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Eurovision 2022: Watch the Live-on-Tape performances of Israel, Serbia and Malta!

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The live-on-tape of the countries that participated in the 66th Eurovision Song Contest in May in Turin will be shown this year through the official Eurovision channel on YouTube.

From June 14 to 23, Eurofans will have the opportunity to watch the live-on-tape appearances of about thirty of the forty countries that took part in this year’s contest.

Today, it is the turn of two other countries of the first semi-final. Since the EBU decided to show the live-on-tapes based on the running order of the two semifinals, this means that today it is the turn of Israel, Serbia and Malta.

  • Watch the Live-on-Tape performance of  “I.M” by Michael Ben David:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvzKZFXmng0

  • Watch the Live-on-Tape performance of  “In corpore sano” by Konstrakta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFhYxoXiuo

  • Watch the Live-on-Tape performance of  “I Am What I Am” από την Emma Muscat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8_kFinz_cQ

Watch the previously published Live-on-Tape videos:

What do you think about the first Live-on-Tape videos of Eurovision 2022? Do you like them or do you prefer the live performances?

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Eurovision Song Contest!

Eurovision 2022: Israel’s First Rehearsal!

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The next country to hit the stage for their first rehearsal is Israel with Michael Ben David and the empowering uptempo song “I.M.”

Everything about Michael Ben David :

Michael Ben David was born in 1995 in Petah Tikva, and has Ukrainian, Russian and Georgian roots. During the pandemic he worked in a supermarket but his passions include singing, dancing and acting.

In a few days he will get to showcase his talents to the entire world on the Eurovision Song Contest stage, as he was the winner of The X Factor Israel, and therefore chosen by the Israeli public and jury to represent his homecountry.

The Rehearsal

Great vocal? Tick. Super-polished dance routine? Tick. Hot dancers in white outfits? Tick. Fully fabulous pop banger? Tick tick tick. Eurovision level complete.

EBU / NATHAN REINDS

EBU / NATHAN REINDS

Below you can watch a small clip from Israel’s first rehearsal from Tik Tok:

@eurovision The stunning @Michael Ben david gave his ALL during the first rehearsal🔥🇮🇱 #Eurovision #Eurovision2022 #EurovisionTikTok ♬ original sound – Eurovision

The second rehearsal of Israel will take place on Thursday 5/5 so we will have a better picture of what we will see from Michael Ben David on the stage of the competition.

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Israel: Marvin Dietmann will be the stage director!

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Even though there are rumours the past hours regarding Michael’s withdrawal from Eurovision 2022, KAN, the Israeli Broadcasting Company, announced that Martin Dietmann will take care of the stage performance of I.M in Turin.

Martin is already well-known to the Eurovision fandom. The austrian director was the person behind Conchita Wurst’s performance back in 2014 and many more entries of the country. He was, also, the staging director of 7 countries last year, including Cyprus with the song El Diablo. It is worth mentioning, that, except Israel, it is announced that he will also stage the performance of Cyprus in 2022!

Through a post in Facebook, KAN announced the news stating the following:

”Martin Dietmann will stage the Israeli entry of Eurovision 2022!

The Israeli delegation announced today that the international art director will stage the show of Michael Ben David in Turin.

Dietmann is a successful director with extensive experience in the competition. In his big career you will find a sequence of years that he was art director or participated in various other roles or with other countries. Among others, Dietmann puts his signature on the winning performance of Conchita back in 2014.

His involvement in the entry of Israel in Eurovision 2022 is justified with his huge experience in Eurovision, which stands for itself, and the wish to reach to a professional result on stage.”

Israel will perform on the first half of the second semifinal with Michael Ben David performing the song I.M, wishing to continue the qualification streak the country has since 2015.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqu3-CHeOWM&ab_channel=TheXFactorIsrael

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the developments regarding Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

 

Israel: The announcement of the songs for the national final on January 30!

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This year, Israel will choose both its representative and the song that will represent it at Eurovision 2022, through the TV Show “The X Factor Israel”.

The final of the competition will take place on February 5 with four finalists. Each of the four will perform two new songs that will be released on January 30 in a special broadcast. There will also be a semi-final round, to select one of the two songs for each artist on February 3rd.

The song that will be selected will be the one with which each participant will claim the representation of Israel for Eurovision 2022. Four songs and four artists will compete in the X Factor Grand Final. Then, the audience and the jury will jointly choose the artist and the song who will represent the country in Turin.

We remind you that the popular talent show will be presented by Liron Weizman. According to domestic media, X Factor Israel judges will include Netta Barzilai, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan’ani, Ran Danker and Miri Mesika.

Israel was represented by Eden Alene in Eurovision 2021 with the song Set Me Free, finishing 17th in the grand final on May 22nd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-blG5ptwo

Source: 13tv Israel

 

Israel: 130 songs were submitted for Turin 2022!

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About 130 songs will take part in the process of choosing Israel’s participation in Eurovision 2022, which will be selected through the X Factor format.

As it has been known for months, X Factor will be the successor to Rising Star as the format of choice for the artist who will represent Israel in Eurovision 2022 in Turin next May.

Exclusive information from Euromix states that only 130 songs were submitted to the committee that will select the eight songs, which will be performed by the final four that will compete for the ticket to Italy. This is the smallest number from 2018 onwards. 220 songs participated in last year’s selection, 250 in the 2020 one and 200 in that of 2019.

IPBC officials believe that the number of songs is explained by the strict requirements they have set, as well as the ignorance of the creators about the contestants who will perform their songs.

This was the reason why they invited the creators during the semifinals, in order to get to know the artists. Nevertheless, their response was small, as only ten of them watched the semifinals that have already been filmed.

The format

The song submission process was completed this morning, one month after its official opening on September 19th. The 130 songs submitted will be examined by a panel of 11 people.

This committee will assign two songs to each of the four finalists of the X Factor grand final. In the first phase, one of the two songs of each finalist will be selected through the voting of the audience and the jury.

The song that will be selected will be the one with which each participant will claim the representation of Israel for Eurovision 2022. Four songs and four artists will compete in the X Factor Grand Final. Then, the audience and the jury will jointly choose the artist and the song who will represent the country in Turin.

We remind you that the popular talent show will be presented by Liron Weizman. According to domestic media, X Factor Israel judges will include Netta Barzilai, Aviv Geffen, Margalit Tzan’ani, Ran Danker and Miri Mesika.

Israel was represented by Eden Alene in Eurovision 2021 with the song Set Me Free, finishing 17th in the grand final on May 22nd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y-blG5ptwo

Source: Euromix