I Feel Alive

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Israel began their national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2017, on 2 January 2017. [2] The show lasted several weeks, and ended on 13 February 2017, with Ziv receiving the highest scores from the public and being declared the winner. [3] As the winner, he won the right to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and began working on producing his Eurovision entry. On 26 February, it was revealed that his song would be called "I Feel Alive". [1] The song was released on 9 March. [4] Israel competed in the second half of the second semi-final at the Eurovision Song Contest. [5] [6]

The music video makes reference to Eurovision Song Contest 2015, when Ziv was a backup singer for Nadav Guedj in 2015 Eurovision Song Contest and to Hovi Star in the following 2016 Eurovision Song Contest.

Track listing

"I Feel Alive"
Imri Ziv - I Feel Alive.jpg
Single by Imri Ziv
Released10 March 2017
Recorded2017
Genre
Length3:00
Label Unicell
Songwriter(s)
  • Dolev Ram
  • Penn Hazut
Producer(s) Doli & Penn
Imri Ziv singles chronology
"I Feel Alive"
(2017)
"Imrico"
(2019)
Music video
"I Feel Alive" on YouTube
Digital download [7]
No.TitleLength
1."I Feel Alive" (אירוויזיון 2017)3:00
DJ PM & Tomer Maizner Remix
No.TitleLength
1."I Feel Alive (DJ PM & Tomer Maizner Remix)"4:38

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Israel (Media Forest) [8] 6
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan) [9] 18

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Various10 March 2017 Digital download Unicell Advanced Cellular Solutions

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The Netherlands participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Lights and Shadows" written by Rory de Kievit and Rick Vol. The song is performed by the group O'G3NE, who was internally selected by the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS to represent the Netherlands at the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. O'G3NE's appointment as the Dutch representative was announced on 29 October 2016, while the song, "Lights and Shadows", was presented to the public on 3 March 2017.

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Moldova participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Hey Mamma" written by Anton Ragoza, Sergei Ialovitski, Sergey Stepanov, Mihail Cebotarenco and Alina Galetskaya. The song was performed by the group SunStroke Project. The Moldovan broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) organised the national final O melodie pentru Europa 2017 in order to select the Moldovan entry for the 2016 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. 40 entries competed to represent Moldova in Kyiv, with 14 being shortlisted to participate in the televised national final after auditioning in front of a jury panel. After a semi-final and final which took place on 24 and 25 February 2017, "Hey Mamma" performed by SunStroke Project emerged as the winner after gaining the most points following the combination of votes from a jury panel and a public televote.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lights and Shadows (song)</span> 2017 single by OG3NE

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Israel participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The Israeli broadcaster Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (IPBC/Kan) collaborated with the commercial broadcaster Keshet and Tedy Productions, which organised the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion to select the singer. The winner of the Israeli national selection was Netta Barzilai, and a committee of the Israeli broadcaster internally selected the song "Toy" for her.

References

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