ISRAEL
Israel: 10 acts still in "The Next Star"
The audition-rounds are over, and 10 hopefull contestants are back in the The Next Star (הַכּוֹכָב הַבָּא). The winner of the show will represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. See the happy artists here
10 contestants are left and will fight for the title in the Israelic show "The Next Star", and also the ticket for Vienna 2015.
The 10 artists in The Next Star
• Avia Shoshani
• Asif Zilberman
• Iki Levy & The Rasta Hebrew Men
• Lirose Balas
• Yefi & Osher Aricha
• Nadav Guedj
• Sa'ar “Rusty" Davidov
• Nava Tehila Walker
• Sari Nachmias
• Orit Biansey
The 6 artists eliminated from The Next Star
• Random Dogs
• Tzadok Garame
• Eva Al Keneresh
• Evyatar Adir
• David Maman
• Almog Nashawi
Israel in Eurovision Song Contest
Israel has participated 37 times in Eurovision since debut in 1973. They have won the contest three times:
• 1978: Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta - "Abanibi"
• 1979: Milk and Honey - "Hallelujah"
• 1998: Dana International - "Diva"
Israel has never ended last in the contest, but they failed to qualify for the Grand Final the last four years.
