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Sigal Shachmon
Sigal Shachmon ( he, סיגל שחמון; born 13 June 1971 in Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli model, actress and television presenter. Life and career Shachmon was born in Petah Tikva. Before she made her big breakthrough she was a dancer in a dance company and worked in modeling. In 1989 she performed at the Israeli national final for the Eurovision Song Contest as one of Nissim Gama's accompaniments in his song " Passes With Time". In 1995, Shahamon auditioned for Israel's version of ''Wheel of Fortune'' (), but lost the role to . Erez Tal saw the potential of Shachmon and took her to guide his show ''The Wonderful World''. At the same time, Gonzalez finished her role as a ''Wheel of Fortune'' girl and was replaced by Shachamon in 1996. Between 1998 and 1999, Shachmon co-hosted Channel 2's version of '' Fort Boyard'' (''המבצר'' - ''Ha-Mivtzar'') alongside Aki Avni and program introductions alongside Nti Rbitz. After which she received her own program called ''Sparkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent settlement in 1883 with the financial help of Edmond James de Rothschild, Baron Edmond de Rothschild. In , the city had a population of . Its population density is approximately . Its jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams (~35.9 km2 or 15 sq mi). Petah Tikva is part of the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area. Etymology Petah Tikva takes its name (meaning "Door of Hope") from the biblical allusion in Hosea 2:15: "... and make the valley of Achor a door of hope." The Achor Valley, near Jericho, was the original proposed location for the town. The city and its inhabitants are sometimes known by the nickname "Mlabes" after the Arab village preceding the town. (See "Ottoman era" under "History" below.) Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dafna Dekel
Dafna Dekel ( he, דפנה דקל; born 7 May 1966, in Ashdod, Israel) is an Israeli singer, actress and television personality. Biography Dafna Dekel was born in Ashdod, Israel, to a family of Yemenite-Jewish descent. She was discovered while serving in the Nahal entertainment troupe of the Israel Defense Forces in 1985-1986. After her release from the army, Dekel was cast in the Israeli musical ''Salah Shabati'' produced in honor of Israel's 40th anniversary. In 1989, she released her first self-titled album. Although the album had 4 songs written and/or composed by Dekel, her biggest hits were songs written for her by others. In 1989, she sang in the children's holiday show "Festigal" with the song "Mah koreh li?" (What's happening to me?) and performed a Yemenite medley with the Yosefi Sisters and Margalit Tzan'ani. In 1992, Dekel won the "Kdam" (the Israeli pre-selection to the Eurovision Song Contest with "Zeh raq sport" (It's just sports). Dekel represented Israel in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Television Presenters
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israelites, the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis Israelis ( he, ישראלים ''Yiśraʾelim'') are the citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel, a multiethnic state populated by people of different ethnic backgrounds. The largest ethnic groups in Israel are Jews (75%), foll ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israeli Female Models
Israeli may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel * Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel * Modern Hebrew, a language * ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008 * Guni Israeli (born 1984), Israeli basketball player See also * Israelites The Israelites (; , , ) were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan. The earliest recorded evidence of a people by the name of Israel appears in the Merneptah Stele o ..., the ancient people of the Land of Israel * List of Israelis {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Lundin
Anders Erik Lundin (born 8 September 1958) is a Swedish television host, comedian and lyricist. Lundin was one of the first hosts in the world to host the show ''Expedition Robinson'', also known as '' Survivor''. Lundin co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 along with Kattis Ahlström and, 2003–10, was every summer host for the successful song show ''Allsång på Skansen''. He has also hosted the show '' Allt för Sverige'' which takes Americans to Sweden to learn more about their Swedish ancestry. See also * List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest. Since 1988, it ... References External links *Info on Anders Lundin* * 1958 births Swedish television hosts Living people Entertainers from Stockholm Swedish comedians Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kattis Ahlström
Katarina Sofie "Kattis" Ahlström (born 9 June 1966) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter. She is a sister of Gabriella Ahlström. She hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 together with Anders Lundin, in the Stockholm Globe Arena, and announced the Swedish results in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. From 28 July 2006, she has been employed at the Sveriges Radio P1 channel. See also *List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest. Since 1988, it ... References External links 1966 births Living people 21st-century Swedish journalists People from Gothenburg {{Europe-tv-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 – 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 weekday breakfast programme ''Wake Up to Wogan'' regularly drew an estimated eight million listeners. He was believed to be the most listened-to radio broadcaster in Europe."Wogan's run – the King of banter finally goes blankety blank" by Kim Bielenberg, ''Irish Independent'', 12 September 2009 Wogan was a leading media personality in Ireland and Britain from the late 1960s, and was often referred to as a "national treasure". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrika Jonsson
Eva Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967) is a Swedish-British television presenter and model. She became known as a TV-am weather presenter, moved on to present the ITV show ''Gladiators'', and as a team captain of the BBC Two show '' Shooting Stars''. Career After working as a secretary, Jonsson began her television career on TV-am in 1989, as a weather presenter on '' Good Morning Britain''. From 12 September 1989, she was also the weather presenter for Swedish TV3, broadcasting from London. In 1991, she co-presented BBC One's short-lived daytime quiz show ''Who's Bluffing Who?'' with Richard Cartridge, and starred in the French film, ''The Annunciation of Marie'' (1991). In 1992, she moved into mainstream presenting and played host to numerous shows including ITV's ''Gladiators'', ''The National Lottery Draws'' – plus two major international broadcasts, the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 and Miss World in 1999. She also modelled for Playtex Lingerie during this period and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Eurovision Song Contest Presenters
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition, held every year by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. This page is a list of people who have acted as presenters of the contest. Since 1988, it has been the norm to have at least two presenters for the contest. All contests before 1978 have had one presenter, and three contests after 1988 have had only one presenter (these being the 1993, 1995 and 2013 contests). The 1999 contest was the first to consist of three presenters, and this method has been used most often since 2010. The contests from 2018 to 2021 consisted of four presenters each (excluding the cancelled 2020 contest). Presenters Green room hosts Online host Special events Presenters born outside the host country * Katie Boyle, born in Florence, Italy to an Italy, Italian-Russian father and a United Kingdom, British-Australian mother * Mireille Delannoy, born in France * Helga Guitton, born in Königsber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishpon
Rishpon ( he, רִשְׁפּוֹן) is a moshav in the Central District of Israel. Located in the Sharon plain near Herzliya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In it had a population of . The moshav was established in 1936. Its original proposed name by the name committee, Rishpona ( he, רשפונה), is an artificial reconstruction of the supposed ancient name of Arsuf, based on a misreading of an Assyrian inscription.Maciej M. Münnich, ''The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East'' (2013) p. 244 citing Shlomo Izre’el, "Arsuf: The Semitic Name of Apollonia" in: ''Apollonia-Arsuf: Final Report of the Excavations Volume I'', The Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology, Monograph Series of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University No. 16, Tel Aviv (1999), 72f. The misreading *''rašpūna'' for ''kašpūna'' in an inscription of Tiglath-Pileser III Tiglath-Pileser III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , meaning "my trust belon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
