Israeli singer Shiri Maimon performs her winning number in the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday. (AP)
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| By: israelinsider staff and partners |
| Published: May 22, 2005 |
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Israeli singer Shiri Maimon sang her hit song, 'Hasheket Shenishar' and took fourth in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Greek singer Helena took first place with a seductive performance of "My Number One," a mid-tempo tune peppered with Balkan flavorings.
In the meantime, Lebanon and Morrocco both decided to withdraw from the competition because of Israel's inclusion in it.
Lebanon announced it refused to show the Israeli entry on the Lebanese TV channel Tele-Liban. The channel told the European Broadcasting Union (which organizes Eurovision) that Lebanon's legislation made it "all but impossible" to broadcast an Israeli singer. This puts Lebanon in breach of contest rules, which state all countries taking part must show the entire event. The Lebanese authorities said they could not air the Israeli song, or show the Israeli website on which viewers could vote for the Israeli participant, and they could not show Israeli celebrations if the Israelis won.
Eurovision is one of Europe's most widely watched events, with more than 150 million people tuned in this year.
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Israel's Shiri Maimon places fourth in Eurovision Song Contest
- (Haaretz)
05.22.2005
Lebanon officially withdraws from Eurovision
- (Al Bawaba)
03.29.2005
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