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defend the title in 1980 ("see below"). The third victory came almost 20 years later in Birmingham in 1998. Singer Dana International took top honours with the song "Diva", setting off widespread celebrations in Israel. Twenty years later, Israel earned their fourth victory at the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. The song was "Toy" by Netta Barzilai, which earned Israel their highest-ever score of 529 points. Israel's earliest selections were picked by the Israel Broadcasting Authority. The first singer to represent the country in 1973 was Ilanit, who finished 4th. Criticism increased after she was sent again four years later,
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Israel participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organised the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star For Eurovision") to select the singer. The winner of the Israeli national selection was Netta Barzilai and a committee of the Israeli broadcaster internally selected the song "Toy" for her. Prior to the 2018 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Israel participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organised the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star For Eurovision") to select the participant Prior to the 2019 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest forty-one times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won the contest on three occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah"
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was often the key to success for an artist in those days. Song contests received an important boost in 1978 when the Israeli song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi", sung by Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta, with words by Ehud Manor and music by Nurit Hirsh, won first prize in the Eurovision Song Contest. Israel won first prize again the following year with "Halleluyah" (lyrics: Shimrit Or, music: Kobi Oshrat, performed by Gali Atari and Milk and Honey), in 1998, when the Israeli transsexual rock star Dana International sang "Diva" (lyrics: Yoav Ginai, music: Svika Pick), and for the fourth time in 2018, when Netta
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tour, Celine Dion Live 2017 On 22 February 2018, it hosted the 4th week of the 2018 Premier League Darts from the Professional Darts Corporation, the first time the event took place in Germany. The rumors point to Germany hosting the next Eurovision Song Contest, in its 64th edition. The last edition of the festival held in Lisbon was won by Netta, representative of Israel. The rules are clear country that wins Eurovision is responsible for organizing the show the following year; However, the political and social situation in the Middle East would affect the organization of the festival. The
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Eurovision Song Contest 1994 The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. As of 2018, it was the last time the contest was held in April. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish. Ireland won the contest for the third time in a row, when Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan were the winners with a song written by Brendan Graham, "Rock 'N' Roll Kids". This was a record sixth victory for
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in the final: Some participating countries didn't provide radio broadcasts for the event, the ones who did are listed below. Eurovision Song Contest 1994 The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the 39th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1994 in the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. As of 2018, it was the last time the contest was held in April. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish. Ireland won the contest for the third time in a row, when Paul Harrington and Charlie McGettigan were
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an internal selection contest and not at Kdam. Netta Barzilai won the HaKokhav HaBa 2017-2018 season and was selected to represent Israel in Eurovision, and reached the 1st place. In the 1960s, particularly with 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, Israeli singers were able to represent other European countries rather their home country, as this was before there were television broadcasts in Israel. That year, Israel was represented by Esther Ofarim for Switzerland (with a song in French), and Carmela Corren for Austria. Regular television broadcasts of broadcasts in Israel began in May 1968. In 1972, Ilanit and Shlomo Zach argued that
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as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final. The following five members comprised the Israeli jury: Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 Israel participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organised the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion ("The Next Star For Eurovision") to select the singer. The winner of the Israeli national selection was Netta Barzilai and a committee of the Israeli broadcaster internally selected the song "Toy" for her. Prior to the 2018
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Daniel Mazuz who previously was one of the backing singers and dancers for Netta Barzilai at the 2018 contest. The second audition was broadcast on 27 November 2018. Among the contestants was Lior Chen who previously participated in the competition last year, while Maya Buskila has previously been tipped to represent Israel at Eurovision 2011 and 2012. The third audition was broadcast on 1 December 2018. The fourth auditio1n was broadcast in two parts on 3 and 4 December 2018. The "Eurovision Song Contest 2019" took place at the Expo Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel and consisted of two
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last participation being in , along with , , , and , who last took part in , despite having taken part in the non-televised 1996 pre-qualifying round in which they failed to qualify and therefore were absent. , , and had to withdraw from the contest due to the relegation rule. The United Kingdom won the competition, thanks to Katrina and the Waves, led by American-born Katrina Leskanich, making it the second time that the British won the Eurovision on Irish soil (after 1981). It also remains the last time the United Kingdom won the contest (as of 2018).
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in . Having not appeared in the final since and as holders of the record for most appearances in the contest without a win, Portugal won at the 49th attempt, when Salvador Sobral won the contest with the song "Amar Pelos Dois", Portugal's first top five result in the contest. As hosts in 2018, the country finished last in the contest for the fourth time. Portugal's debut entry was António Calvário with "Oração". It was not a successful debut for the country, with Calvário coming last in the contest. Since then, Portugal has come last on three further occasions, in
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their qualification in 2015. In 2018, Netta Barzilai represented Israel in Lisbon, Portugal, claiming the victory for the country with the song "Toy". The Israeli entry for the 2019 Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel was selected through the reality singing competition "HaKokhav HaBa L'Eirovizion" ("The Next Star for Eurovision"), which was organised by Keshet and Tedy Productions. This was the fifth time that the Israeli entry was selected through a collaboration with Keshet and Tedy Productions. The singer who will perform the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 will be selected through the reality singing competition "HaKokhav HaBa
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the Eurovision" The winner of season three would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. In order: The winner of season four would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The show is hosted by Yael Goldman joined by Assi Azar and Rotem Sela. The presiding judges are Keren Peles and Harel Skaat who were judges in the previous two seasons joined by new judges Assaf Amdursky and the duo Static and Ben El Tavori. In order: Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 as the Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC) for the first time
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Israel returned at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, at the contest, which took place in Harrogate, United Kingdom on 24 February. Their entry was Avi Toledano with the song "Hora" after he won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision 1982. At Eurovision, the song came second, having received 100 points. He had previously participated in the Israeli selection process of last year with the song "Karnaval". The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) final to select their entry was held on 3 March in the Jerusalem Theater in Jerusalem, and was hosted by Daniel Pe'er.
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 Israel was represented by the artist Izhar Cohen, with the song "Olé, Olé", at the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Gothenburg, Sweden. "Olé, Olé" was the winner of the Israeli national final, held on 28 March. This was the second time Cohen was with in Eurovision Song Contest last time Cohen was with in ESC was in 1978 with Alphabeta with the song A-Ba-Ni-Bi (I love you). The final was held at the Binyaney Ha'uma in Jerusalem, hosted by Dalia Mazor and Nathan Datner. 14 songs took
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With the decision to send Awad, the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 will be the first time an Israeli Arab singer will represent Israel. Noa has revealed that their song for Eurovision will be performed in English, Hebrew and Arabic, "with the goal of using Eurovision as a means to convey a message of peace in these difficult times". Kdam Eurovision was used by the IBA to select the song that will be performed for Israel at Moscow. Due to financial difficulties, the commercial channel Channel 2 was not able to co-produce Kdam Eurovision as in last year's contest. Noa and
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since making its debut in 1973. Israel was able to enter the contest as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) is a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union, which is responsible for the event. Israel has won the contest four times, and has hosted the contest twice, in and , both times in Jerusalem. Israel will host 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
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song "Golden Boy" was later internally selected as the song Guedj would perform at Eurovision and was presented to the public in March 2015. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, "Golden Boy" placed third out of the 17 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. The last time Israel had featured in a final was in . In Israel's thirty-eighth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Golden Boy" finished in ninth place, receiving 97 points. Prior to the 2015 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-seven times since its first entry
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and "Ding-A-Dong" received six maximum 12 points votes from Israel, Malta, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. At the close of voting it had received 152 points in total (with points from every other participating country), winning the contest by a 14-point margin over runners-up the United Kingdom. This was the Netherlands' fourth (and to date last) Eurovision victory. The Dutch jury awarded its 12 points to Luxembourg. The Dutch conductor at the contest was Harry van Hoof. This was the first time in Eurovision history that the contest was won by the song which had opened the show,
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finishing fourth. Having failed to qualify for the final for four consecutive years (2011–14), Israel reached the final for the first time in five years, with Nadav Guedj finishing ninth in . Israel's fourth victory came when Netta won the contest in Lisbon, with the song "Toy". To date there have been four Israeli victories in the contest. Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta won in Paris in 1978 with the uptempo "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". On home ground in Jerusalem the following year, Israel won again, this time with the anthemic "Hallelujah" performed by Gali Atari & Milk and Honey. Unusually, Israel did not
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four runner-up entries. Norway holds the record for finishing in last place in the final the most times: eleven. Israel is the only non European country to win with 4 wins. The early years of the contest saw many wins for "traditional" Eurovision countries: France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. However, the success of these countries has declined in recent decades; the Netherlands last won in 1975; France, in 1977; and Luxembourg, in 1983. Luxembourg last entered the contest in 1993. The first years of the 21st century produced numerous first-time winners, from both "new" and long-serving countries who had previously
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is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which all member states must be to compete. Israel's first participation was in 1973, where it was represented by Ilanit and placed fourth. Israel's first victory came in 1978, when Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta won with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". The 1979 contest was therefore held in Israel, the first time the contest was held outside of Europe, where Israel won again, this time represented by Gali Atari & Milk and Honey with "Hallelujah". The country is one of only four countries to win the contest while on home soil. The 1980 Contest,
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Polina Bogusevich, who represented with the song "Wings", marking the second time that Russia has won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and the first time since The Tolmachevy Twins in 2006, and the third overall victory for the country in any Eurovision-related events. The last victory in any Eurovision event for Russia was when Dima Bilan won the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade. and finished in second and third place, respectively. The EBU confirmed in February 2017 that the contest would be hosted by Georgia. This will be the first Eurovision event hosted by the country, despite them winning
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Israel was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Shiri Maimon and the song "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (The Silence That Remained). For the first time since 2001, a full-scale Israeli selection process was held on 2 March. Unlike previous years, IBA invited only established artists to participate. Among the better-known participants were Shiri Maimon (runner-up of the popular "Pop Idol" based show, "Kokhav Nolad" in 2003) as well as Svika Pick, composer and producer of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest winner Diva. Shiri Maimon's song "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (The Silence That Remained) won the
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won the right to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and began working on producing his Eurovision entry. On 26 February, it was revealed that his song would be called "I Feel Alive". The song was released on 9 March. Israel competed in the second half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest. The music video makes reference to Eurovision Song Contest 2015, when Ziv was a backup singer for Nadav Guedj in 2015 Eurovision Song Contest and to Hovi Star in the following 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. I Feel Alive "I Feel Alive" is a
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Izhar Cohen Izhar Cohen (; born March 13, 1951) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest. Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and raised in Giv'atayim, to a family of singers of Yemenite-Jewish descent – Shlomo Cohen (the Great Soliman), Sarah Cohen, and Hofni, Pini, and Vardina Cohen. Cohen started to sing when he was a young child and joined his father in his performances. At 18, Cohen joined the IDF's "Nachal" singers group. During the 1970s Cohen was one of the most played singers in Israel. Representing Israel, he won the 1978 Eurovision Song
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Awad represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, along with Achinoam Nini (Known outside Israel as Noa). The song won a place in the Eurovision final on May 16, and eventually finished in 16th place with 53 points. Awad had previously tried to represent Israel in Eurovision 2005 with the song "Zman" (Time), but landed 8th place in the national final. On May 15 Noa and Awad released a collaborative album "There Must Be Another Way" featuring both duets and solo tracks. Awad's debut solo album "Acrobat" (بهلوان, Bahlawan) was released in June, featuring songs she wrote and composed,
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Eurovision Song Contest 1983 The Eurovision Song Contest 1983 was the 28th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held in Munich, then West Germany, on 23 April 1983. The presenter was Marlene Charell. Corinne Hermes was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "Si la vie est cadeau". This was Luxembourg's fifth victory in the contest which equalled the record set by France in 1977. It was also the second year in a row where the winning entry was performed last on the night and the second year in a row in which Israel won 2nd
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known for coming last place. Having come last place six times, their best place at that point was third place in 1966, when Åse Kleveland represented the country with "Intet er nytt under solen". In total, Norway has come last 10 times, the most for any country at Eurovision, with its latest in 2004. Norway first win came in 1985, when duo Bobbysocks, Hanne Krogh and Elisabeth Andreassen, won the contest with "La det swinge". In 1986 Norway hosted the competition for the first time in the city of Bergen. Norway won again ten years later, at the 1995 contest,
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 Israel returned at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 held in Dublin, Ireland, after withdrawing from the 1980 contest because of National Day of Remembrance. Their entry was Hakol Over Habibi with the song "Halayla" (Tonight) after they won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision 1981. At Eurovision, the song came seventh, having received 56 points. The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was decided to hold instead of Israel Song Festival, a competition designed to select a song for the contest. The national final was held on 3 March in Jerusalem, and was hosted by
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"Halayla" had received 56 points, placing Israel seventh of the 20 entries. The Israeli spokesperson revealing the result of the Israeli vote in the final was Dan Kaner. Votes of the Israeli jury: Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 Israel returned at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 held in Dublin, Ireland, after withdrawing from the 1980 contest because of National Day of Remembrance. Their entry was Hakol Over Habibi with the song "Halayla" (Tonight) after they won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision 1981. At Eurovision, the song came seventh, having received 56 points. The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA)
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people's jury. On the night of the contest Yankı performed 13th in the running order following Monaco and preceding Israel. At the close of the voting Seninle bir dakika had received 3 points (from Monaco), placing Turkey 19th (last). This was the fourth time that a country had come last on its debut. The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Portugal. Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Turkey took part in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 1975. The country was represented by Semiha Yankı with the song “Seninle Bir Dakika” written by Hikmet Münir
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written by Eddie Butler, Osnat Zabag & Galit Burg and composed by Eddie Butler, and was given a new version with more English lyrics (and title) for performing at the Eurovision. Israel automatically qualified in the final due to Shiri Maimon's fourth place in 2005,He performed 3rd, following Moldova and preceding Latvia but ended with only four points in the final, Israel finished in second to last place, meaning that Israel would have to compete in the semi-final of 2007 contest. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Israel’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was "Together We Are
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the contest was Pave Maijanen with the song "Yamma, yamma", composed by Maijanen and written by Hector. Maijanen performed 12th on the night of the contest, following Iceland and preceding Switzerland. "Yamma, yamma" received 4 points, 3 points from Yugoslavia and 1 point from Israel, placing last of 23 countries competing. Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 Finland entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with "Yamma, yamma", sung by Pave Maijanen after they won the Finnish national final. The Finnish broadcaster, Yleisradio Oy (YLE), held a national final to select the Finnish entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992,
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the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was entitled to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest, since it was a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). IBA agreed and asked that Ilanit represent Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Edinburgh in 1972. But the registration period had already closed for the 1972 competition, thus Israel's first participation was delayed by one year. In 1973, Ilanit won the bid to represent Israel in Luxembourg at that year’s Eurovision Song Contest, becoming the first official Israeli entry to Eurovision. A committee of the IBA was in charge of selecting the song. Ehud
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winner of the contest was "There Must Be Another Way" (Einaiych), and will be the song sung at Eurovision. Israel had to compete in one of the two semi-finals after Boaz Mauda came ninth in the 2008 contest. The song competed in the first semi-final and progressed to the finals. In the final itself, Israel performed in the number two slot, a position from which no entry has ever won the contest. It eventually finished in 16th place. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. After much deliberation at the IBA over
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Va'Ani" (11th place), and the trio Chocolat, Menta, Mastik with "Emor Shalom" (6th place). In 1977 Israel sent back Ilanit for a second time, with "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim" (11th place). After the second Ilanit showing in 1977, the method of voting was changed. In the next two years 1978 and 1979, Israel's Eurovision entrants were the winners in the Israel Song Festival (in Hebrew פסטיבל הזמר והפזמון פסטיבל, "Festival HaZemer VeHaPizmon"). In both cases, the songs won the Eurovision title. The songs were "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen in 1978 and "Hallelujah" by Milk and Honey in 1979. After winning
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Eurovision Song Contest. Singer and composer Avi Toledano took part for the first time in 1981 with the song "Carnival". In 1982 he won with "Hora" and represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest where he was runner-up. Both were his own compositions. In 1983 he composed the song "Hi" by Ofra Haza that finished as runner-up at the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1985 he wrote Yardena Arazi's song. In 1986 he won third place. In 1989 he returned as composer and performer finishing second. In 1991 he composed the song "Hava Nagila Discovered" sung by Uri Feynman. Other prominent
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of a field of 18 competing countries behind Germany's winner singer Nicole which increased 61 points gap was recorded between Toledano. The Israeli jury awarded its 12 points to Germany. The Israeli spokesperson revealing the result of the Israeli vote in the final was Yitzhak Shim'oni. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Israel returned at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982, at the contest, which took place in Harrogate, United Kingdom on 24 February. Their entry was Avi Toledano with the song "Hora" after he won the Israeli national final, Kdam Eurovision 1982. At Eurovision, the song came second, having
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preceded by several days of speculation and confusion, and followed by criticism of the Israel Broadcasting Authority and calls for an investigation of the selection process. On 15 March 2010, "Milim" ("מילים", "Words") written by Noam Horev and composed by Tomer Hadadi, was selected uninaminously as the Israeli song entry for the Eurovision contest when it won the Kdam Eurovision, the country's pre-Eurovision selection competition. The four songs chosen as finalists for the Kdam Eurovision, including "Milim", were recorded in a studio by Skaat and released on a special EP entitled "Eurovision 2010" At the Kdam Eurovision, Skaat sang "Milim"
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Kdam Eurovision, organised by the Channel 1 (owned by IBA). In November 2010, Israeli broadcaster IBA revealed some of its plans for the 2011 national selection, which returned to Channel 1, after being out of their hands last year. On 28 December 2010, IBA announced that several artists would participate in the Kdam in order to represent Israel in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. IBA opened the call for artists to submit their entries. The
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and consequently Lebanese television would not transmit any Israeli material – which would have been a violation of EBU's (European Broadcasting Union) rules. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest Israel has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 41 times since making its debut in 1973. Israel was able to enter the contest as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) is a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union, which is responsible for the event. Israel has won the contest four times, and has hosted the contest twice, in and , both times in Jerusalem. Israel will host the contest for the
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"Ben Adam". Kdam returned in 1989, with Gili & Galit with "Derekh Hamelekh" but in 1990 Rita (actually Rita Kleinstein) was selected without competition one more time. In 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996, the Kdam Eurovision competitions were held (in 1994 Israel did not participate in the Eurovision Song Contest). The 1993 Kdam was won by the band Sarah'le Sharon and The Shiru Group, a band formed especially for the competition. It finished 24th place in the Eurovision Song Contest itself. Due to the changed policies in the Eurovision Song Contest (brought about by many Eastern European countries joining
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same name as her third place song. Atari, undeterred by not winning the qualification heat for the Eurovision, entered again in 1979, this time as female vocalist with the Milk and Honey. They won, and their song, “Hallelujah”, represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest Song Contest staged in Jerusalem on March 31. The song was voted the winner and was a success on the European charts. After their Eurovision Song Contest win, Atari kept performing with Milk and Honey. They recorded a few more songs, many of which became great hits like “Galgal Anak” (Big Wheel), which won the
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singers competing at Kdam Eurovision: Kdam Eurovision The Kdam Eurovision (Hebrew: קדם אירוויזיון, transliteration "Kdam-Erovizyon", translation "Pre-Eurovision") in short known as the Kdam (Hebrew: קדם, lit. "Pre") was the Israeli national preselection of the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was first introduced in 1981 and was discontinued in 2011. Israel has won the Eurovision Song Contest four times. Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta in 1978 and Milk and Honey in 1979 took part in the Israel Song Festival (Festival HaZemer VeHaPizmon), emerged as winners of the preselection, and went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Dana International, the Israeli winner
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Kdam Eurovision The Kdam Eurovision (Hebrew: קדם אירוויזיון, transliteration "Kdam-Erovizyon", translation "Pre-Eurovision") in short known as the Kdam (Hebrew: קדם, lit. "Pre") was the Israeli national preselection of the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition was first introduced in 1981 and was discontinued in 2011. Israel has won the Eurovision Song Contest four times. Izhar Cohen and Alphabeta in 1978 and Milk and Honey in 1979 took part in the Israel Song Festival (Festival HaZemer VeHaPizmon), emerged as winners of the preselection, and went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest. Dana International, the Israeli winner in 1998 was chosen in
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 Israel took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, represented by Ilanit with the song "Ey Sham". This entry became the first Israeli entry at Eurovision. In 1972, while Ilanit was in Germany recording as part of the duo "Ilat and Ilanit" with her partner Shlomo Tzach, the duo received an offer to represent Germany in the Eurovision. While considering the proposal, the duo noticed that Israel is eligible to participate and approached the Israel Broadcasting Authority with a proposal that Ilanit would represent Israel. However, by the time the IBA contacted the
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February 24 by televoting only. Stoyan Yankoulov & Elitsa Todorova will represent Bulgaria with the song "Voda" ("Water") at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The win for the duo was very convincing as they won by over 26,000 more votes than the song in second place. At Eurovision, Bulgaria sang in Bulgarian language for the first time, however the song was presented under the English title, "Water". Bulgaria opened the semi-final, performing in the first position, preceding Israel. Bulgaria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 Bulgaria held national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in a competition called Pesen Na
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was the last country to vote and Missiego had been leading the contest until Spain awarded Israel 10 points, granting Israel the win. Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 Spain was represented by Peruvian-born singer Betty Missiego at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, held in Jerusalem, Israel. Missiego was selected internally by Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE), the Spanish broadcaster, to represent the country at the contest in Israel with the song "Su canción". Missiego closed the contest, performing 19th in the running order, following Austria. Missiego performed the song with four children who joined her as backup singers of sorts;
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European Broadcasting Union, the registration period was over. Instead, Ilanit was promised to represent Israel in 1973. At the contest the song was performed seventeenth and last (following France's Martine Clémenceau with "Sans toi"). At the close of voting, it had received 97 points, placing 4th in a field of 17, which for the next 20 years held a record for the highest placed debut for a competing country in the contest. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 Israel took part at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, represented by Ilanit with the song "Ey Sham". This entry became the
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the competition), 24th place prevented Israel from participating in Eurovision Song Contest 1994. In 1996 Kdam was won by Galit Bell, an unknown singer at the time, whose song never managed to reach the Eurovision finals. This is because in that year the European Broadcasting Union reestablished an early selection process eliminating seven songs that they felt were the worst. The Israeli song "Hello World" was one of those seven. In 1997, Eurovision was scheduled to take place on Yom HaShoah. A few months earlier, the Knesset passed an amendment to postpone Holocaust Remembrance Day by a day if it
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the 8th one in 2010. Dana made a guest appearance, as herself, in an episode of the second series of UK sitcom "Beautiful People", which was set around her Eurovision appearance. On March 8, 2011, Dana International won the Israeli National Final for Eurovision with the song "Ding Dong", and represented Israel at Eurovision for a second time. The song did not make it into the final; she was the first Eurovision winner not to do so. In April 2013, after a two-year break, Dana released a new single, "Ma La'asot" (What To Do). It was released digitally worldwide on
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Ze Rak Sport" by Dafna Dekel after she won the Israeli national final. This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to select the Israeli entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden. The contest was held at the IBA TV Studios in Jerusalem, hosted by Ronnie Yoval and Noam Aviram. 12 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 7 regional juries. The winner was Dafna Dekel with the song "Ze Rak Sport", composed by Kobi
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Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Switzerland will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019. The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) organised an internal selection in order to select the Swiss entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to the 2019 Contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times since their first entry in 1956. Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Their second and, to this point, most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer
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Irish, whereas the song was performed in English. Eurovision Song Contest 1980 The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation. In some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called "What's Another Year". Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the 1980 show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 Israel’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was "Together We Are One" by Eddie Butler, who had previously represented Israel in the 1999 European Song Contest. The contest for the privilege to represent Israel (called "Kdam" in Hebrew) took place on 15 March 2006 in Jerusalem and hosted by Yael Bar Zohar and Eden Harel. The voting was divided up as follows: televoting (50%), 4 regional juries: Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Be'er Sheva (10% each) and the studio audience (10%). Eddie Butler's song "Ze Hazman" won with 99 points. The song was
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Eurovision Song Contest 2000 The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following Charlotte Nilsson's win at the 1999 contest in Jerusalem, Israel with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven". The contest was held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena. It was the first time since 1996 that the contest was held on mainland Europe. The contest was the second to be held in Stockholm, and the fourth held in Sweden. The presenters were Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin, and the contest was won
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Eurovision Song Contest 1980 The Eurovision Song Contest 1980 was the 25th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 19 April 1980 in The Hague. The presenter was Marlous Fluitsma, although each song was introduced by a presenter from the participating nation. In some cases, this was the same person providing the commentary. The contest was won by Johnny Logan, representing Ireland with a song called "What's Another Year". Israel, winners in 1979, declined to host the 1980 show for the second time in a row, as the IBA could not fund another international production, and the Israeli government turned
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In 1981, it was decided to change the main selection process competition for Israeli artists through competition under Kdam Eurovision (or pre-Eurovision). The first such competition was held on 3 March 1981. The band Hakol Over Habibi won the competition in 1981, for 26th Eurovision Contest in Dublin with the song "Halayla". Among the prominent Kdam songs that competed were "Cinderella" by Sexta, "Hora" by Avi Toledano and "Estate I" by Yigal Bashan. The 1984 Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg was again set on Yom Hazikaron Memorial Day and Israel canceled its participation yet again. Israel had already picked the
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Ding Dong (Dana International song) "Ding Dong" is a pop song written and performed by Israeli singer Dana International. It won the Israeli Kdam Eurovision (Israeli National selection) on March 8, 2011, represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. It was released as a single for the singer a few days after the national final performance. This was Dana International's second performance in the Kdam Eurovision, after her failed attempt in 1995. It was also her second time in the Eurovision Song Contest as a singer, after winning in 1998 with the song "Diva", and her second
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swept the Eurovision-sanctioned 2010 Marcel Bezençon Awards, winning for best artist, best composition, and best entry of the contest. It is the first time in the history of the awards, which are selected by the contest's accredited media and press, participating composers, and commentators that a single country has won more than one award in the same year. At the end of the Eurovision contest, Skaat expressed pride and gratitude. He told one reporter, "I’m proud and happy over the performance and for representing [Israel]. “We brought Israel artistic accolades. It was a fun experience and I enjoyed every minute
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finished last in the contest five times, in , , , and . Following good results for Stella (fourth in ) and Jacques Zegers (fifth in ), Belgium finished last for the sixth time in . This was followed by Belgium's first (and only) Eurovision victory in 1986, when Sandra Kim won with her song "J'aime la vie" in Bergen, Norway. Although she claimed she was 15 years old, she was actually only 13, but was allowed to keep her victory. Currently the minimum age for participation is 16 and thus Sandra Kim will remain the youngest winner unless the
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Alphabeta Alphabeta were a group of Israeli singers who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 with Izhar Cohen. The singers were Reuven Erez, Lisa Gold-Rubin, Nehama Shutan, Esther Tzuberi, and Itzhak Okev. The winning song was "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". Israel received five consecutive maximum 12 points during the voting, a Eurovision Song Contest record. The total score for the song was 157 points. When it became clear that Israel was going to win the contest, Jordan stopped its live broadcast on the pretext of technical difficulties. The viewing public was shown a picture of daffodils. A day later Jordan presented the
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Israeli entry was selected through an internal selection, organised by the Israeli broadcaster IBA. Izabo represented Israel with the song "Time", which failed to qualify from the first semi-final, achieving 13th place with 33 points. Israel was rumoured to have withdrawn from the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, because the date of the final falls on the same day as Shavuot, an Israeli holiday on the 26th of May. On 7 August 2011, IBA confirmed its participation despite difficulties, because of Azerbaijan's
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Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1999. Gunnar Ólason (part of Sjonni's Friends) for Iceland had last appeared in 2001 as part of Two Tricky. Moldova's 2005 entrant Zdob şi Zdub also returned. TWiiNS from Slovakia also return, they were backing vocalists for the Czech Republic in 2008. Along with those artists, two previous Eurovision winners also returned to the contest: Dana International who won for Israel in 1998, and Lena who won for Germany in 2010 and brought the contest to Düsseldorf. Stefan Raab, who represented Germany in 2000 and appeared as a conductor and backing artist for other German entries,
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won with three countries awarding it 12 points and a total of 172 points. The UK's previous entry, Katrina & The Waves' "Love Shine a Light", had marked the last time that the United Kingdom won the contest. "Where Are You?" was the United Kingdom's last time in the top 2 in the Eurovision contest, and its thirteenth consecutive song to place in the contest's top 10. Chris West, in his book "Eurovision: A History of Modern Europe through the World's Greatest Song Contest", posited that the song marked the UK's last time in the top 2 due to a
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commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Eurovision Song Contest 1978 The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. The contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". Although 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' is the correct title, French television mistakenly captioned on screen the song title as 'Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee'. The presenters were Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone, and this was the first time more than one presenter hosted an edition
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Eurovision Song Contest 1978 The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. The contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi". Although 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' is the correct title, French television mistakenly captioned on screen the song title as 'Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee'. The presenters were Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone, and this was the first time more than one presenter hosted an edition of the Contest. In addition, the two presenters served as commentators for France. Twenty countries participated, a
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of the voting sequence that Israel was going to win the contest, JRTV abruptly ended the transmission. Afterwards, the Jordanian news media refused to acknowledge the fact that Israel had won, and announced that the winner was Belgium (which had actually come in second). By coincidence, Israel did not broadcast the victory either, as the IBA did not buy enough broadcasting time. The victory was broadcast the next day. At the time, Israeli Television was in its infancy and broadcasting in black & white. Many/most Israelis therefore watched international events in colour, using the signal from neighbouring Jordan. As Jordan
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came 15th with 38 points which means it didn't qualify to the finals, and the first time in 4 years that Israel entry doesn't make the finals. Israel was directly picked to perform in the second semi-final to avoid a withdrawal due to the first semi-final taking place on the Israeli Memorial Day. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Kdam Eurovision, organised by the Channel 1 (owned by IBA). In November 2010, Israeli broadcaster IBA revealed some of its plans for
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Kahalani originating from Yemen was a former Israeli soldier and politician and Israeli Minister of Internal Security and member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. Ofra Haza was a famous Israeli singer most known for "Im Nin'alu" and for representing Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with "Hi". Dana International of mixed Yemeni and Romanian origin won Eurovision Song Contest 1998 representing Israel with "Diva". Both Haza and Dana International have also sung in Arabic and in Yemeni dialects. Bo'az Ma'uda also of Yemeni descent represented Israel in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with "The Fire in Your Eyes". Very
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Oshrat and Ehud Manor. Juries: A=Ma'ale Adumim, B=IDF, C=Ramat Gan, D=Kiryat Malakhi, E=Jerusalem, F=Kfar Ruppin, G=Tel-Aviv Dekel performed 3rd on the night of the final, following Belgium and preceding Turkey. She received 85 points, placing 6th in a field of 23. Interestingly, Israel was one of the few countries that didn't award points to eventual winner Ireland. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 Israel entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Ze Rak Sport" by Dafna Dekel after she won the Israeli national final. This Israeli broadcaster, IBA, held a national final to select the Israeli entry
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Gali Atari Avigail "Gali" Atari (, born December 29, 1953) is an Israeli singer and actress. Atari won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 which was held in Jerusalem, Israel, with Milk and Honey. Atari was born in Rehovot, Israel, to Jewish parents who immigrated to Israel from Yemen. She is the sister of Yona Atari, a singer and actress, and the late Shosh Atari, a radio host and TV personality. Her father died when she was four years old, and, after his death, her family moved to live in Tel-Aviv. Atari was introduced to the Israeli musician David Kribushe when
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number of non-English language entrants has decreased, with mostly Israel, Ex-Yugoslavia(Mainly Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and, French language countries, Italy, Spain and Portugal performing in their native language. In terms of recent Contest performance, most non-English songs have been far less successful than those in English. Until 2007, the last wholly non-English language winner was Israel's Dana International, who performed Diva in Hebrew in 1998. The 2004 winner, Wild Dances performed by Ruslana, was partially sung in Ukrainian. After 2007 when Marija Šerifović won, singing in Serbian, the number of non-English contestants increased again in 2008 - almost half
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sung by D'Or were shown. The vote was by both a special IBA Eurovision Committee (including prior Israeli entrants Lior Narkis and Gali Atari), which accounted for 40% of the vote, and a televote by viewers, who accounted for the remaining 60% of the vote. "Leha'amin" won 60% of the jury's vote, and 66% of the viewers' televotes. For the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, a semi-final round was introduced in order to accommodate the influx of nations that wanted to compete in the contest.Because Israel placed 19th at the 2003 contest, country was forced to compete in the first Eurovision
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[with the exception of Israel] also sent a commentator to the contest, in order to provide coverage of the contest in their own native language. Eurovision Song Contest 1976 The Eurovision Song Contest 1976 was the 21st edition of the contest hosted by NOS and held in The Hague, Netherlands. The arena for the event was the Nederlands Congrescentrum. Teach-In's victory in Stockholm the previous year gave The Netherlands the right to host the contest for the third time. The Contest was won by Brotherhood of Man, who sang "Save Your Kisses for Me" in English, representing the United Kingdom.
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their participation after Israel withdrew. Monaco withdrew as well, and would not return until 2004. Australian-born Johnny Logan representing Ireland was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, "What's Another Year". This was Ireland's second time winning the competition, having won in 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything", which was also held on Dutch soil. Germany were runners-up this year. They would finish in second place again the following year, finally winning in 1982. Germany would go on to finish second again in 1985 and 1987, making the 1980s their most successful Eurovision Song Contest decade. United Kingdom returned
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and made their debut at the Eurovision Young Musicians. , , , and withdrew from this year's competition. returned for the first time since 2000. last took part in 2010, whilst had not entered since hosting in 1996. Ziyu He of Austria won the contest, with Slovenia and Hungary placing second and third respectively. In 2014 Austria also won the Eurovision Song Contest. Roncalliplatz, a square outside the Cologne Cathedral, was the host location for the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians. Sabine Heinrich was the host of the 2014 contest. The semi final stage of the contest was
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time as a song writer and composer, after the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry sung by Boaz Mauda, "Ke'ilu Kan" ("The Fire in Your Eyes"). The song failed to go through to the final. Ding Dong (Dana International song) "Ding Dong" is a pop song written and performed by Israeli singer Dana International. It won the Israeli Kdam Eurovision (Israeli National selection) on March 8, 2011, represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany. It was released as a single for the singer a few days after the national final performance. This was Dana International's second performance in
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("right of these days" that included children's songs, and the song "אבא, אמא וארץ ישראל" ("Aba, Ima, ve'Eretz Israel" meaning "Father, mother and the land of Israel") composed by her. It remains a very popular children's tune in Israel. In the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, Avital continued to take part in many other festivals particularly in a number of selection processes for Eurovision for Israel (known as Kdam Eurovision} and for France, but without winning. The first time for her bid to represent Israel in Eurovision was in 1983 with the song "Od va'od" (More and more). She
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the last country to perform, it was also the last to vote. Before its points were awarded to the other countries, it had led the Contest by one point. When it awarded Israel and its song "Hallelujah" 10 points it had, by extension, granted it the win. According to the official Eurovision website, it was rumored after the contest that Spain gave high marks to Israel to prevent their own country from having to host the Contest in 1980, thus saving themselves the high expenses of an international production. "Su canción", ending in second place, was the best showing for
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performed in position 7 and placed fourteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 135 points. Prior to the 2016 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-eight times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won the contest on three occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk and Honey and in 1998 with the song "Diva" performed by Dana International. Since the introduction of semi-finals to the format of the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, Israel has, to this point,
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semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing as the closing entry during the show in position 18, "I Feel Alive" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. Prior to the 2017 Contest, Israel had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-nine times since its first entry in 1973. Israel has won the contest on three occasions: in 1978 with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" performed by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, in 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" performed by Milk
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Israel's votes for other countries was journalist Dana Herman. Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Israel was represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 by Shiri Maimon and the song "Hasheket Shenish'ar" (The Silence That Remained). For the first time since 2001, a full-scale Israeli selection process was held on 2 March. Unlike previous years, IBA invited only established artists to participate. Among the better-known participants were Shiri Maimon (runner-up of the popular "Pop Idol" based show, "Kokhav Nolad" in 2003) as well as Svika Pick, composer and producer of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest winner Diva. Shiri Maimon's
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Israel was in third place behind Sweden in second and Austria first. However, neither Sweden nor Austria made it to the viewers' top ten, allowing Israel to both win the televote and the contest overall with a total of 529 points (Israel's highest-ever score). This marked Israel's fourth victory (after 1978, 1979, and 1998), tying them with the Netherlands as the 4th-most successful country in contest history (following France, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom, with five wins; Sweden, with six wins; and Ireland, with seven wins). It was the twentieth time Israel finished in the top ten (the last occasion
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2001, Kdam returned for one more year picking Tal Sondak who placed 16th with "En Davar". From 2002 to 2004, Israel chose Sarit Hadad, Lior Narkis and David D'Or in a selection procedure similar to the selection of Yardena Arazi in 1988. The Kdam Eurovision competition took place again in 2005, and was won by Shiri Maimon. She came in fourth in the Eurovision Song Contest itself. In 2006, Eddie Butler won the Kdam. In 2007, Mordechai Shklar canceled the competition for budgetary reasons. In 25–26 February 2008, Kdam Eurovision was broadcast, first by the Channel 2 concessionaire "Keshet", in
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by Mélanie René as the winner. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, Switzerland failed to qualify to the final, placing seventeenth and last out of the 17 participating countries with 4 points. Prior to the 2015 Contest, Switzerland had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times since its first entry in 1956. Switzerland is noted for having won the first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Refrain" performed by Lys Assia. Their second and most recent victory was achieved in 1988 when Canadian singer Céline Dion won the contest with the song "Ne partez pas
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of each country’s Adult and , to be announced by a spokesperson. For the first time since the inauguration of the contest the voting procedure will not include a public televote. Following these results, three expert jurors will also announce their points from 1-8, 10, and 12. These professional jurors are: Christer Björkman, Mads Grimstad, and Jedward. Israel in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 Israel participated in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 which took place on 20 November 2016, in Valletta, Malta. The Israeli broadcaster Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was responsible for organising their entry for the contest.
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court battle with Dekel's runner up in the pre-selection show the writers of the song promised to cut out the 17 seconds. In the live version in Sweden Dekel sings the last chorus in English ("Viva sport"). That was the first attempt of Israel to sing in English in the Eurovision song contest. The English version of the song is called "Viva Sport", and the lyrics are a salute to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Israel won their first ever Olympic medals in those games, by judokas Yael Arad (silver in women's 61 kg) and Oren Smadja (bronze in
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Sarai Tzuriel, came in 19th, the country's worst showing yet. In 1987 Israel finished 8th with Shir Habatlanim by the satiric duo Lazy Bums. Due to its satiric nature, it prompted then Israeli Minister of Culture, Yitzhak Navon, to threaten to resign, if the song went on to represent Israel on the night of the contest. However, he didn't. In 1990 Rita's sensuous ballad was not well received, but in 1991, Orna and Moshe Datz finished third, Israel's best result since 1983. Israel's third victory occurred in 1998, when Dana International won the crown with her song "Diva." Israel also
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handed over to the Netherlands who finally agreed to stage it. Because much time had already passed, it was difficult to find a suitable date for the Song Contest. The date chosen coincided with a memorial day in Israel, and the country was forced to withdraw. This made Israel the only country to date unable to defend its title. The 1980 Hebrew Song and Chorus Festival therefore did not double as a national final that year unlike the last two years, and the winning song "Pizmon Chozer" by the band The Brothers & the Sisters was never given the chance
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Diva (Dana International song) "Diva" () was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 performed in Hebrew by Dana International representing Israel. The music was composed by Svika Pick, with lyrics written by Yoav Ginai. the song produced by Offer Nissim with music arrangements by Alon Levin. It totalled 172 points in the polling. This was Israel's third time winning the Eurovision Song contest (after 1978 and 1979). 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
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Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 50 times since its debut at the 1964 contest. Since then it has missed five contests (, , , and ). The contest is broadcast in Portugal by Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). Portugal won the contest for the first time in and hosted the contest in Lisbon. Portugal finished last on its debut in 1964 and again in , before achieving its best result of the 20th century in , with Lúcia Moniz finishing sixth. The country then finished last for the third time
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by giving the televoting score precedence, which meant that Nayah won. As well as French, there were also songs in Arabic, Basque and Hebrew. Nayah performed 10th in the running order of the contest, following Denmark and preceding the Netherlands. At the close of the voting she received 14 points, placing 19th of 23. France in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 For the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel, France entered "Je Veux Donner Ma Voix" to compete, performed by Nayah. For the first time since 1987, the French held a national final to select their entry. The
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Eurovision Song Contest 1993 The Eurovision Song Contest 1993 was the 38th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 15 May 1993 at Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, County Cork, Ireland. The presenter was Fionnuala Sweeney. Niamh Kavanagh was the winner of this Eurovision for Ireland with the song, "In Your Eyes". This was Ireland's fifth victory, and equalled the tally of five Eurovision victories achieved by France in 1977 and Luxembourg in 1983. Three countries had previously won two years in a row: Spain in 1968 and 1969, Luxembourg in 1972 and 1973, and Israel in 1978 and 1979.
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however, was not held in Israel, due to the IBA's lack of funds to host another event, and so it was moved to the Netherlands. The date set for this contest, however, was Israeli Memorial Day, so the IBA withdrew. Israel's third, and most recent, win to date came in 1998, when Dana International won with "Diva". The Israeli national broadcaster, Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) broadcasts the event each year and organizes the selection process for the its entry. The selection process has varied over the years from completely internal selections where the IBA chooses the performer and song, to
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Viewers cast votes on postcards via mail to choose the winning song, which was A Man Without Love. At the Eurovision Song Contest, McKellar performed last in the contest, finishing 9th out of 18 entries, the worst showing to date for a British entry; a record maintained until 1978. David Jacobs provided the BBC Television commentary, its was Jacobs' sixth and last time he provided the British commentary for the Eurovision. British Forces Radio also broadcast the contest with commentary provided by Ian Fenner. Michael Aspel served as spokesperson for the U.K Jury. "A Man Without Love" won the national
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10th in 2006, Dervish only managed to receive five points, all from Albania, placing last of 24 countries. This was the first time Ireland came last in the contest, after winning a total of seven times in its history, more than any other country in the contest. After the contest, reactions in Ireland were unsettled, with talks of "vote hijacking" and calls for a new selection for Eurovision. Criticism was also given to Dervish's performance at the contest. Ireland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965, making their 41st participation in 2007. Ireland has won the contest seven times
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Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 Israel participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. After much deliberation at the IBA over who would be the Israeli representative, it was announced that Noa & Mira Awad will go to Moscow for Israel. In a national final, Kdam Eurovision 2009, held on 2 March 2009, it was decided through the votes of juries and televoting, that the song that the duo will perform at Eurovision will be "There Must Be Another Way" (Einaiych). Although not geographically in Europe, Israel has been allowed to participate at the Eurovision Song Contest since it
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passed on to the final; Boaz finished ninth. At the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, an Arab citizen of Israel represented the country for the first time, as Mira Awad performed along with Jewish-Israeli singer Noa in Moscow. Israel was represented in 2010 by Harel Skaat, who came in 14th in the final. Israel's participations from 2011 to 2014 were less successful, as former Eurovision winner Dana International in Düsseldorf, the band Izabo in Baku, Moran Mazor in Malmö and Mei Finegold in Copenhagen, all failed to qualify for the final. However, 16-year-old Nadav Guedj qualified with Golden Boy in 2015,
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