ESC 2016 ISRAEL: THERE ARE 32 POSSIBLE NEXT STARS FOR EUROVISION

Israel is using again the marathonesque The Next Star (HaKokhav HaBa) to select their artist for the Eurovision. The audition round is over after ten shows that started in early December and we are left with 32 acts. There are Orthodox rappers, drag queens, (anti?) gay songs and Israeli Idols and a girl named Marlboro. Yet it's still early to say anything about the outcome. Last year Nadav Guedj won and took his Golden boy and Israel to the Eurovision final for the first time in five years and even finished in Top-10. Let's see how it goes for 2016..... After the jump are the qualified acts and their scores in the auditions. Now the serious stuff starts....

Ella Daniel - Rehab 94%

Dave Robin - Lately 94%

Nufar Salman- Hgoral haze 93%

Naomi Azran - Me and My Broken Heart 93%

Uriel Aharoni - Fight 92%

Gil Chadash - Lo stam 91%

Hovi Star - Take me to church 89%

Shlomi Levi - Eyn lee ahavah 89%

Nati Marlboro Zafran - Papaoutai 89%

Avi Eilot & Shevachia - Don’t you ever Leave Me 88%

Band Shtar - In the end 86%

Maya Smirnov - Le Vie En Rose 85%

Kim Segal - Somewhere Over The Rainbow 85%

Hana Edri - Naci En Alamo 85%

Maya Bernadsky - My Immortal 84%

Maor Gamliel - Yotse meihaaron 83%

Ron Buhnik - She Will Be Loved 81%

Sapir Kakon - Ad Shetachazor 80%

Shira Goldstein - Cada Dia 80%

Oded Sharabi - At 79%

Evyatar Zadok - Yeled 79%

Talsha - Wrecking Ball 79%

Sharon Fartouk - Mikol Ha’ahavot 78%

Kiara Duple - Titanium 77%

Duet Velma - Enjoy The Pain 76%

Eilon Petahia - Tam velo nisham 75%

Meir Green - Golden Boy 75%

Eliana Lobiniki - Make you feel my love 73%

Yoni Grayev - Sipur Chayai 73%

Noam and Yael Cohen - All about that bass 71%

Adi Achrack - Masterpiece 71%

Duet Almanor - Counting Stars 70%

Eliminated in the first ten shows:

Amnon Argov - Eich hu shar 55%

Mona Mor - Let It Go 41%

Apollo - Music is a Drug 38%

Avia Baran - She wolf 36%

Svetlana & Ross - Shevua 34%

Hadassa Yeshurun - O balara 33%

Tal Katsir - Wuthering Heights 33%

Sagiv Luzon - Lihyot Celeb 31%

Elisha Shmuel - Eurovision Medley 28%

Ben Zohar - The Rhythm 20%

Gal Sabag - Ahuvat levavi and Ahavat khayay 18%

Tzahi Yona - Halayla Mesiba 18%

Liran Gray Shirt - Kol Hachalomot 18%

Oshrat Kakun - Barbie Girl 15%

Leon Kichler - Rhythm Inside 13%

Opal Tzabari - Malkat HaShoshanim 10%

Gil Torbin - Lo kal 10%

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San Marino. The tiny little thing that makes things big and never ever stops surprising us. This year after the usual very long selecting process that included several previous Eurovision entrants and wannabes from various countries, even with songs they competed in another country's selection, as the last twist of turns announced the qualified semi-finalists before they aired the shows..... Ok. Because why Not? Read more about all the zillion entrants here After all the submissions, castings through Dreaming San Marino song contest 20 semi-finalists were selected, among them previous Eurovision entrants Magdalena from Poland, Marayya from Slovenia and Star Guy (Norway), and from this years national final selections Elysa (Estonia), Sheila (Albania) and Xannova Xan (Greece) and even Edward Maya also running in Romania at the same time, with other singers from Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Czechia, Netherlands and United States. Ten out of those 20 semi-finalist qualified ...

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As I'm off to France for some well deserved holidays and will get back to this blog afterwards I will feature a song a day. From France as my travelling tradition goes. By my favorite French singers bien sur. Enjoy!

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