Israel Eurovision 2009 entry: "Your Eyes"

The song, "Your Eyes", was chosen by the Israeli public after a televised contest. The duo, Achinoam Nini, a Jewish singer, and Mira Awad, a Christian Arab Israeli, will be representing Israel at Eurovision in Moscow in May. It's sung partly in Hebrew, partly in Arabic and partly in English. And, like anything involving Jews and Arabs in Israel, it is not without controversy.

The other songs which were up for contention:
Faith In The Light
Will You Dance With Me?
Second Chance

The Eurovision Song Contest will be held on 16 May this year. No one expect me to do anything that night. I'll finally be in a participating country for Eurovision. I am way too geeked-out and excited by this.

Remember how I was talking before about the contradiction of how Ivri Lider is really popular, despite being a gay man in a highly religious country? Here's another one: in 1998 Dana International, an Israeli transsexual, won Eurovision for Israel with her song "Diva". That was the third time Israel won Eurovision, the other two times being in 1978 and 1979.