1978 Paris, Israel wins for the first time Eurovision Song Contest with the famous song A-Ba-Ni-Bi. Because of that, 1979 Eurovision was hosted in Jerusalem. Israel invested much to make it a big show. Turkey did not participate being under pressure from Arab states. And guess who won: Israel won again with the beautiful song Hallelujah. Hosting the events is expensive so Israel didn't do it for the second time.
After twenty years, in 1998, in Birmingham, a transgender, Dana International won again the title for Israel. Diva, the winning song is still played on radios (for the first time in many years a Eurovision song became an international hit). The 1999 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the same place as in 1979. There were a lot of changes to modernize the show. The winner of the Contest was Charlotte Nilsson, representing Sweden with "Take Me to Your Heaven".
I really love the postcards (the short videos before each country) that were created by the Israel Television. Everyone starts with animation from the Old Testament and leads to the present day Israel promoting the country, especially the tourism.
Why I have talked about Eurovision? Because today starts the 2012 Song Contest in Baku Azerbaijan. Romania is in the first Semifinal and I hope that we will qualify for the 11th consecutive time in final.
Why I have talked about Israel? Because I have received some beautiful cards from there, from a good friend, a Romanian dentist that emigrated in the Promise Land. Elisabeta have sent me a beautiful album with 2011 stamps and those are gorgeous. I love Israel design, as I said the videos were great in 1999 and the stamps are one of my favorites in the world (also love Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland...). One of the series is Visit Israel, promoting tourism and that was the trigger to remember the Eurovision in 1999.
Also, in 1999, one of the most seen landmarks was the beautiful Dome of the Rock. Rock of Moriah or the Foundation Stone is according to Islamic tradition the place from which Muhammad ascended to Heaven accompanied by the angel Gabriel. According to Jewish tradition, the stone is the site where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. In Christianity it is believed that during the time of the Byzantine Empire, near the spot where the Dome was later constructed was where Constantine's mother built a small church, calling it the Church of St. Cyrus and St. John, later on enlarged and called the Church of the Holy Wisdom.
After twenty years, in 1998, in Birmingham, a transgender, Dana International won again the title for Israel. Diva, the winning song is still played on radios (for the first time in many years a Eurovision song became an international hit). The 1999 Eurovision Song Contest was held in the same place as in 1979. There were a lot of changes to modernize the show. The winner of the Contest was Charlotte Nilsson, representing Sweden with "Take Me to Your Heaven".
I really love the postcards (the short videos before each country) that were created by the Israel Television. Everyone starts with animation from the Old Testament and leads to the present day Israel promoting the country, especially the tourism.
Why I have talked about Eurovision? Because today starts the 2012 Song Contest in Baku Azerbaijan. Romania is in the first Semifinal and I hope that we will qualify for the 11th consecutive time in final.
Why I have talked about Israel? Because I have received some beautiful cards from there, from a good friend, a Romanian dentist that emigrated in the Promise Land. Elisabeta have sent me a beautiful album with 2011 stamps and those are gorgeous. I love Israel design, as I said the videos were great in 1999 and the stamps are one of my favorites in the world (also love Ukraine, Sweden, Switzerland...). One of the series is Visit Israel, promoting tourism and that was the trigger to remember the Eurovision in 1999.
Also, in 1999, one of the most seen landmarks was the beautiful Dome of the Rock. Rock of Moriah or the Foundation Stone is according to Islamic tradition the place from which Muhammad ascended to Heaven accompanied by the angel Gabriel. According to Jewish tradition, the stone is the site where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac. In Christianity it is believed that during the time of the Byzantine Empire, near the spot where the Dome was later constructed was where Constantine's mother built a small church, calling it the Church of St. Cyrus and St. John, later on enlarged and called the Church of the Holy Wisdom.
Wikipedia For more information, links, pictures and many more Wikipedia is the perfect site to be informed.
Official Site For visiting information (like fees and open days and times) use the official site.
Israel For travel information, the official site of the National Tourist Board, is the perfect location.
Israel For travel information, the official site of the National Tourist Board, is the perfect location.
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