Gjon lives and breathes music, and has done since he was in nursery school. Moving his grandfather to tears performing Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling In Love at the age of 9 was a watershed moment for him – and provided the inspiration for his stage name, Gjon’s Tears.
His grandfather was so impressed by his grandson’s voice that in 2011 he registered him at the last minute for a TV talent show in his ancestral home of Albania. It proved to be a good decision. At the age of twelve, Gjon finished third in Albania’s Got Talent. The following year he went on to reach the semi-finals of Switzerland’s Got Talent, and he reached the same stage of The Voice France in 2019.
Gjon’s Tears wrote his Eurovision entry Tout l'univers together with songwriters Wouter Hardy, Nina Sampermans and Xavier Michel as part of a song-writing camp. It is a mystical, intense song that will really get under your skin. Its unique combination of solo voice, choirs, piano and strings, all mixed with modern beats, gives it a soundscape all of its own. This song earned Gjon a third place result in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, after achieving first place in the jury voting and a Marcel Bezençon Composer Award. In November of the same year, he also earned an MTV European Music Award for Best Swiss Act.
On April 28, 2023, Gjon’s Tears realeased his much-anticipated debut album, The Game.