Gil Laufer

Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.

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Sweden: Charlotte Perrelli is Evita… again!

In the upcoming autumn the Göta Lejon theatre in Stockholm will present the musical Evita with Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish representative in

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Denmark 2014 Esctoday Eurovision News Review Specials

Eurovision 2014: The (statistical) Semi-finals Result!

It has been a bit more than 24 hours since the participating countries were allocated to the two semifinals, and

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Sweden: SVT reveals more details about Melodifestivalen

Less than two weeks left until YOHIO will kick off Melodifestivalen 2014 on the stage in Malmö. SVT, the Swedish

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Israel: IBA calls for songs

Following the announcement of Mei Finegold as the Israeli representative, IBA, the Israeli broadcaster, is asking the public to send

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Countries Denmark 2014 Eurovision News Sweden

Sweden: Clara Henry will host Melodifestivalen 2014’s web shows

Swedish broadcaster SVT has announced today that Clara Henry (19) will be the hostess of the Melodifestivalen 2014’s web shows.

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Israel: Mei Finegold officially announced as representative

It’s official: IBA has announced this evening that Mei Finegold is the Israeli representative for Eurovision 2014. IBA’s committee has

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Countries Denmark 2014 Eurovision News Israel

Israel: IBA seeks for the Israeli representative

As reported previously on esctoday.com, IBA, the Israeli broadcaster, will hold an internal selection in order to select the Israeli

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Eurovision News Past Participants

Dana International in search of the next pop stars of Israel

Dana International, winner of the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest with Diva’ for Israel and again in 2011 with ‘Ding Dong’, will go

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Countries Eurovision News Specials Sweden 2013

Voting for the 2013 Barbara Dex Award starts on Sunday

The Barbara Dex Award is awarded annually since 1997 to the worst dressed artist in the contest, who is decided

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Countries Eurovision News Interviews Israel Sweden 2013

Moran from Israel wants to live the moment in this lifetime experience

Today our interview team arrives in Israel. We get to talk to Moran Mazor, who will present the song Rak

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Eurovision News Israel Sweden 2013

Watch now: Israel chooses for Malmö

Tonight the 2013 Israeli Eurovision national final- Kdam Eurovision  will be held in order to select the 2013 Israeli entry for

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Israel Sweden 2013

Israel: Kdam-Eurovision 2013 kicks off with a party

This week will mark the beginning of the biggest Israeli pre-selection ever, as for the first time semi-final rounds will

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Israel: Check out the stage of Kdam-Eurovision 2013!

Two weeks left until the kick-off of Kdam-Eurovision 2013, the competition which will decide who will be the Israeli representative

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Eurovision News Israel Sweden 2013

Israel: Kdam 2013 semi-finals allocation revealed

Moments ago, the allocation for the three semi-finals of the Israeli national final, the Kdam Eurovision 2013, was revealed. The