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Israel performed tenth on the night of the contest, following Germany and preceding France. Continuing "Hallelujah"'s long history of narrow victories, Israel were neck-in-neck with Spain's "Su canción" by Betty Missiego for most of the voting. While initial marks were promising for Israel and less so for Spain (three of the first six juries ...
In the next two years 1978 and 1979, Israel's Eurovision entrants were the winners in the Israel Song Festival (in Hebrew פסטיבל הזמר והפזמון פסטיבל, Festival HaZemer VeHaPizmon). In both cases, the songs won the Eurovision title. The songs were "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen in 1978 and "Hallelujah" by Milk and Honey in 1979.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem , Israel , following the country's victory at the 1978 contest with the song " A-Ba-Ni-Bi " by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta .
April 1979 – The Israeli developed and produced battle tank Merkava was first introduced to the IDF forces. 22 March – The Knesset approves the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. 26 March – In a ceremony at the White House, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel sign a peace treaty. Egypt thus ...
On 31 March 1979, the Eurovision Song Contest was held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem hosted by IBA and broadcast live throughout the continent. Milk and Honey performed "Hallelujah" tenth on the night –entering the stage one by one rather than all together–, following West Germany's "Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan and preceding France's "Je suis l'enfant soleil ...
History [ edit ] The group was assembled in 1978 by producer Shlomo Zach and composer Kobi Oshrat , after both Hakol Over Habibi and Yardena Arazi turned down the opportunity to perform Oshrat's song " Hallelujah " in the Israeli national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 .
March 2–4 – Weather Report, The CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Stephen Stills, Billy Swan, Bonnie Bramlett, Mike Finnegan, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and Billy Joel, plus Cuban acts Irakere, Pacho Alonso, Elena Burke, Los Papines, Tata Güines and Orquesta Aragón play at the historic three-day Havana Jam festival at the Karl Marx Theater, in Havana, Cuba.
Israel then achieved victories in 1978 and 1979, with "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta, and "Hallelujah" by Milk and Honey. In 1980 , the Israeli broadcaster declined to host the contest for a second successive year for financial reasons, and as the date for the contest in the Hague conflicted with Yom HaZikaron – Israeli ...