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Israel In The Eurovision Song Contest
Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 44 times since making its debut in . Israel was able to enter the contest as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was an active member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which was responsible for the event. The IBA was succeeded as the broadcaster in charge of the Israeli entry by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) in 2018. Israel has won the contest four times, and has hosted the contest in Jerusalem twice in and . Israel hosted the contest for the third time in Tel Aviv in . Israel's first appearance at the contest in 1973 was successful, with Ilanit finishing fourth. Israel then achieved victories in 1978 and 1979, with wins for Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi", and Milk and Honey with "Hallelujah". In , the IBA declined to host the contest for the second successive year for financial reasons, and as the date for the contest in The Hague conflicted with Yom HaZikaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC; he, תאגיד השידור הישראלי, translit=Ta'agid HaShidur HaYisra'eli, lit=Israeli Broadcasting Corporation; ar, هيئة البث الإسرائيلي, translit=Hayyat al-Bathi al-Isrāʼīlī) is the national broadcaster of Israel. The IPBC carries the blanket branding Kan in Hebrew ( he, כאן, lit=Here) and Makan in Arabic ( ar, مكان, lit=A place). Its news division, Kan News ( he, כאן חדשות, translit=Kan Hadashot; ar, مكان الاخبار, translit=Makan al-Akhbar), is the third biggest brand in Israeli newscasting, after HaHadashot 12 and Channel 13 News. After multiple delays due to disagreements over its structure brought upon by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the IPBC officially began its radio and television operations on 15 May 2017, succeeding the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) as state broadcaster. Its formal goals include promoting the expansion of knowledge, Israeli culture, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk And Honey (group)
Milk and Honey ( he, חלב ודבש ''Khalav U'Dvash'') was an Israeli vocal group. The original line-up consisted of Shmulik Bilu, Reuven Gvirtz, Yehuda Tamir and Gali Atari. History The group was assembled in 1978 by producer Shlomo Zach and composer Kobi Oshrat, after both Hakol Over Habibi and Yardena Arazi turned down the opportunity to perform Oshrat's song "Hallelujah" in the Israeli national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. Milk and Honey eventually won the national selection, and went on to also win the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. "Hallelujah" peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. The group had one other international hit, "Goodbye New York". Less than a year after the song contest, Atari retired from Milk and Honey and was replaced by Leah Lupatin in 1981. The same year, Atari sued Zach for unpaid royalties; in 1994, an Israeli court ruled in Atari's favour, ordering Zach to pay the royalties. Subsequently, in 2003, Zach and his partners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netta Barzilai
Netta Barzilai ( he, נטע ברזילי; born 22 January 1993), also known mononymously as Netta, is an Israeli singer. After winning Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018#HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion, the fifth season of ''HaKokhav HaBa'', she earned the right to represent her country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. On 12 May 2018, she won the contest, held in Lisbon, Portugal, with her song "Toy (song), Toy", marking Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Israel's fourth win in the Eurovision Song Contest (after Eurovision Song Contest 1978, 1978, Eurovision Song Contest 1979, 1979, and Eurovision Song Contest 1998, 1998). Early life Barzilai was born in Hod HaSharon, Israel. Her mother is from a Maghrebi Jewish family (of Moroccan Jews, Moroccan-Jewish and History of the Jews in Libya, Libyan-Jewish descent), whereas her father is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (of Polish-Jewish descent). She has two brothers. As a child, Barzilai lived in Nigeria for six year ... [...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] |
Nul Points
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest is selected by a positional voting system. The most recent system was implemented in the , and sees each participating country award two sets of 12, 10, 8–1 points to their ten favourite songs: one set from their professional jury and the other from televoting, with only televoting used in the semi-finals, and both jury and televoting in the final. Overview Small, demographically-balanced juries made up of ordinary people had been used to rank the entries, but after the widespread use of telephone voting in the contest organizers resorted to juries only in the event of a televoting malfunctions. In , Eircom's telephone polling system malfunctioned. Irish broadcaster RTÉ did not receive the polling results from Eir (telecommunications), Eircom in time, and substituted votes by a panel of judges. Between 1997 and 2003 (the first years of televoting), lines were opened to the public for only five minutes after the performance and recap of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden (Israeli Band)
Eden ( he, עדן) were an Israeli vocal group active between 1996 and 2001, consisting of Doron Oren, Rafael Dahan and brothers Gabriel and Eddie Butler. They are known primarily for their participation in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest. Eden were chosen by internal selection to represent Israel in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Yom Huledet (Happy Birthday)". As a result of Dana International's Eurovision victory the previous year, the 1999 contest was held on their home ground in Jerusalem on 29 May, when "Yom Huledet (Birthday)" finished in a respectable fifth place of the 23 entries. Eden also recorded several music tracks for the Italian albums "The Long Road: Grandi Classici Per Viaggiare" and "California: The Best of West Coast Music Vol. 2" released in 2005. The group were not able to capitalise on their Eurovision appearance, and disbanded in 2001. Member Eddie Butler went on to represent Israel as a solo artist in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diva (Dana International Song)
"Diva" ( he, דיווה) is the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, performed in Hebrew by Israeli singer Dana International representing . The music was composed by Svika Pick, with lyrics written by Yoav Ginai. The song was produced by Offer Nissim with music arrangements by Alon Levin and included on her fifth album, '' Free'' (1999). It was Israel's third winning song in the Eurovision Song Contest, following the consecutive victories of and . Dana International's win is considered one of the most groundbreaking moments in Eurovision history. Eurovision selection and victory The song became the last entry entirely in a language other than English to win the contest until 2007. As the song did not have any live orchestral accompaniment, the interval act was the last time live music from an orchestra was used in the contest, as the 1999 contest lacked the necessary budget and was held in a venue not large enough to hold one. The selection of Dana International ... [...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] |
Duo Datz
Duo Datz (Hebrew: אורנה ומשה דץ, ''Orna U-Moshe Datz''; commonly referred in Hebrew as דץ ודצה ''Datz Ve-Datza'') is the common English name for the duo made up of Orna and Moshe Datz. The popular artists are best known in Europe for performing for Israel at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest. Their song '' Kan'' (Hebrew for ''Here''; The English version of the song is called: ''Come Along'') came third with 139 points, behind Sweden and France, who both scored 146 points. They had previously entered in the Kdam KDAM (94.3 FM) is a hot adult contemporary radio station serving Yankton, South Dakota, Yankton and Vermillion, South Dakota area that is city of license, licensed to Hartington, Nebraska. KDAM is owned and operated by Riverfront Broadcasting LL ... contest in 1987 with ''Kupidon'' (''Cupid''), coming fourth with 63 points. In Israel they are known for the middle of the road type of music and their series of children's DVDs. On 22 December 2006 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofra Haza
Bat-Sheva Ofra Haza ( he, בת-שבע עפרה חזה; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000), known as Ofra Haza (), was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actress, and Grammy Award-nominated recording artist commonly known in the Western world as " The Israeli Madonna", or "Madonna of the East". Her voice has been described as a "tender" mezzo-soprano. Of Mizrahi Jewish ( Yemenite-Jewish) descent, Haza's music is known as a mixture of traditional Middle Eastern and commercial singing styles, fusing elements of Eastern and Western instrumentation, orchestration and dance-beat, as well as lyrics from Mizrahi and Jewish folk tales and poetry. By the late 1980s, Haza was an internationally successful artist, achieving large success in Europe and the Americas and appearing regularly on MTV. During her singing career, she earned many platinum and gold discs and her music proved highly popular in the club scene. By the 1990s, she regularly featured in movie soundtracks, such as that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Toledano
Avi Toledano ( he, אבי טולדנו; born April 4, 1948) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. Biography Avraham ("Avi") Toledano was born in Meknes, Morocco to a Jewish family. At the age of 5, the family relocated to Casablanca, where Toledano attended the Alliance Israélite Universelle. During his teenage years, he was involved in Labour Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair, which was illegal in Morocco at the time. In 1965, at the age of 16, he immigrated to Israel with other members of Hashomer Hatzair, and settled in Kibbutz Ruhama in the Negev. Career Toledano debuted as a singer as a teenager, after sending demo tapes to the radio show "First Returns" ("תשואות ראשונות"). Composer Moshe Wilensky encouraged him to perform his song "Zohi Yafo" live on the program. Toledano spent his period of military service as a member of the Armored Corps Troupe (להקת גייסות השריון), one of the Israeli Defense Force's military bands. He released hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
