Shahar is an entertainer who paved his way through the best entertainment programs in Israel: Eretz Nehederet, Zahirut TV, TV at its best, Laughter from Work, Limited Edition, Fun Night, Express Hearts and more.
In this performance before a live audience, Shahar takes a deep dive into the Eurovision song contest, mocking some of the choices by Estonia and Italy and praising the hopeful Israeli entry, "New Day Will Rise" as performed by Yuval Raphael.
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As reported in The Times of Israel by Amy Spiro,
Raphael, 24, won the “Hakochav Haba” (Rising Star) reality contest on Wednesday night, winning the highest votes from the judges and the public, and will compete in the song contest in Basel, Switzerland, this May. The song she will sing is due to be selected in March by a committee convened by the Kan public broadcaster.
During the final of the contest on Keshet 12, Raphael, a vocal powerhouse, sang a ballad version of ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” dedicating it to “all the angels” who were murdered at the festival.
Here's a video clip of her winning performance of Dancing Queen. Enjoy!
The band was founded in 1948 from the youth of Geva Kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley, in honor of the inauguration ceremony of the kibbutz basketball court, and to this very day it is still made up from Geva Kibbutz members and a number of members of the kibbutzim of Beit HaShita, Kfar HaHoresh, the communities of Moledet, Kfar Tavor and Timrat and the city of Afula, sing it voluntarily.
The group members have their primary occupation outside the band, and the band is their secondary occupation. Members' age ranges between forty plus to seventy plus, and includes an electrician, teachers, a bakery owner, industrial workers, banquet hall manager, car mechanic and a nurse. Gevatron recorded many albums and held thousands of concerts in Israel and Jewish communities abroad, which won them success.
In this video the Gevatron sing Hallelujah LaOlam, the song that won first place in the 1979 Eurovision contest as sung by Milk and Honey.
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In 1978 and 1979 Israel won the contest with A-ba-ni-bi and Hallelujah. Israel won again in 1998 and 2018 with Diva and Toy.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 is set to take place on May 13 in Liverpool, United Kingdom, after Ukraine, winner of the 2022 contest with the song Stefania by Kalush Orchestra, was unable to meet the demands of hosting the event due to security concerns caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Today we're turning back the clock to 1991 when Orna and Moshe Datz (Duo Datz) performed the song Kan and won 3rd place. Here they are performing on stage with English subtitles.
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And even in the world of COVID-19, the song manages to survive in socially distanced performances. Here's a version we discovered as performed last year by Makela Kala, a Tel Aviv based Pop-a cappella group, conducted by Erez Tal.
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Here's a little nostalgia -- the original prize winning performance at the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest. Enjoy!
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