She has preferred to stay away from interviews, not revealing much about herself. But recently, Elhaida Dani has also revealed the start of her career in Italy.
Today she is the winner of many awards, including "The Voice of Italy", but her beginnings were not easy at all. Elhaida said that she competed in "Amici" immediately after the opening of visas. There she did not pass the audition, but then decided to participate in "The Voice."
The singer confessed that the Italian public did not like her and this was noticed in the comments they left on social networks, she also added that she did not expect that she would win the Italian talent show.
"I don't know what the prices are worth because today I look at those cups and they don't give me anything, they are just something physical. The only thing that touches me today is when I meet people and they appreciate who I am.
I remember myself watching Italian channels and that's how I learned Italian. As soon as the visas were opened, I went straight to 'Amici', all my father's savings went to plane tickets.
The audition had hundreds and hundreds of young kids attending and I was completely out of place there. It was a terrible audition, they gave us a list of 10 songs, if you didn't know a song you had to go home. When it's my turn I start following the song, I didn't sing properly and I didn't get the audition. This was my first experience in Italy.
I had made up my mind that I would try Italy. They told me that 'The Voice' will be held for the first time in Italy, they just told me 'come and let's do the first audition'. I was very confident. I received a call after a few days, they told me 'you are part of 'The Voice of Italy'.
Then I move to Milan for a few months. I didn't talk to anyone because there were strange looks towards me, but I didn't mind at all because my goal was to sing. When I was on stage I had so many emotions and when I hear the chairs turn four times, in those moments I sat on my knees, I could barely remember the words.
They started flattering the jury, wanting to take me on the team. In the end I say I will go with Riccardo Cocciante and I say it was the best choice I made. He has become my tutor even today, he was present a few months ago in Tirana when I presented my album.
One of the most important acquaintances of my life. During the 'Voice' period, it never crossed my mind that I might win, but it never crossed my mind that I might not. I missed my family, my friends, it was hard, but I didn't think there was anything more important than this. There were moments when I suffered the fact that the Italian public did not want it to be an Albanian or a person from any other country who went through all the stages of this Italian event, because after all it is called 'The Voice of Italy'. I went 'online' after every episode and looked at the comments, that's where I went into a moral hole. This thing made me say maybe I don't deserve to be here ," said Elhaida in "A Live Night."