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As if here
Israel decided: Boaz to sing Ke'ilo kan in Belgrade
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- 164 Ke'ilo kan / As if here
- 120 Bli Ahavi / Without Love
- 110 Parparim / Butterflies
- 84 Hin'e Ha'or / Here's the light
- 82 Masa Haiyai / The journey of my life
Israel will take part in the first semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade on 21st May.
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I wish the people at home followed the judges and Fans and chose "Journey of my life". I cried when I heard it, and even more when it was not chosen. Such a shame !
This song has an undefined beauty. I don't know...
Good luck Israel 
What a pity !!!!
The song is badly with the video of the final !!!!
really the bad choice...
Boooooooooooring
I always like Isreali songs.. They all have strong feelings inside..This is no exception to it..However, this is not an ESC song..I hope it will succeed...Good luck....
Not very convincing. And what happened to Dana International??!!! Has she become religious ...?
http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=55wCCUfFJVs
This is the video from the FINAL.
I think it's better then the studio version.
Try ut
BOOOOOOOOOORING 
Booooring! Why does every country has 2 send a ballad???? It has been 2005 since I last liked an Israeli entry!
ISRAEL, IM A BIG FAN OF YOUR SONG AND SINGER!!!! KISS FROM ROMANIA!
ISRAEL THE BEST!
you must agree with me that the greates thing we saw yesterday was Shiri Maymon's great preformans!!!
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Not bad! Good luck, Israel!
I don't like the song but I don't like his voice either
Daniel Colbert
I will never vote according to my fond of a country rather than a song. I said I would probably support the UK. I tend to support that country, because I usually like their songs, but it doesn't mean I will necessarily vote for it. In 2005 I hated the UK entry, and didn't even support it. In 2006 I voted to the UK. In 2007 I supported the UK entry, as well as the winner from Serbia, but I voted to the last place - Ireland. It was the second time in five years I voted for the last place (in 2002 I voted for Denmark).
There is a difference between support and a vote. Besides, I wrote that I would probably support the UK, it's only an assumption, knowing myself. If they will send another Javine, I will probably not...
Anyway, after hearing all songs so far, my top five are:
1. Norway
2. Albania
3. Switzerland
4. Slovenia
5. Cyprus
Well done Israel. I decided to listen since the begining just the winner song and it's great. I think it has chances in the 1st Semi. Good luck!
A great ballad for Israel this year. All the best wishes. Allready in my Top 10.
Dana's working to change/improve that playback of the song to make it stronger and more interesting. lets hope it gonna work .
Israel you had the chance to win this year with, WITHOUT LOVE .
here's another toilet break song for me...
THE BEST! KISS FROM ROMANIA:
1.ISRAEL
2.TURKEY
3.BULGARIA
4.MOLDOVA
5.CYPRUS
I love the conspiracy theories why Ke'ilo kan won. Well the reason is one: It was the best among these 5 good songs. At least in my humble opinion.
Boring...5/10 galantis.athens
the wrong song was chosen last. uh, well.
another year wasted.
wrong song.......butterflies should have won!!!
Sorry Israel. All I can say is 2 Yiddish words: "Oy Vey". Why they did not choose "Masa Chayai" or "Hinei Ha'Or", I have no idea. Rumour has it that the whole thing was fixed so that Dana International's song would look best and win. Something about her being peeved at what they did to her song originally. At the last minute, the order of presentation was changed so that "As If Here" was sung last - by which time Boaz had time to get used to the environment.
"Ke'ilu Kan" has a chorus that is so whiney that it ruins the whole song and will turn off the voters. Oh well, I guess I don't have to skip work to watch the semi-final this year! I still will want to buy Boaz's first CD with all the other great songs on it. This is no fault of his - he is great!
By the way, wasn't Harel Skaat in top form yesterday? That kid can do no wrong!!!! I hope he releases his new version of Israel's 1975 ESC entry "At V'Ani" - it's fantastic. Kol Hakavod Harel and Boaz!
"Yeah Right" - To your question, currently the plan is to include all songs in his album
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