(JTA) — Israel will compete in the final of Europe’s biggest pop song contest for the second consecutive year.
Israeli singer Hovi Star made the final cut Thursday — Israel’s Independence Day — for his song “Made of Stars.”
The singer, whose real name is Hovev Sokulets, had tweeted before Thursday’s semifinal that he hoped to give his native country a “gift” on its Independence Day.
Happy b-dayIsrael
hope I can giveyou a great gift tonight
and get us to the#eurovision2016 Final
Photobysivanyoung pic.twitter.com/Wo6CiG6Bos
— Hovi Star (@MrHoviStar) May 12, 2016
Among others, Star will compete against fellow countryman Amir Haddad, a French-Israeli dentist representing France …read more
Source: JTA
