{"id":2477,"date":"2019-05-06T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2477"},"modified":"2019-04-30T22:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T02:56:35","slug":"the-2019-eurovision-song-contest-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/the-2019-eurovision-song-contest-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0Eurovision Song Contest\u00a0(<\/strong>\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea<\/strong> \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05de\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05dc \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d6\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05df)<\/strong> is an international song competition.<\/p>\n

Eurovision has been broadcast every year since its inauguration in 1956, making it the longest-running annual international television contest (<\/strong>\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea)<\/strong>. It is one of the most watched events,\u00a0with audience (<\/strong>\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dc)<\/strong> figures of between 100\u00a0million and 600\u00a0million internationally. Eligibility to participate (<\/strong>\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05e3)<\/strong> in the contest is not determined by\u00a0geographic location.\u00a0Any country that is member of the European Broadcasting Union is eligible for participation.<\/p>\n

Each participating country submits an original song (<\/strong>\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8)<\/strong>, composed specially for the contest. The songs are performed on\u00a0live television (<\/strong>\u05d8\u05b6\u05dc\u05b6\u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05d6\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4)<\/strong>. After the performance, the countries cast votes (<\/strong>\u05dc\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05e6\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7)<\/strong> for the other countries\u2019 songs. The winner ascends the stage (<\/strong>\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05d4)<\/strong> again to perform the song over, the winning delegation is awarded a trophy, and their country is invited to host the event the following year.<\/p>\n

Israel made its debut in the Eurovision in 1973 and has won four times, including twice during the 70\u2019s and once in 1998. Israel has participated every year since then, but twenty years passed by without a win (<\/strong>\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4)<\/strong>. When Israel won in 2018 with the song Toy<\/a>, the joy of victory was enormous. In Tel-Aviv, people gathered spontaneously in Rabin Square, jumped in the water pond and danced<\/a>. The president of Israel and the prime minister, too, called the singer Netta to congratulate (<\/strong>\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05da\u05b0)<\/strong> her. They both wished: \u201f\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd\u201d (next year in Jerusalem).<\/p>\n

But the 64th Eurovision Song Contest will not be held in Jerusalem. The Israeli public broadcaster was asked to present potential candidate cities. Jerusalem, and even Eilat<\/a>, bid to host (<\/strong>\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7)<\/strong> the contest. But eventually Tel-Aviv was chosen by the board of Eurovision. \u201fWe are excited to bring the Contest to a brand new city\u201d, they declared when announcing the host city for 2019. Israel already hosted the contest twice. Both the events were accommodated by Jerusalem. For the first time, the world\u2019s largest live music event will take place in Tel-Aviv. Watch the announcement:<\/p>\n