  Israel selects Izabo for 2012 Eurovision Song Contest February 8, 2012 - 14:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Israeli broadcaster IBA announced that Izabo band with the song Time will represent Israel at 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to eurovision.tv, after an internal selection process where acts were invited to submit entries to a special committee for consideration, it has been announced that Izabo made up of Ran Shem-Tov, Jonathan Levy, Shiri Hadar and Nir Mantzur will represent Israel at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku with the song Time. The song was penned by two of the group's members, Ran Shem-Tov and Shiri Hadar. In 2011 Dana International came 15th in the second Semi-Final of Europe's favorite TV show in Düsseldorf with Ding Dong and consequently failed to qualify to the final. IBA hopes that Israel's fortunes will be turned around with Izabo in Baku on May 22 when they will perform in the first Semi-Final.  Top stories The Jubilee Cannes Film Festival honored the legendary French director, the 89-year-old Alain Resnais. Brad Pitt doesn’t want his new film, the crime tale Killing Them Softly, to be viewed as an attack on President Obama According to the wiretapped conversations, Seki obtained the drugs from Sinan Yüksel, who is among 19 suspects. “The Master" features a sure-to-be-controversial look at the origins of a religion that sounds a whole lot like Scientology.   |  Latest news Over 100 trespassers detained in Armenia in January-May  Russian border guards seized 50 firearms, bladed weapons and 300 thous. rubles worth contraband in January-May.Conference participants at Institute of CIS States back Artsakh’s stance The NKR was represented at the round table by Advisers to Foreign Minister Ruben Zargarian and Arsen Melik-Shakhnazarian.Shoushi liberation anniversary celebrated in France Armenian ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan answered Armenian foreign and domestic policy related questions.Armenian ambassador to China participates in ESCAP meeting Armen Sargsyan participated in meeting of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok. |
