The Eurovision Song Contest, often shortened to just Eurovision, is a major annual music competition.
The contest, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), sees countries from across Europe and beyond - including Israel, Azerbaijan and Australia - submit an original song and select an artist to perform the song in a live television and radio broadcast.
The competition has been held almost every year (barring 2020) since 1956 and is extremely popular around the world, and has helped launch the careers of some of the world's most iconic musical artists.
Overall, the songs tend to be cheerful and the event prides itself on being apolitical, though it has come under criticism for some controversies in the past.
"Artists can express themselves and protest outside the venue, but there need to be clear rules on what happens on stage," says the Eurovision chair.
Carine Bassili, a Lebanese-American performer, posts a cover of "Hurricane" in Arabic to support Israel and Eden Golan.
Golan had first performed "October Rain" back in May at the Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, only six days after she won fifth place in Eurovision.
The two Swiss cities were the final candidates chosen according to criteria that included transport connections, hotel capacity and security.
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Barzilai revealed that she suffers from a disease called congenital adrenal hyperplasia, which is a hereditary disorder that affects the function of the adrenal glands located above each kidney.
Every war, terror attack, and antisemitic act strengthens Jewish identity and brings more Jews back to the Jewish homeland. You can’t beat the irony.
Legendary pop star, Adam, died of cancer early Thursday morning, his family announced.
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