Israel rehearsal and press conference

Boaz Mauda had a very good rehearsal. Great stage performance along with his backing vocal. The song "Fire in your eyes" is performed in Hebrew throughout apart from one line in English.


Rehearsal and reactions of Boaz



Press conference

The delegation spoke of how pleased they were to have someone with Boaz's talents representing them this year. They also commented on the strength of the Swedish entry this year, saying that they were singing it in corridors! Needless to say they like that song, as well as the Swiss, Serbian and Romanian entries. Boaz revealed that in the next press conference he will be accompanied by Dana International (ESC 1998 winner), who is one of his song composers.


sources:esctoday.com;oikotimes.com;eurovision.tv

Dana International wins the OGAE Israel preselection

Dana International is the winner of the OGAE Israel selection for the OGAE International contest of OGAESC 2007 with the song Hakol Ze Letova t Dana International ranked 1st with 261 pts while Sarit Hadat (2002 Israeli entrant) came 2nd with 189 points.

Listen the song here

source:OGAE Israel

Israel online Dana's new videoclip "Love boy"

You can watch the videoclip at this link:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3420649,00.html

Dana International conquers Israeli radio again

from esctoday.com

Dana International's new single, Love boy, the second one from her new album has stormed the radio stations in Israel. The song reached the first place on the combined airplay chart of all radio stations in the country and has put Dana back in business, for the first time in a long while.

For quite a long while, the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest winner, Dana International, has kept a low profile in the Israeli music scene. She has been recently signed in one of Israel's leading record labels, Hed Arzi, and a new album is scheduled to be released, probably this August. In the build up to the album's release, Dana has been everywhere in the Israeli media lately: television interviews in all the national channels, magazines and internet websites.

The first single from this upcoming album, Hakol ze letova (Everything is for the better), was released a couple of months ago and gained popularity but nothing compares to the next single, Love boy, which instantly became a massive hit. This summer hit immediately topped the charts in various radio stations and has conquered the first place in this week's combined airplay chart of all radio stations in Israel. The song's chorus containts two verses from an old song of Avi Toledano's (Israel 1982).

Ofer Menachem, Dana's PR manager at Hed Arzi, told Esctoday.com: "We are proud and happy with Dana's success with us. Dana's fans can expect the album to be out real soon and it will be available for purchasing, even from abroad, in the near future". The new album will also include a special remix of one of the other tracks, You get down on me, by the leading DJ, Junior Vasquez.

The song Love Boy, which turned into a massive summer hit and gained the support of the radio stations and music critics, has certainly put Dana International in the spotlight in Israel, after a long while.

You are able to listen to the song on Dana International's official website, by clicking here.

A remix for the song is also available for listening- click here (the tracks will start playing automatically by opening the links).