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Just a bump in the road for Izabo

Eurovision song entry is leaked on Youtube, but the band will still represent Israel in the long-running musical competition

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Germany hosts Jewish take on Eurovision

The German Jewish community reinvents the TV pop contest as a celebration of Jewish identity

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Time’s up for Israel’s Izabo

Band members express disappointment, thank fans after Eurovision ouster

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Iran pulls Azeri ambassador over song festival… and Israel

Tehran denounces Baku’s ‘insults to the sanctity’ of Islam in hosting the Eurovision song contest

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Euphoria for Sweden at Eurovision

Winner, of Moroccan-Berber descent, defeats Russia’s grannies; Israel’s representative, the electro-pop group Izabo, only made it to the semi-finals this year

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40 arrested in major Azerbaijan terror sweep

Targets during Eurovision contest included Azerbaijan’s president

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Norway killer ends massacre trial by defending attacks

In closing statement, anti-Muslim fanatic Anders Breivik complains about ‘Sex and the City’ and the Eurovision Song contest

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Tiny Azerbaijan unleashes pop-power against Iran’s mullahs

Washington Post: Azerbaijan, a Western-leaning Shiite Muslim country, hosts Eurovision, the Women’s World Cup, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna and Shakira while the neighboring Islamic Republic seethes

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An earthly anthem for Eurovision

Bezalel Raviv gears up for his pre-Eurovision contest, and receives NASA approval

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Israeli Eurovision contestant can’t wear Galliano

Israel Broadcasting Authority tells Moran Mazor’s agent to cancel arrangement with disgraced designer

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Israeli Eurovision delegation threatened in Malmo

Despite several dozen anti-Semitic incidents in the city annually, Swedish court system has yet to convict felons

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Diva Dana hosts TV girl-band search

Eurovision winner Dana International, whose ‘Yeshnan Banot’ starts Sunday night, is not the world’s first transgender reality TV presenter

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Israel hits sour note in failed bid for Eurovision finals

Singer Moran Mazor stoic, despite Israel’s third successive early exit, but agent decries unfair judging; Malmo contest also marred by talk of terror and anti-Semitism

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Israeli contestant fails to reach Eurovision finals

May Feingold sings ‘Same Heart,’ but judges aren’t impressed

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Austrian drag queen wins Eurovision

Pushing boundaries further than Israel’s 1998 winner Dana International, Conchita Wurst secures country’s first victory in song contest since 1966

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Eurovision provides stage for airing geopolitical conflicts

Contest bans political messages but they still get across loud and clear — including some to Israel’s detriment

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Israel makes it to Eurovision finals for first time in 5 years

French-Israeli teenager Nadav Guedj to sing ‘Golden Boy’ at music contest in Vienna on Saturday

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Sweden rocks Eurovision as Israel places ninth

Mans Zelmerlow wins 60th anniversary song contest; French-Israeli teen Nadav Guedj’s ‘Golden Boy’ makes the top 10

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Back to books for Eurovision also-ran

Nadav Guedj, back from 9th-place finish at contest, can’t escape the responsibilities of a 16-year-old

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FIFAil: Israeli press has a field day

Soccer’s governing body deals with mega-corruption scandal as Palestinians try to kick Israel off the pitch

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