With last year’s win by Netta Barzilai, Israel is laying out the blue, white, and orange carpet for Eurovision officials, artists and guests. The kickoff ceremony was hosted on Sunday evening at a crowded Habima Square, and “Dare to Dream” is the theme running through the veins of the now buzzing Eurovision Village. The village …
While politics, religion and economics are ever dividing the nation of Israel, especially leading up to April elections, a new heartwarming movement seems to be taking center stage. Enter popular television show the Rising Star, or Kochav Habah in Hebrew, which is the annual competition to determine who represents Israel in the Eurovision Singing Competition.…
The bookkeepers were right: the Israeli singer Netta Barzilai took the title for the first time in 20 years with her song ‘Toy’. The first few seconds of her performance were enough to let the international audience know: this singer is anything but average. Netta Barzilai, a 1993-born Tel Avivian singer, operated the musical loop…
