With Junior Eurovision only days away, every country has now taken to the stage for their first rehearsals. In these rehearsals, it’s really only a first impression. We hear the vocals live, we see the staging and we sometimes see the final costumes. Although this certainly isn’t the final product (to read our feature of…
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Israel are back for their second Junior Eurovision, with their debut back in 2012, represented by Kids.il and the song Let The Music Win. This year, Israel will be represented by the duo of Shir and Tim with the song Follow My Heart. Could it be second time lucky for Israel in Junior Eurovision? The…
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Finally, the last of the Junior Eurovision songs has now been released, with Israel officially publishing their official video for Follow My Heart, sung by Shir and Tim. As we reported earlier in the Junior Eurovision season, Shira Frieman and TimoTi Sannikov were selected to represent Israel as Shir and Tim. They were selected through…
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Eurovision has been a staple for many over the years, however with our participation in the contest now (semi) permanent, we can now have more of a chance than ever to get together with Eurovision fans and do all the fun stuff that the OGAE clubs do overseas. Only a few weeks back, I had…
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The EBU has now officially announced that there will be a record high 43 countries participating in Eurovision 2017 held in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. This equals the total from 2008 and 2011, which also featured 43 countries. The countries returning to the contest after absence include Portugal and Romania, who did not participate in…
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2016 marks the second year in which we will see Israel represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and now we know that it will be Shir and Tim who will fly the Israeli flag in Malta! The song that they will be singing is called Follow My Heart, which we still have to wait…
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This week, we aren’t travelling back far in time, as we’re revisiting the Israeli National Final of 2016. You’ll remember that Hovi Star was the eventual winner, however, obviously, today we’re looking at another finalist. Gil Hadash is a strong female singer, who was participating with the song Follow the Sun. Had this been chosen,…
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It has now been confirmed by the EBU that a total of 17 nations will take to the stage later this year all with the hopes of winning the 14th edition of Junior Eurovision. The contest is taking place on the 20th of November in Malta, and now we know which countries we will be…
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The broadcasting of Eurovision is a task taken on by a representative national broadcaster from each participating nation. The broadcaster must play the entire show, including all the songs, the recaps, the voting and the reprise. The only times broadcasters may cut out to advertising breaks is during interval acts. From 1999 onwards, there was…
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Israel first debuted in 1973, and has appeared in Eurovision 39 times. Since debuting, the nation has won an impressive 3 times, with two consecutive wins in 1978 and 1979, and then again in 1998. Today, we’re going to look at the performances between 2006 and 2015 to decide which is the best of the…
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