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Ishtar

Group Members:

Soetkin Baptist
Michel Vangheluwe
Ann Vandaele
Marleen Vandaele
Els Vandaele
Hans Vandaele

Permanent members but not on Eurovision Stage: 
Lode Cartrysse
Frank Markey
Korneel Taeckens
Karel Vercruysse

Established:2001
Nationality:Belgian
   
National Finals:

Eurosong 2008

ESC Entries:O Julissi (2008)
   
Website:

https://www.facebook.com/ishtarbe/

http://www.ishtar.be/

Biography

Ishtar is a Belgian (Flemish) folk band. Ishtar’s song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was elected after they won the final of Eurosong 2008. Ishtar, active since 2001, but until then an unknown band, defeated better known artists. The band claims that the song is in an imaginary language. There is, however, a certain similarity to Ukrainian; in particular, the first line is fully understandable Ukrainian “Ой у лісі на ялині”, meaning “Oh, in the forest on a spruce”

Entries

Country:Belgium
Year:2008
Language:Imaginary
   
Artist:Ishtar
Song:O Julissi
Lyrics:Michel Vangheluwe
Composer(s):Michel Vangheluwe
   
Backing Vocals:
Dancers:
Results Semi
Points:16
Position:17
Running order:6
   
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