In 1998, she was selected to represent Israel in the prestigious Eurovision contest, winning first place.
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Only at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 could a guy with a beard wearing a frock cause such ructions.
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When European politics became more vexed, so did Eurovision.
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Israel even won the Eurovision Song Contest a few times, once led to the win by a transgender pioneer.
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Mazor performs "Rak Bishvilo", which she'll also sing at the Eurovision finals in Sweden next month.
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Eurovision
/ (ˈjʊərəʊˌvɪʒən) /
noun
the network of the European Broadcasting Union for the exchange of news and television programmes amongst its member organizations and for the relay of news and programmes from outside the network