After months of figthing for the victory, Eden Golan has won HaKokhav HaBa. She won over the jury, and the public vote aswell with 153 points! It was between her, Or Cohen who ended with 135 points, and Mika Moshe with 72 points. The show was used for searching the Isreali Eurovision entry, and now we have one. This song is not the Eurovision song for Malmö. In March the song will be released, with definite hebrew & possible english lyrics.
Tonight will be the night that Israel selects an artist for Eurovision. The final of HaKokhav Haba, the talent show that is also the Israeli preselection, will be held. The song that he or she will sing will be published later. The show starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. Artist Dor Shimon Eden Golan Mika Moshe Or Cohen Note that there is a lot of opposition against the participation of Israel, due to the Israel-Hamas war. In a statement, the EBU said that they will not exclude Israel from Eurovision as this is a competition between broadcasters and not between governments. Israeli broadcaster Kan did not break any rules according to the EBU.
Israel comes closer to a decision. The artist representing the country will be chosen on 6 February. Meanwhile, the call for exclusion of Israel due to the Israel-Hamas war becomes louder. Iceland has put the biggest questionmark on participation in a contest with Israel this week. This is to be continued. Meanwhile, the Israeli selection process, HaKokhav Haba, continues. 21 january Or Cohen, 86% Shai Tamino, 83% Dor Shimon, 88% Mika Moshe, 94% Orel Ravid, 81% Eden Golan, 90% Jonathan Bitton, 62%, eliminated Lian Biran, 68% Arik Sinai, 66% 22 january This was a round with duels. One of each duel went directly to the next round, three others were saved by the jury. Mika Moshe (97%) vs Dor Shimon (81%) Lian Biran (82%) vs Orel Ravid (59%) Eden Golan (83%) vs Shai Tamino (73%) Or Cohen (94%) vs Arik Sinai (79%) Dor Shimon, Shai Tamino and Arik Sinai were saved. 25 January Or Cohen, 94% Mika Moshe, 86% Dor Shimon, 79% Eden Golan, 92% Shai Tamino, 72% Lian Biran, 56% Arik Sinai, 51%, eliminated Note that Arik Sinai took part in the national selection in 1985 and was 4th.
© Albin Olsson About Quick Facts NameMeital Slominsky Born16 December 1982 Nationality🇮🇱 Israeli National SelectionKdam Eurovision 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongSame Heart (2014) Biography Mei Finegold is an Israeli singer and actress. She served as a soloist in bands such as Dizziak and Adom. As a member of Dizziak, the band performed, among others, at the Arad Festival 2009, and released a single named “Spank”. In 2009, Feingold gained exposure when she participated in the seventh season of the show Kokhav Nolad. She made it to the finals and finished in third place. After her elimination, Mei performed her hit “Ta’am Menta” in the final, with which she had passed the first audition of the season. She released her single in the shortest time. Afterward, she released the singles: “Todah”, “Mah Nishtana”, “Rega Beyam” and “Tamshichi lachalom”. In April 2010, she told in an interview to Channel 2 News that when she was working in her youth in Eilat, she was sexually assaulted. About that, she wrote her song “Mah Nishtana” which was released as a single. The song describes a case of rape of a girl who goes out to have fun, done using a date rape drug. The song caused a public storm following its lyrics and the provocative music video. On July 23, 2010, her first album “Soda Pop” was released. In June 2010, she began to appear in a musical based on the songs of Shlomo Artzi, “Laila Lo Shakhet”. Finegold also won the title “The Cameri’s Discovery of the Year” for her role in the musical. In the summer of 2011, Mei Finegold joined the band Limuzina Express which includes two members of the Mashina band, Michael Benson and Avner Hodorov, and DJ Yaniv Gold. Limuzina Express is a contemporary electro-pop band with an 80s vibe. Limuzina Express opened for Roxette, while Mei Finegold was in the ninth month of her pregnancy, and a few hours after the show, Mei gave birth to her eldest daughter Emily. On August 7, 2012, the song “Timunot”, the first single from Mei Finegold’s second album, which she wrote with Avner Hodorov, and composed herself, was released. The single was played extensively on various radio stations and made it to the Gimel network chart for ten weeks. From the end of 2012, Finegold stars as Rosa, the owner of the Jaffa club, in the renewed production of Kazablan, at the Cameri Theater. For this role, Finegold won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Israeli Theater Awards for 2012. On January 14, 2013, Finegold released her second single on her way to her second album, “Lehitra’ot Machar”. The single was played extensively on various radio stations and even reached first place in the Gimmel network chart. On January 11, 2014, a committee of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chose Finegold to represent Israel in the Eurovision 2014. In February, Finegold recorded three songs, from which the audience choose the song that she would sing in Eurovision. At the end of the vote count, the song “Same Heart” was announced as the one that would represent Israel in Eurovision, after it won 55% of the total votes. On May 8, 2014, she participated in the Eurovision semi-finals, but did not make it to the finals. At the end of 2014, she began participating in the musical “Hair”. From the end of 2016, she played the role of “Fantine” in the musical “Les Misérables”. Starting from the summer of 2017, Finegold performed in the children’s musical show “Gonevi Haneshikot”, together with Uri Banai and the Moran Choir. In 2018, Finegold competed in the musical reality show The Four and was eliminated in the sixth episode. Starting from July 2019, she performed in the musical “Flashdance” at the Tel Aviv Theater. In 2020, Finegold began playing in the musical “Legally Blonde” in the role of Brooke Windham, the fitness trainer. Also in 2020, Mei became a Pilates trainer. During the lockdowns, she did online training. In December of that year, she released a new song and video, “Va ani ha yam”. In 2022, she started playing in the musical Night in Paris, where she played the role of Emily. In 2023 she toured throughout Israel with the Magical Mistery Tour Band. Entries Same Heart Country🇮🇱 Israel Year2014 LanguageEnglishHebrew LyricsRami Talmid MusicRami Talmid Backings– DancersShiran LagzielMarin Teremets Results Semi Points: 19Position: 14Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/acOZVEN5XjE
After months of figthing for the victory, Eden Golan has won HaKokhav HaBa. She won over the jury, and the public vote aswell with 153 points! It was between her, Or Cohen who ended with 135 points, and Mika Moshe with 72 points. The show was used for searching the Isreali Eurovision entry, and now we have one. This song is not the Eurovision song for Malmö. In March the song will be released, with definite hebrew & possible english lyrics.
Tonight will be the night that Israel selects an artist for Eurovision. The final of HaKokhav Haba, the talent show that is also the Israeli preselection, will be held. The song that he or she will sing will be published later. The show starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. Artist Dor Shimon Eden Golan Mika Moshe Or Cohen Note that there is a lot of opposition against the participation of Israel, due to the Israel-Hamas war. In a statement, the EBU said that they will not exclude Israel from Eurovision as this is a competition between broadcasters and not between governments. Israeli broadcaster Kan did not break any rules according to the EBU.
Israel comes closer to a decision. The artist representing the country will be chosen on 6 February. Meanwhile, the call for exclusion of Israel due to the Israel-Hamas war becomes louder. Iceland has put the biggest questionmark on participation in a contest with Israel this week. This is to be continued. Meanwhile, the Israeli selection process, HaKokhav Haba, continues. 21 january Or Cohen, 86% Shai Tamino, 83% Dor Shimon, 88% Mika Moshe, 94% Orel Ravid, 81% Eden Golan, 90% Jonathan Bitton, 62%, eliminated Lian Biran, 68% Arik Sinai, 66% 22 january This was a round with duels. One of each duel went directly to the next round, three others were saved by the jury. Mika Moshe (97%) vs Dor Shimon (81%) Lian Biran (82%) vs Orel Ravid (59%) Eden Golan (83%) vs Shai Tamino (73%) Or Cohen (94%) vs Arik Sinai (79%) Dor Shimon, Shai Tamino and Arik Sinai were saved. 25 January Or Cohen, 94% Mika Moshe, 86% Dor Shimon, 79% Eden Golan, 92% Shai Tamino, 72% Lian Biran, 56% Arik Sinai, 51%, eliminated Note that Arik Sinai took part in the national selection in 1985 and was 4th.
© Albin Olsson About Quick Facts NameMeital Slominsky Born16 December 1982 Nationality🇮🇱 Israeli National SelectionKdam Eurovision 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongSame Heart (2014) Biography Mei Finegold is an Israeli singer and actress. She served as a soloist in bands such as Dizziak and Adom. As a member of Dizziak, the band performed, among others, at the Arad Festival 2009, and released a single named “Spank”. In 2009, Feingold gained exposure when she participated in the seventh season of the show Kokhav Nolad. She made it to the finals and finished in third place. After her elimination, Mei performed her hit “Ta’am Menta” in the final, with which she had passed the first audition of the season. She released her single in the shortest time. Afterward, she released the singles: “Todah”, “Mah Nishtana”, “Rega Beyam” and “Tamshichi lachalom”. In April 2010, she told in an interview to Channel 2 News that when she was working in her youth in Eilat, she was sexually assaulted. About that, she wrote her song “Mah Nishtana” which was released as a single. The song describes a case of rape of a girl who goes out to have fun, done using a date rape drug. The song caused a public storm following its lyrics and the provocative music video. On July 23, 2010, her first album “Soda Pop” was released. In June 2010, she began to appear in a musical based on the songs of Shlomo Artzi, “Laila Lo Shakhet”. Finegold also won the title “The Cameri’s Discovery of the Year” for her role in the musical. In the summer of 2011, Mei Finegold joined the band Limuzina Express which includes two members of the Mashina band, Michael Benson and Avner Hodorov, and DJ Yaniv Gold. Limuzina Express is a contemporary electro-pop band with an 80s vibe. Limuzina Express opened for Roxette, while Mei Finegold was in the ninth month of her pregnancy, and a few hours after the show, Mei gave birth to her eldest daughter Emily. On August 7, 2012, the song “Timunot”, the first single from Mei Finegold’s second album, which she wrote with Avner Hodorov, and composed herself, was released. The single was played extensively on various radio stations and made it to the Gimel network chart for ten weeks. From the end of 2012, Finegold stars as Rosa, the owner of the Jaffa club, in the renewed production of Kazablan, at the Cameri Theater. For this role, Finegold won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Israeli Theater Awards for 2012. On January 14, 2013, Finegold released her second single on her way to her second album, “Lehitra’ot Machar”. The single was played extensively on various radio stations and even reached first place in the Gimmel network chart. On January 11, 2014, a committee of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chose Finegold to represent Israel in the Eurovision 2014. In February, Finegold recorded three songs, from which the audience choose the song that she would sing in Eurovision. At the end of the vote count, the song “Same Heart” was announced as the one that would represent Israel in Eurovision, after it won 55% of the total votes. On May 8, 2014, she participated in the Eurovision semi-finals, but did not make it to the finals. At the end of 2014, she began participating in the musical “Hair”. From the end of 2016, she played the role of “Fantine” in the musical “Les Misérables”. Starting from the summer of 2017, Finegold performed in the children’s musical show “Gonevi Haneshikot”, together with Uri Banai and the Moran Choir. In 2018, Finegold competed in the musical reality show The Four and was eliminated in the sixth episode. Starting from July 2019, she performed in the musical “Flashdance” at the Tel Aviv Theater. In 2020, Finegold began playing in the musical “Legally Blonde” in the role of Brooke Windham, the fitness trainer. Also in 2020, Mei became a Pilates trainer. During the lockdowns, she did online training. In December of that year, she released a new song and video, “Va ani ha yam”. In 2022, she started playing in the musical Night in Paris, where she played the role of Emily. In 2023 she toured throughout Israel with the Magical Mistery Tour Band. Entries Same Heart Country🇮🇱 Israel Year2014 LanguageEnglishHebrew LyricsRami Talmid MusicRami Talmid Backings– DancersShiran LagzielMarin Teremets Results Semi Points: 19Position: 14Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/acOZVEN5XjE
After months of figthing for the victory, Eden Golan has won HaKokhav HaBa. She won over the jury, and the public vote aswell with 153 points! It was between her, Or Cohen who ended with 135 points, and Mika Moshe with 72 points. The show was used for searching the Isreali Eurovision entry, and now we have one. This song is not the Eurovision song for Malmö. In March the song will be released, with definite hebrew & possible english lyrics.
Tonight will be the night that Israel selects an artist for Eurovision. The final of HaKokhav Haba, the talent show that is also the Israeli preselection, will be held. The song that he or she will sing will be published later. The show starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. Artist Dor Shimon Eden Golan Mika Moshe Or Cohen Note that there is a lot of opposition against the participation of Israel, due to the Israel-Hamas war. In a statement, the EBU said that they will not exclude Israel from Eurovision as this is a competition between broadcasters and not between governments. Israeli broadcaster Kan did not break any rules according to the EBU.
Israel comes closer to a decision. The artist representing the country will be chosen on 6 February. Meanwhile, the call for exclusion of Israel due to the Israel-Hamas war becomes louder. Iceland has put the biggest questionmark on participation in a contest with Israel this week. This is to be continued. Meanwhile, the Israeli selection process, HaKokhav Haba, continues. 21 january Or Cohen, 86% Shai Tamino, 83% Dor Shimon, 88% Mika Moshe, 94% Orel Ravid, 81% Eden Golan, 90% Jonathan Bitton, 62%, eliminated Lian Biran, 68% Arik Sinai, 66% 22 january This was a round with duels. One of each duel went directly to the next round, three others were saved by the jury. Mika Moshe (97%) vs Dor Shimon (81%) Lian Biran (82%) vs Orel Ravid (59%) Eden Golan (83%) vs Shai Tamino (73%) Or Cohen (94%) vs Arik Sinai (79%) Dor Shimon, Shai Tamino and Arik Sinai were saved. 25 January Or Cohen, 94% Mika Moshe, 86% Dor Shimon, 79% Eden Golan, 92% Shai Tamino, 72% Lian Biran, 56% Arik Sinai, 51%, eliminated Note that Arik Sinai took part in the national selection in 1985 and was 4th.
© Albin Olsson About Quick Facts NameMeital Slominsky Born16 December 1982 Nationality🇮🇱 Israeli National SelectionKdam Eurovision 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongSame Heart (2014) Biography Mei Finegold is an Israeli singer and actress. She served as a soloist in bands such as Dizziak and Adom. As a member of Dizziak, the band performed, among others, at the Arad Festival 2009, and released a single named “Spank”. In 2009, Feingold gained exposure when she participated in the seventh season of the show Kokhav Nolad. She made it to the finals and finished in third place. After her elimination, Mei performed her hit “Ta’am Menta” in the final, with which she had passed the first audition of the season. She released her single in the shortest time. Afterward, she released the singles: “Todah”, “Mah Nishtana”, “Rega Beyam” and “Tamshichi lachalom”. In April 2010, she told in an interview to Channel 2 News that when she was working in her youth in Eilat, she was sexually assaulted. About that, she wrote her song “Mah Nishtana” which was released as a single. The song describes a case of rape of a girl who goes out to have fun, done using a date rape drug. The song caused a public storm following its lyrics and the provocative music video. On July 23, 2010, her first album “Soda Pop” was released. In June 2010, she began to appear in a musical based on the songs of Shlomo Artzi, “Laila Lo Shakhet”. Finegold also won the title “The Cameri’s Discovery of the Year” for her role in the musical. In the summer of 2011, Mei Finegold joined the band Limuzina Express which includes two members of the Mashina band, Michael Benson and Avner Hodorov, and DJ Yaniv Gold. Limuzina Express is a contemporary electro-pop band with an 80s vibe. Limuzina Express opened for Roxette, while Mei Finegold was in the ninth month of her pregnancy, and a few hours after the show, Mei gave birth to her eldest daughter Emily. On August 7, 2012, the song “Timunot”, the first single from Mei Finegold’s second album, which she wrote with Avner Hodorov, and composed herself, was released. The single was played extensively on various radio stations and made it to the Gimel network chart for ten weeks. From the end of 2012, Finegold stars as Rosa, the owner of the Jaffa club, in the renewed production of Kazablan, at the Cameri Theater. For this role, Finegold won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the Israeli Theater Awards for 2012. On January 14, 2013, Finegold released her second single on her way to her second album, “Lehitra’ot Machar”. The single was played extensively on various radio stations and even reached first place in the Gimmel network chart. On January 11, 2014, a committee of the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) chose Finegold to represent Israel in the Eurovision 2014. In February, Finegold recorded three songs, from which the audience choose the song that she would sing in Eurovision. At the end of the vote count, the song “Same Heart” was announced as the one that would represent Israel in Eurovision, after it won 55% of the total votes. On May 8, 2014, she participated in the Eurovision semi-finals, but did not make it to the finals. At the end of 2014, she began participating in the musical “Hair”. From the end of 2016, she played the role of “Fantine” in the musical “Les Misérables”. Starting from the summer of 2017, Finegold performed in the children’s musical show “Gonevi Haneshikot”, together with Uri Banai and the Moran Choir. In 2018, Finegold competed in the musical reality show The Four and was eliminated in the sixth episode. Starting from July 2019, she performed in the musical “Flashdance” at the Tel Aviv Theater. In 2020, Finegold began playing in the musical “Legally Blonde” in the role of Brooke Windham, the fitness trainer. Also in 2020, Mei became a Pilates trainer. During the lockdowns, she did online training. In December of that year, she released a new song and video, “Va ani ha yam”. In 2022, she started playing in the musical Night in Paris, where she played the role of Emily. In 2023 she toured throughout Israel with the Magical Mistery Tour Band. Entries Same Heart Country🇮🇱 Israel Year2014 LanguageEnglishHebrew LyricsRami Talmid MusicRami Talmid Backings– DancersShiran LagzielMarin Teremets Results Semi Points: 19Position: 14Running order: 2 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/acOZVEN5XjE
After months of figthing for the victory, Eden Golan has won HaKokhav HaBa. She won over the jury, and the public vote aswell with 153 points! It was between her, Or Cohen who ended with 135 points, and Mika Moshe with 72 points. The show was used for searching the Isreali Eurovision entry, and now we have one. This song is not the Eurovision song for Malmö. In March the song will be released, with definite hebrew & possible english lyrics.
Tonight will be the night that Israel selects an artist for Eurovision. The final of HaKokhav Haba, the talent show that is also the Israeli preselection, will be held. The song that he or she will sing will be published later. The show starts at 20:15 CET and you can watch it here. Artist Dor Shimon Eden Golan Mika Moshe Or Cohen Note that there is a lot of opposition against the participation of Israel, due to the Israel-Hamas war. In a statement, the EBU said that they will not exclude Israel from Eurovision
Israel comes closer to a decision. The artist representing the country will be chosen on 6 February. Meanwhile, the call for exclusion of Israel due to the Israel-Hamas war becomes louder. Iceland has put the biggest questionmark on participation in a contest with Israel this week. This is to be continued. Meanwhile, the Israeli selection process, HaKokhav Haba, continues. 21 january Or Cohen, 86% Shai Tamino, 83% Dor Shimon, 88% Mika Moshe, 94% Orel Ravid, 81% Eden Golan, 90% Jonathan Bitton, 62%, eliminated Lian Biran, 68% Arik Sinai, 66% 22 january This was a round with duels. One of each duel
© Albin Olsson About Quick Facts NameMeital Slominsky Born16 December 1982 Nationality🇮🇱 Israeli National SelectionKdam Eurovision 2014 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongSame Heart (2014) Biography Mei Finegold is an Israeli singer and actress. She served as a soloist in bands such as Dizziak and Adom. As a member of Dizziak, the band performed, among others, at the Arad Festival 2009, and released a single named “Spank”. In 2009, Feingold gained exposure when she participated in the seventh season of the show Kokhav Nolad. She made it to the finals and finished in third place. After her elimination, Mei performed her hit “Ta’am