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[UPD] Israeli song selection broadcasted from S'derot
Israeli paper Yediot Ahronot reports today that IBA has decided that the most suitable location to hold the 'private' national final of Teapacks is the southern town of S'derot. The band's members all originate from this small peripheral town, which suffers, daily, from rocket attacks. According to IBA, this would be a gesture to the citizens of the town and the band and their fans.
The show will be broadcasted sometime next month. Teapacks will perform 4 songs. IBA's Eurovision jury and the public at home will select together the entry for Helsinki. Each will account for 50% of the total vote. This method of selection has been tried before (1988, 2003 and 2004), not bringing much success at the Eurovision Song Contest itself.
UPDATE: In a press conference held today in Tel Aviv, Teapacks' soloist, Kobi Oz, told they are proud to be bringing authentic Israeli music to the European ears this May. "We will not disguise under false styles we are not accustomed with. We will present the true Teapacks which eveyone knows in Israel. One song will most probably be up-tempo. We are located between Asia and Africa, neighbours to Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, so our well known style is the most suitable". Oz said the band prefers singing in Hebrew at the contest.
There are 7 members in Teapacks. According to Oz, they have not decided yet who will not particiapte in their stage act in Helsinki. When asked wether they considered declining IBA's invitation Oz replied: "We were afraid we will not be able to perform with full energy due to the playback used in the Eurovision Song Contest. After watching Lordi's performance in Athens, we were convinced it will be possible". Watch parts from the press conference on Ynet.co.il.
Teapacks will sing for Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest's semifinal, on May 10th.
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Do the rest of you thinks its a tad harsh one of them can't be onstage on the night? bless him he's gonna be on his own!! cant the EBU bend the rules a bit? surely the rule is there so that there aren't 100 backing dancers on stage rather than to split groups up? EBU it is a bit rude to say right you have worked together successfully for years (i don't know if its years don't know much about the band) but for this night you have to choose one of you to stand out of the performance because your only aloud 6 on stage! i mean WHY? raise the numbers barrier to 7 rather than 6. And dont tell me its health and safty becasue you get more than 6 people on stage at the end whent he prize giving is handed out!
Will there be a fireworks display? :-) (sorry)
You should try one year to invite one of the many great jewish songwriters from abroad such as paul simon, bob dylan, leonard cohen, burt bacharac, alan menken, john kander, marvin hamlisch etc.
Good luck!
GOOD LUCK TIPPEX!!!
I am interested to here what kind of song they will have. I have their albums.. although Israeli friends always referred to them as "Tippex" I guess they couldn't use a registered trademark as their transliterated name.
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