Tel Aviv receives ‘keys’ to Eurovision in handover ceremony

The Eurovision deteriorate in Israel strictly kicked off on Monday dusk with a rite during a Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

The ceremony, a initial Eurovision eventuality to take place in Israel this year, enclosed a central “insignia handover” from Lisbon – that hosted a uncover final year – to Tel Aviv. Deputy Lisbon Mayor Duarte Cordeiro was there to palm a heavy, ornate keychain to Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai.

“I wish a biggest success to a Eurovision Song Contest 2019 and to this pretentious city,” Cordeiro said. “I’m certain it will be a outrageous party.”

Huldai – in further to quickly display off his low-pitched skills on a recorder – betrothed that a city is operative overtime to safeguard a successful show.

“Hundreds of people have already begun working… and they all have one goal,” pronounced Huldai. “To make certain that a Eurovision this year will be a best uncover on earth in a coolest city in a world.”

The mayor referenced a Eurovision slogan, Dare to Dream, saying: “This is a illusory aphorism for a city of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv is a start-up city in a start-up nation. The dreamers of Tel Aviv-Jaffa are watchful to horde we in May.”

Huldai pronounced his other dream is for Israel to win a foe once again this year.

“We wish we’re going to win again this year,” he said. “And, as a Jewish observant goes: subsequent year in Jerusalem.”

Eurovision executive administrator Jon Ola Sand was also on palm to manage a handover.

“I’m so happy to be here on this theatre tonight,” he said. “I’m so happy to be behind in Israel… all of us are unequivocally vehement that a foe is entrance behind here.” Sand pronounced that he attended a 1999 Eurovision foe in Jerusalem, “and what we brought from that book was all a comfortable feelings we got from all a people here.”

The rite sell was followed by a pull to establish a semi-final using sequence for a dozens of countries holding partial in this year’s competition.

Since Israel is a horde country, it – and a “Big Five”: Italy, Spain, Germany, France and a UK – will automatically allege to a final round. At a pull on Monday, Israel was comparison to be means to opinion in a initial semi-final, that will be hold on May 14.

The initial semifinal will embody Slovenia, Estonia, Belarus, Portugal, Czech Republic, San Marino, Montenegro, Iceland, Cyprus, Georgia, Australia, Belgium, Serbia, Finland, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary and Greece.

The second semifinal, slated for May 16, will embody Switzerland, Albania, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, Norway, Russia, Latvia, Romania, Netherlands, Croatia, Denmark, Armenia, Lithuania and Malta.

The using sequence for a countries in any semi-final will be comparison during a after date.

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