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Israel In The Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, having internally selected Eden Alene as their representative. She was due to compete in the 2020 contest with "" before the event's cancellation. Her entry for 2021, " Set Me Free", was chosen during the national selection competition ("Our Song for Eurovision") organised by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/). Background Prior to the 2021 contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-two times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won the contest on four occasions: in 1978 with the song "" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "" performed by Milk and Honey, in 1998 with the song "" performed by Dana International and in 2018 with the song "Toy" performed by Netta Barzilai. Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Israel has failed to reach the final six times. In , Shiri Maimon gave the country its tent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden Alene
Eden Alene (; ; born 7 May 2000) is an Israeli singer. Having won the seventh season of the singing competition ''HaKokhav HaBa'', she had been set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with her song "Feker Libi", planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands. After the cancellation of the 2020 contest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was internally chosen to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, this time with " Set Me Free". Early life Alene was born in the neighborhood of Katamon in Jerusalem, to Ethiopian-Jewish parents who immigrated separately to Israel during the aliyah from Ethiopia. When she was two years old her parents divorced. Since then, she has not been in contact with her father. Alene attended religious Jewish elementary school and middle school, although she then attended the secular Jewish high school of the Hebrew University Secondary School and majored in theatre. She was enlisted in October 2018 as a soldier in to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana International
Sharon Cohen ( he, שרון כהן; born 2 February 1969), professionally known as Dana International ( he, דנה אינטרנשיונל), is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums. She was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva". After consolidating her initial commercial success with the albums '' Umpatampa'' (1994) and ''Maganuna'' (1996), she was selected in 1998 to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva". Placing first at the international competition, she came to public attention throughout Europe. Dana following up this success with the albums '' Free'' (1999), '' Yoter VeYoter'' (2001), '' HaHalom HaEfshari'' (2002) and '' Hakol Ze Letova'' (2007), she represented Israel in Eurovision a second time in 2011, this time with the song "Ding Dong", which failed to make it into the final. The same year, she became a judge on the Israeli television mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yitzhak Rabin Center
The Yitzhak Rabin Center is a library and research center in Tel Aviv, Israel, built in memory of assassinated Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. The Yitzhak Rabin Center, designed by the Israeli architect, Moshe Safdie, sits on a hill commanding a panoramic view of Hayarkon Park and Tel Aviv, near the Eretz Israel Museum, the Palmach Museum, Tel Aviv University and Beth Hatefutsoth ANU - Museum of the Jewish People, formerly the Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, is located in Tel Aviv, Israel, at the center of the Tel Aviv University campus in Ramat Aviv. ANU - Museum of the Jewish People is an institution .... The inauguration ceremony took place in November 2005, on the tenth anniversary of Rabin's assassination. History The center was erected on the foundations of a top secret power station known as "Reading G" or "J'ora." Built in 1954–1956 to supply power in the event of an enemy bombing, it was financed in part by the German reparations agreement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Hayom
''Israel Hayom'' ( he, יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹם, lit=Israel Today) is an Israeli national Hebrew-language free daily newspaper. First published in 2007, ''Israel Hayom'' is Israel's most widely distributed newspaper. Owned by the family of Sheldon Adelson, who was personal friend and benefactor of Benjamin Netanyahu, ''Israel Hayom'' has often been criticized for portraying Netanyahu in an overly positive light. ''Israel Hayom'' is distributed for free around Israel. History ''Israel Hayom''s print edition was launched on 30 July 2007 and competed directly with ''Israeli'', another free daily. The same year, ''Maariv'' editor Dan Margalit left the newspaper to write for ''Israel Hayom''. A weekend edition was launched in October 2009. In 2014, ''Israel Hayom'' bought Israeli media outlets '' Makor Rishon'' and '' nrg מעריב''. In May 2014, the name מעריב (Maariv) had been removed from nrg log, and it was rebranded as nrg. Following the acquisition an ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook
Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of July 2022, Facebook claimed 2.93 billion monthly active users, and ranked third worldwide among the most visited websites as of July 2022. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiwibloggs
Wiwibloggs is a fansite and YouTube channel focusing on the Eurovision Song Contest, launched in 2009. It has a seasonal audience, peaking at 250,000 page views per day during the week of Eurovision in May 2016, based on Google Analytics data. History In April 2015, Wiwibloggs won Arts & Culture Blog of the Year at the National UK Blog Awards, recognising it as the top blog in the country across architecture, design, entertainment and music. Later that month, William Lee Adams, a former correspondent at ''Time'' magazine, was the only Eurovision blogger to speak on a panel at the Eurovision Song Contest 60th Anniversary Conference in London. In the official programme for the event, the European Broadcasting Union described Wiwibloggs as the "most popular and innovative" Eurovision website. Adams has judged at national selections for a number of countries, among them Armenia (in 2017), Belarus (in 2020), Finland (every year between 2017 and 2021), Germany (as a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home (Kobi Marimi Song)
"Home" is a song performed by Israeli singer Kobi Marimi. It represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, in Tel Aviv. It finished in 23rd place at the final, with 35 points. The song was released on 10 March 2019. Eurovision Song Contest The song represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the entry "Home" written by Ohad Shragai and Inbar Weitzman. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Kesh ..., after Kobi Marimi was selected through ''HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion'', the music competition that selects Israel's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. As the host country, Israel automatically qualified to compete in the final. In addition to its participation in the final, Israel was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. At the semi-final draw, it was decided that Israel would have to br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobi Marimi
Yaakov "Kobi" Marimi ( he, קובי מרימי; born October 8, 1991) is an Israeli singer and actor who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Biography Yaakov (Kobi) Marimi was born and raised in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a Mizrahi Jewish family of Iraqi-Jewish descent. He served as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces at the Adjutant Corps. He studied in the Nissan Nativ Acting Studio. Marimi resides in Tel Aviv. He has worked as a pub host and movie theater cashier. Singing and acting career During his studies he appeared in the plays ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'', '' The Comic Illusion'' and ''Prayer''. After graduating from Nissan Nativ he performed in ''Every Living Thing Needs'', ''Chambaloo's Treasure'' and performed the role of Natan in ''Messiah Now'' for which he won the Promising Actor Award at the 2017 Musical Celebrations in Bat Yam. This was his Israeli Opera debut. Marimi won the award for the most promising actor in Israel's Musical Theatre F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli coastal plain, Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of , it is the Economy of Israel, economic and Technology of Israel, technological center of the country. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second most populous city after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to many List of diplomatic missions in Israel, foreign embassies. It is a Global city, beta+ world city and is ranked 57th in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the List of cities by GDP, third- or fourth-largest e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadav Guedj
Nadav Guedj ( he, נדב גדג'; born 2 November 1998) is an Israeli singer and actor who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. He is the winner of season two of ''HaKokhav HaBa'' (Israel's '' Rising Star''). Guedj was born in Paris. Personal life He was born to an Algerian Jewish family in Paris, then moved to Israel. Guedj lives in Netanya. In 2016, he enlisted in the Israeli Army. Musical career 2014: ''HaKokhav HaBa'' Nadav entered the second season ''HaKokhav HaBa'', the Israeli national selections for Eurovision Song Contest 2015 where he became one of the sixteen finalists. He is the youngest participant of the contest's second season, just turning sixteen when turned up for the first audition day. He sang " Russian Roulette" by Rihanna for his first audition and Stevie Wonder's " Lately" for the second audition. In the second round of the contest proper, Nadav performed "Halo" by Beyoncé. He advanced to the semi-finals of the contest along with six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shiri Maimon
Shiri Maimon (or Maymon, he, שירי מימון ; born ) is an Israeli pop/ R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show ''Kokhav Nolad''. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, where she came fourth. In 2008 Maimon won Best Israeli Act and performed in the MTV Europe Music Awards, where she was also nominated for Europe's Favorite Act. In June 2013 Maimon became one of the judges for the first season of '' The X Factor Israel''. She continued her role for the second and third seasons. On 2018 It was revealed that Maimon would leave the show in favor of the rival network show, '' Rising Star Israel''. In 2018 Maimon started starring in the Broadway show "Chicago" in the role of Roxie Hart. Early life and career 1981–2002: Early life Maimon was born in Haifa, Israel, and raised in the neighborhood of Kiryat Haim. Her family is of Mizrahi Jewish ( Algerian-Jewish, Syrian-Jewish, and Greek-Jewish) descent. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
