The Fire in Your Eyes
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"The Fire in Your Eyes" is a 2008 single by Boaz Mauda. The song was Israel
's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
in Belgrade
, Serbia
. On 20 May 2008 Boaz performed the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision (Song number 2 on the performance order), and won a place in the final after finishing 5th. It was the 7th song performed at the final. He finished 9th.
The song was written by Dana International
, who won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.
The song also has a Hebrew title, "Ke'ilu Kan" (Hebrew script
: כאילו כאן; English
translation: "As if here").
) & Channel 2 made a conjoined event to select the song to participate. Boaz Mauda sang 5 songs that were written by various lyricists to the events, and the Israel
i crowd had to pick which one of the songs would represent the country in the 2008 Eurovision song contest
.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...
in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. On 20 May 2008 Boaz performed the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision (Song number 2 on the performance order), and won a place in the final after finishing 5th. It was the 7th song performed at the final. He finished 9th.
The song was written by Dana International
Dana International
Sharon Cohen , professionally known as Dana International is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever...
, who won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest.
The song also has a Hebrew title, "Ke'ilu Kan" (Hebrew script
Hebrew alphabet
The Hebrew alphabet , known variously by scholars as the Jewish script, square script, block script, or more historically, the Assyrian script, is used in the writing of the Hebrew language, as well as other Jewish languages, most notably Yiddish, Ladino, and Judeo-Arabic. There have been two...
: כאילו כאן; English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
translation: "As if here").
Israeli national selection
On March 2008, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBAIBA
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) & Channel 2 made a conjoined event to select the song to participate. Boaz Mauda sang 5 songs that were written by various lyricists to the events, and the Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i crowd had to pick which one of the songs would represent the country in the 2008 Eurovision song contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
.