Israel Calling – Tel-Aviv hosts big preview concert tonight

Israel is new on the preview tour, but with 19 of this year’s participants taking part, they open with a big bang. The artists are spending three days in Tel-Aviv with the big concert this evening as the highlight.

For the artists attending these preview parties, April is a busy month. Latvia opened the tour on the 2nd of April, and already the next day, some of the same participants joined the party in Moscow. The biggest preview party was held in Amsterdam on the 9th of April, just three days ago, with a total of 26 of the 2016 participants attending. Many of them had to fly on to Israel and Tel-Aviv shortly after, and is now ready for the second largest preview party this year. At the end of the article you find our playlist with all 26 acts that appeared in Amsterdam for Eurovision In Concert.

Tonight 19 participants will perform at the big concert in Tel-Aviv. These are the acts from: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

In the slide show below you find small quizzes with all these 19 acts. Take them all, or skip to your favourite ones, and of course don’t forget to brag about your result afterwards.

ZOË (Austria 2016)

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    What is Zoë, the artist representing Austria at this year’s contest, last name?

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Samra (Azerbaijan 2016)

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    What’s the title of the Azerbaijani 2016 entry?

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IVAN (Belarus 2016)

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    What is IVAN’s real name?

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Poli Genova (Bulgaria 2016)

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    What’s the title of Poli’s 2016 entry?

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Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia 2016)

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    In 2015, Jüri won the Estonian edition of which talent show?

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Sandhja (Finland 2016)

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    Sandhja released her debut album in 2014. What was the title?

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Amir (France 2016)

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    Where was Amir born?

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Freddie (Hungary 2016)

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    Which show did Freddie become famous for in Hungary?

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Hovi Star (Israel 2016)

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    Which reality show did Hovi Star compete in before Rising Star for Eurovision?

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Justs (Latvia 2016)

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    Which former Eurovision partipant wrote Justs Heartbeat?

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Donny Montell (Lithuania 2016)

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    In which country did Donny win a musical Grand Prix in 2008?

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Lidia Isac (Moldova 2016)

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    Which duo was Lidia once a part of?

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Michał Szpak (Poland 2016)

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    Where was Michal born?

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Ovidiu Anton (Romania 2016)

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    What’s the title of Ovidiu Anton’s 2016 Eurovision entry?

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Sergey Lazarev (Russia 2016)

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    Whats the name of the band he founded at the age of 17?

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ManuElla (Slovenia 2016)

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    What was the first instrument ManuElla learned to play?

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Barei (Spain 2016)

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    What is Barei’s real name?

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Rykka (Switzerland 2016)

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    Where did Rykka record the vocals for her Eurovision entry The Last of Our Kind?

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Joe and Jake (United Kingdom 2016)

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    What are Joe and Jake’s last names?

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Watch our videos from Eurovision In Concert where many of these participants also appeared:

Source: Israel Calling, EuroVisionary
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