Light artist who creates out of this world images with natures help. So the 1st semifinal of this is your vision song contest has taken place and 7 countries are already out of the competition including former winningest portugal but all straight yes i know theyre not anywhere near europe but any country can apply to join in there through with an amazing performance which goes with the title of the song ciro gravity and they certainly seem to define that on stage anyway there are some great performances some totally kitschy performances and there were some right bad ones in the 1st 70 final so it seems your vision could be back to its best this year really. Correspondent tanya kramer centers this report from tel aviv where its all taking place. Beach sun and music as the
e. S. C. As its known to its legions of followers hit tel aviv. On the beach a mix of tourists and fans await saturdays grand finale with anticipation of eve is this cd when its its always fun and when people from thei
everybody is happy and smiling and the beer is the city. but just a few kilometers from here are really. crazy things are happening here at the eurovision press center politics couldn t be further away the organizer of the contest the european broadcasting union has said strict rules spending politics from the stage among bloggers and journalists covering the event it s all about who is going to win this year s contest the dutch entry is one of the favorites lawrence duncan with kind of a cheesy nice ballad isn t 1st place but my favorite and my bad hopefully is be a little fascinated the french singer 19 years old muslim gate and he s now climbed up to 4th place in the odds hopefully he ll win sweden with john ludwick in 2nd place so it s weird in france holland that s the big battle fewer foreign visitors than expected have turned up but this pop icon madonna making
boycott the event because of israel s military occupation of the palestinian territories. international palestinian and israeli artists sign petitions to urge others to stay way from the event now that it s arrived they still want to highlight what they see as the political reality. let s stop for a 2nd try to look at reality for a bit higher perspective not only this you know these beaches are really beautiful and everybody s happy and smiling in the beer is the state. but just a few kilometers from here really. crazy things are happening here at the eurovision press center politics couldn t be further away the organizer of the contest the european broadcasting union has said strict rules spending politics from the distinct each among bloggers and journalists covering the event it s all about who is going to win this year s contest the dutch entry is one of the