Fevzije Berani (Big Brother VIP)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Fevzije Berani

• She is known as the ‘Barbie Doll’ of Albania due to her clothing style.

• She used to sing in her school and city choir during her childhood.

• She usually collaborates with her husband, Ilir Berani.

• She met Ilir Berani during her childhood in a city choir group.

• When she was 18, she sang in the Chords of Kosovo, a prominent Albanian music festival for the first time.

• In 1985, she formed the group, ‘Trio Rona’ with Ilir Berani and singer Aida Baraku.

  

• In an interview, she talked about surviving the Sarajevo war with her young son Robert and surviving the Kosovo war while being pregnant with Redon Berani during the 1990s and said,
  

  With both of my children, I experienced the two Balkan wars. With Robert when he was small, only nine months old, I experienced the war in Sarajevo, while with Redon during pregnancy, the process of his birth took place in the Kosovo War. I mean, I am a participant in two wars, who would have said that?”

• She was offered French citizenship after being given asylum in France during the Kosovo war but she rejected the citizenship and moved to her hometown in Pristina, Kosovo.

• She has released several albums and songs including ‘Fjollat’ (1989), ‘Gili’ (1993), ‘Xixëlonja’ (1995), ‘Fol shqip!’ (1996), ‘Studenti’ (1998), ‘Zemer’ (2011), and ‘Ja Une, Ja Ti’ (2022).

  

• In an interview, she talked about her husband’s contribution to her music style and decisions in her musical career.

• In 2019, she appeared on Prive TV for an interview and revealed that she had lost nearly 27kgs of weight in 4 months using the Paleo diet, during which, she only ate food eaten during the palaeolithic times.

  

• In December 2024, she became a contestant in the fourth season of the Albanian reality TV show, ‘Big Brother VIP’ along with her son, Redon Berani. The duo will be treated as a single contestant in the show.

  

• According to her, she was named ‘Gili’ because she was often tickled by her sister, which earned her the nickname.

• She is a travel enthusiast and has visited several countries including Switzerland, Turkey, France, and Montenegro.

  

• She is an animal enthusiast and owns a pomeranian that she has named Gina.

  

• She drinks alcohol occasionally.