Eurovision 2012 – Another day’s rehearsals have taken place at the Crystal Hall and reports coming through from Baku say the Russian grannies put on a good first performance, and Ireland had a nice fountain. Israel, San Marino, Cyprus, Hungary, Denmark, Austria and Moldova have also rehearsed. Pasha for Moldova got a bit racy.
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Eurovision 2012: Second Day of Rehearsals Completed
Posted: May 14, 2012 by hulluna in Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Moldova, Russia, San Marino11
Israel – There’s been a flurry of new videos from Eurovision acts this week, and Israel are the latest to release one. Izabo, Israel’s representatives in Baku this month, have released ‘Time‘ in English and you can watch the new video on their YouTube channel. Israel are taking part in the 1st semifinal in Azerbaijan [...]
Israel: Izabo Song Revealed
Posted: February 20, 2012 by Sekhmet Morgan in Eurovision Song Contest 2012, IsraelIsrael – Izabo’s eurovision entry for 2012 “Time” has been officially released on the site Mako. The song is an uptempo alternative disco-electro song that will most certainly be quite different from most songs in the competition. Israel was drawn in the second half of the first semi-final, to take place in Baku on Tuesday [...]
Israel - Today, the Israeli national broadcaster decided internally to send the group Izabo to Eurovision Song Contest 2012. IBA picked seven artists, including Maya Buskila, Vladi Bleiberg, Tzvika Pick and others, to send their songs. Then, an internal committee selected Izabo’s song “Time”, described as electronic Pop with an oriental flavour.
Israel - The Israeli national broadcaster, IBA, revealed that eight artists were chosen to submit their songs to represent the Holy Land in Eurovision Song Contest 2012. They will be asked in the beginning of the next week to send their songs until February and one of them will have the chance to represent Israel in [...]
Israel – The special committee Israel’s national broadcaster IBA is in the process of selecting the country’s candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Four potential performers were rumored by the local press, but some already declined to represent Israel in Baku. Idan Raichel confirms that he can not participate due to preparations for [...]
Israel – The corpse of Kdam 2012 is barely cold that the first rumors are already starting to cerculate in Israeli media about whom the national broadcaster IBA will select to represent Israel in Baku. As previously reported, Kdam 2012 was cancelled due to organizational and budget problems. Next week the members of the [...]
Israel – So the rumors were true: IBA, the Israeli national broadcaster has announced that the Kdam-Eurovision, Israel’s traditional national final, has been cancelled. IBA will select the entry to represent Israel in Baku internally. KDAM was supposed to return with a new concept. Every artist was supposed to sing two different songs. A [...]
Israel – The Israeli national broadcaster IBA seems to have serious problems with the organization of the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Local media claim that the national final in its planned form has even been cancelled. KDAM was supposed to return with a new concept. Every artist was supposed to [...]
Editorial by escadele – Israeli heart-throb Harel Skaat has released a new song. His new single 21st Century is the first song he’s released since his, dare I say it, amazing performance of Milim, representing Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. 21st Century is certainly different from what we have seen previously from Harel, but his angelic voice [...]
Israel – The Israeli representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Dana International, has released a revamped version of her entry “Ding, Dong” The 1998 Eurovision winner had promised to remake her song in a more modern version. The revamped entry includes more electronic beats and has a more modern, club feel to it. Here [...]
Israel sends “Dana International – Ding Dong” to Eurovision
Posted: March 8, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in IsraelIsrael – Tonight the final of Kdam 2011, the Israeli national final, was held and Dana International emerged as the winner. The 1998 Eurovision winner will thus return to the Eurovision stage and try to follow Johnny Logan in winning the contest twice as a singer. She won the jury vote and came second in [...]
Israel – Except the Melodifestivalen on Saturday this will be the last national final of the 2011 season: Tonight, Israel will choose their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.Ten artists will compete for the right to fly the Israeli flag in Germany. The final result will be made up of 40% jury voting, 48% [...]
Israel – The traditional “Kdam”, the Israeli national final for the Eurovision Song Contest will be held on March 8, and will be broadcast live from the Culture Hall in Rishon Le’zion. Ten artists will compete for the right to represent Israel in Germany. Among the participants is the 1998 Eurovision winner Dana International. Today [...]
Israel: Listen to Dana International’s Song “Ding Dong”
Posted: February 28, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in IsraelIsrael – The Israeli Eurovision winner “Dana International” will return to the Israeli national final “Kdam” this year. Now the song which she will sing in the final has been revealed. It is called “Ding Dong” and in the same musical style as her 1998 Eurovision entry. The national final will be held on March [...]
Israel – On March 8, Israel will be one of the last countries to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. As Vladi Blayberg has withdrawn from the national final “Kdam” because his father is very ill, there has been a change in the line-up: The Israeli broadcaster IBA has announced today, the [...]
Israel – The Israeli national broadcaster IBA has just revealed the participants of their selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 to be held in Germany. Among the 10 participants is the Eurovision winner of 1997, Dana International. The national final will be aired on March 8. In recent years IBA had internally nominated [...]
Israel: Dana International to Compete in KDAM 2011
Posted: February 8, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in IsraelIsrael – Ma’ariv, one of Israel’s biggest newspapers reports today that the 1998 Eurovision winner Dana International will compete in this year’s Israeli national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Tomorrow, the Eurovision comitee of the Israeli broadcaster IBA will disclose all participants of their national final. The transsexual Dana International had been runner-up in [...]
Eurovision recap (24)
Posted: January 27, 2011 by eurovisiontimes in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Ireland, Israel, MaltaThis time with news from Malta, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Israel Bulgaria – The Bulgarian national broadcaster BNT has announced the submission deadline for their selection process. The call for songs ends February 9, just 13 days before the national final. Artists and composers may send their entries in form of a CD or DVD [...]
Israel – IBA, the public broadcaster of Israel has announced today, that their representative for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest will be chosen on March 8. The selection format will be the traditional “Kdam Eurovision” again. This year both the singer and the song will be chosen by the Israeli people. The last four years [...]
National finals: Poland, Macedonia and Israel
Posted: November 3, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in FYR Macedonia, Israel, PolandPoland – TVP has just published the rules for the 2011 Polish national final and thus confirmed its participation in Düsseldorf next year. The national final is set for February 17, while songs can be submitted until December 21. The submitted songs will then be checked for accordance to the rules and will be revealed [...]
Israel – The big news on ESCToday tonight is that Harel Skaat, Israel’s entrant in Oslo this year, is coming out of the closet. But what revealed our Harel’s sexuality? Is it his picture in a black leather jumpsuit with sparkling glitter, showing half of his (nice) chest? No! Is it the fact that he [...]
Israel – Noa and Mira Awad who represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with their song “There must be another way”, have won the New Israel Fund’s annual Human rights award. Achinoam Nini (Noa) who is Jewish and Mira Awad who is Arab, sung their song in Hebrew, Arab and English to send [...]
Score analysis 3: Places 11-15
Posted: June 12, 2010 by eurovisiontimes in Analysis, France, Israel, Russia, Serbia, Spain15. Spain – Daniel Diges – Algo pequenito This 15th place is the best result achieved by a Spanish entrant since 2004, when Ramón reached the Top 10 with “Para llenarme de ti”. To the second to last place last year in Moscow this is a huge improvement for the Southern European country. In 2005,2006 [...]
Israel – This year’s participant for Israel Harel Skaat has found explanations for his bad 14th place in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Before the Final Israel was one of the favourites to win the competition, but only achieved a 14th place (maybe also because Harel didn’t sing too well that night). In an interview [...]
