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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 ...
Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 with the song "Hallelujah" (הללויה), composed by Kobi Oshrat, with lyrics by Shimrit Orr [], and performed by Milk and Honey (made up of Gali Atari, Shmulik Bilu, Reuven Gvritz, and Yehuda Tamir).
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 .
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.
The album quickly became her most successful album up to that point, selling over 30,000 copies and prompting Atari to go on a successful concert tour as a soloist for the first time in her career. The album's most notable song " Ein Li Eretz Echeret " (I have no other land) became a patriotic anthem and was voted as the country's best song ...
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 ...
She was a finalist in the Israel Song Festival 1979, with the winner representing Israel at the Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. [2] Dagan lost out to Milk and Honey , who went on to win at Eurovision with Hallelujah .
Oshrat achieved international fame when his composition, Hallelujah, sung by the Israeli group Milk and Honey, won the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest. Oshrat has written more than 1000 songs, but Hallelujah is his most famous, with 400 cover versions of it around the world. [1] Oshrat also composed and conducted the 1985 and 1992 Israeli entries.