The Fire in Your Eyes

"The Fire in Your Eyes" (Hebrew: האש בעינייך‎, romanized: HaEsh BaEinayikh), originally titled "Ke'ilu Kan" (Hebrew script: כאילו כאן‎; "As if here"), is a 2008 Ethnopop single by Boaz Mauda, which served as Israel's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, held in Belgrade, Serbia. On 20 May 2008 Boaz performed the song in the first semi-final of Eurovision (second on the performance order), and won a place in the final after finishing 5th. It was the seventh song performed at the final, where it finished 9th. The song was written by Dana International, who had won the Eurovision Song Contest 1998.

"The Fire in Your Eyes"
Eurovision Song Contest 2008 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Languages
Hebrew (with some words in English)
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Dana International, Shay Kerem
Finals performance
Semi-final result
5th
Semi-final points
104
Final result
9th
Final points
124
Entry chronology
◄ "Push the Button" (2007)
"There Must Be Another Way" (2009) ►
Mauda performing at the Eurovision Song Contest

Israeli national selection

On March 2008, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority (IBA) and Channel 2 made a conjoined event to select the song to participate. Boaz Mauda sang five songs that were written by various lyricists to the events, and the Israeli audience had to pick which one of the songs would represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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