Tonight, the first show of Kdam 2008, Israel's national final for thee 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, will be held. Boaz Mauda will perform all five songs and the voting show will be held tomorrow.
The songs
You can listen to the five entries here. The songs are:
Ke'ilo kan (As if here) by Dana International and Shai Kerem
Masa Haiyai (The journey of my life) by Itay Pearl
Hin'e Ha'or (There's the light) by Ovadia Hamama – A duet with Maya Avraham
Bli ahava (Without love) by Henree
Parparim (Butterflies) by Doron Gal – A duet with Oshrat Phaphir
Boaz Mauda won the Israeli version of Pop Idol last year and was selected to represent Israel in Belgrade. The winning song will be chosen by a combination of public voting and expert juries. The public's vote will kick off as soon as all 5 songs are presented tonight. The voting will be open to the public, through SMS and Channel 2 Kdam-Eurovision website, until tomorrow night's results show.
The show tonight will include guest performances of former Israeli Eurovision Song Contest entrants. Former Eurovision Song Contest participants, such as Carola from Sweden and Selma from Iceland, will greet the audience in pre-recorded clips.
Both shows (tonight's and tomorrow's)will be webcasted live on IBA's official Eurovision Song Contest website, www.iba.org.il/eurovil . The show tonight starts at 21:00 (local time).
