstand and offend the spectator and those emblematic figures that have given him the festival. Things did not go as I thought. I want to mention just one fact, that I did not pass any single affirmative evidence from the beginning to the end with the participating artists. Rather, I would say that it was not even a general test. Also, I took the script two hours before the show, in the last two nights. I do not say this to be justified, but that's the truth. I came to Tirana 10 days before the festival, I have spent five days in the hotel without having any material in hand, "explained Ledina Celo in December 2016, in an interview with the Albanian newspaper.