This year's Eurovision contest, that annual international circus of lunacy where countries from all over the planet compete for cheeseball pop supremacy, is being held in Moscow. And Georgia has already learned the hard way that Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin doesn't take kindly to snotty lit...

Mira Award and Noa (photo Ronen Ackerman) Noa is about to represent Israel along with Israeli Arab performer, Mira Awad, in the Eurovision song contest. Until recently, the Israeli Sephardic vocalist had an impeccable musical and political reputation both within Israel and abroad.  Among other thin...

No doubt it's part of the rebranding, that Israel is sending extreme Left singer, Achinoam NOA Nini and Arab-Israeli Mira Awad as a duo to Eurovision. Apparently, they're good friends, off-stage, too. I wonder if Nini could find room in her heart for a YESHA Jew... just curious. Both women are extre...

An Arab and a Jew will represent the country in a musical contest, but critics call the gesture disingenuous....

Sure, most people have heard Plastic Bertrand's "Ça plane pour moi" (whether during the KROQ golden age of alternative music or plugs for the CW's slate of dramas). But who spends a lot of time thinking about what the man born Roger Marie François Jouret on this day in 1954 is up to these days? As...

A Jew and an Arab lined up to be Israel's Eurovision Song Contest entry may have to pull out of the competition after suffering a torrent of abuse and condemnation....

The entry for eurovision 2009 of Israel is a double educational trip for those still ignorant about the complexity of Israel, Jews and Palestinians. Israel's chosen candidates are a peace true duo: Achinoam Nini (here Algerian Rai Star Cheb Khaled and here solo) , whose family background is Yemenite...

So, after six weeks, it's time for the three finalists to battle out it to represent the UK in Eurovision. Sorry, did I say battle it out? It's more a limp-off. Who have we got to choose from? There's Jade, who is like an attempt to build a Leona Lewis out of Mariah Carey's make-up bag. There's Mark...

It’s time for the grand final of the UK nationals to find out if Jade, Mark or The Twins will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, on May 16th. 1955: Time to put the Eurovision Liveblog tools away – until May, until Moscow. 1954: I’m sure I’ll have a full bl...

I don’t know what demon possessed Ahinoam Nini’s brain when she wrote a long passionate letter to Palestinians during the Gaza war in which she railed against Hamas and called, in the most vehement terms, for the IDF to uproot it. First a word of background: Noa is one of Israel’s ...