Herluis Rafael of Venezuela sent us the link to a protest during the second semi final in France last night. A female came onto the stage during Netta, last year’s Eufrovision winner on stage, with a banner protesting against the Eurovision song contest being held in Israel this year. Luckily it was fairly peaceful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbnv5lAjtHI&fbclid=IwAR2YhvjshUzAOARtTARQhoDucyPxa-BqqOq1wIEeC8wuDhnrQuhOBvle2sc
The logo and slogan have been revealed for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. It is Dare To Dream.
Awesome Tel Aviv developed the concept. Studio Adam Feinberg (ST/AF) created the logo.
Source: Eurovision.tv
The slogan for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest has been revealed. It is Dare to Dream.
The executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, Jan Ola Sand, said “This aspirational tag line represents and symbolises everything that the Eurovision Song Contest is about. It’s about inclusion. It’s about diversity. It’s about unity”.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers
The song that Noam Dadon will sing for Israel at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest has been released. The song is entitled Children Like These.
Children Like These is composed by Eden Hason and arranged and produced by Ya’akov Lamai.
Check out the official video for Noam’s song below.
Source: ESC Covers; junioreurovision.tv
Noam Dadon has been chosen to represent Israel at the 2018 Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Belarus in November.
Noam was selected by a special jury at the national selection.
The song for Noam will be revealed soon.
Source: ESC Covers; eurovoix
After much speculation it has finally been confirmed that Tel Aviv will be the host city for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel.
The contest will be held at the Expo Tel Aviv (International Convention Center).
The dates for the shows have also been revealed. The semi-finals will be on Tuesday 14 May and Thursday 16 May and the grand final will be on Saturday 18 May.
Source: ESC Covers; Eurovision.tv
Symphony of SWAZILAND is in Lisbon as part to her prize for becoming the first ever winner of the newly created Afri music song contest. She attended the annual OGAE Party at the Euro fan cafe. Another guest at the party was Netta from ISRAEL, one of the hottest favourites for the 2018 Eurovision song contest. Symphony did not have a TOY for Netta but gave her a copy of her brand new CD and surprised Netta by singing part of TOY to her.
19 songs were performed last night in semi final 1 – only 10 could go through to the final
Song 1 – X MY HEART from Azerbaijan FAILED TO QUALIFY – Big surprise for me. Disappointed it did not make it.
Song 2 – OUR CHOICE from Iceland FAILED TO QUALIFY – Sang with a lot of emotion. But the vocals were at time weak.
Song 3 – MALL from Albania QUALIFIED – Strong performance. Deserved to qualify.
Song 4 – A MATTER OF TIME from Belgium FAILED TO QUALIFY – Disappointing performance. Vocals were weak.
Song 5 – LIE TO ME from Czech republic QUALIFIED – Strong stage performance.
Song 6 – WHEN WE’RE OLD from Lithuania QUALIFIED – The song is a little boring but it was sung with a lot of emotion and very well.
Song 7 – TOY from Israel QUALIFIED – One of the big favourites. All sorts of fun happening on stage. Deserved to make it.
Song 8 – FOREVER from Belarus FAILED TO QUALIFY – Very poor performance and the staging with the roses did not work.
Song 9 – LA FORZA from Estonia QUALIFIED – Very powerful vocals and visually stunning.
Song 10 – BONES from Bulgaria QUALIFIED – Contemporary and strong performance.
Song 11 – LOST AND FOUND from F Y R Macedonia FAILED TO QUALIFY – Disappointing live performance and the styling and staging were very poor.
Song 12 – CRAZY from Croatia FAILED TO QUALIFY – Strong performance but the song was too weak.
Song 13 – NOBODY BUT YOU from Austria QUALIFIED – Positive stage performance and good vocals.
Song 14 – ONIRO MOU from Greece FAILED TO QUALIFY – Maybe this was a little too ethnic for a lot of people. But I kind of liked it.
Song 15 – MONTERS from Finland QUALIFIED – Outstanding vocals and magnificent staging. Very much deserved to qualify.
Song 16 – QAMI from Armenia FAILED TO QUALIFY – Not strong enough.
Song 17 – STONES from Switzerland FAILED TO QUALIFY – The staging and styling were perfect. Great performance. Shame it did not qualify.
Song 18 – TOGETHER from Ireland QUALIFIED – For me vocals were poor. Did not deserve to make it.
Song 19 – FUEGO from Cyprus QUALIFIED – Powerful and exciting stage performance. A big hit.
Netta will soon perform TOY for Israel at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest.
You can see the official music video below.
Source: Eurovision.tv; ESC Covers