The hall is full, but the RTSH Festival, which cost 600 million, could not even sell 23% of the tickets

2024-02-27 14:33:00, Denoncim CNA

The hall is full, but the RTSH Festival, which cost 600 million, could not even

Leka Bungo and Alfred Peza

The Song Festival at RTSH remains one of the biggest cultural and artistic activities in the country, despite the fact that someone else in this institution thinks that the New Year's program where someone can bite a bone is more important. But let's continue talking with concrete figures and facts.

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Budget, expenses for the 62nd Festival

After Peza's request, the Governing Council held two meetings, in the first one, where the head of this council rightly raised questions as to why 18 million Lek had to be paid to Kleidi Kadiu, who, according to him, was not fit for that job. Or other members who raise the question why the scenography would cost 140 million lek when a year ago it cost only 60 million lek.

Budget, expenses for the 62nd Festival

After many discussions on the first day, on the second, on December 13, with the blessing of Leka Bungo, a fund of 600 million lek was approved, so from 466 million a year ago, 134 million lek more were added for the 62nd Festival .

Budget, expenses for the 62nd Festival

Someone was satisfied because a sum of money would be used for the year-end variety, someone received 600 million and so on.

Budget, expenses for the 62nd Festival

But what happened beyond economic comparisons. The cost estimate is the success and the public.

But what results according to official data?

After the comparative figures of the increase of funds, we are bringing the income realized from the tickets. A voice that speaks volumes about the success or failure of those 600 million paid by the taxes of Albanian citizens, where 134 million more were added to have a superfestival, but in fact it turns out that tickets have been sold from 13% to a maximum of 30%.

These are the official figures because the hall in the images and photos that we are bringing even from the first night when there is a minimum number of spectators and the final night, the images and chronicles of RTSH, the hall looks full.

The first night of the 62nd RTSH Festival

From the sale of tickets for this festival in RTSH, according to official data, 2,880,000 ALL were collected from the company "Vivere Ticketing", which was given the exclusive right to sell tickets for this festival.

Final Night of the 62nd Festival

From the images on the screen and the videos found on "YouTube" during the 4 nights of the festival, but also from the RTSH news reports, the tickets were all sold and there was not a single empty seat in the hall. Meanwhile, the collection shows the complete opposite:

Of the 2,200 seats available in the Palace of Congress hall at the 62nd Song Festival, according to data provided by CNA, tickets were sold as follows:

First night: 286 tickets, 13% of the hall

Second night: 484 tickets, 22% of the hall

Third night: 544 tickets, 25% of the hall

Final night: 656 tickets, 30% of the hall

Congress Hall, final night

From the above, it results that the hall was at best 30% full, while on RTSH's screen, in the news chronicles and "YouTube", the hall appeared many times and was full and this can can be verified very easily, RTSH's enthusiastic chronicles are the biggest proof.

Chronicle published by RTSH about the festival

The average turns out to be 22.5% of the total tickets for each night. In the movie footage, the hall is full, but the tickets show it to be empty. Now either the hall was empty and we can't see it, or they stole the ticket money.

Special on RTSH for the '62 Festival

Another justification is that they paid 600 million for a full hall that sells on average only 22.5% of the tickets. So a spectacular failure accompanied by abuse that beyond doubt is coming with concrete facts.

Comparative table of expenses at the 62nd Song Festival

Collection from tickets in 2022, the year when the festival cost 466 million ALL, 3,450,000 ALL was collected, we emphasize that it is one night less, and it cost 134 million ALL less, but collected more income.

Alfred Peza

The figures speak for themselves.

What has been done with 134 million lek more and where did the ticket money go when the hall is full?

Song Festival at RTSH

The director of RTSH should explain this before the responsible institutions, not before the Council led by Leka Bungo, who lamented the plight of Kleidi Kadi, why he would be paid 18 million alleks, but still voted for the increase of funds with 134 million alleks more ./ CNA