Harel Skaat

Harel Skaat at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo (2010)

Harel Skaat ( Hebrew הראל סקעת; * August 8, 1981 in Kfar Saba near Tel Aviv ) is an Israeli singer and musician. In 2004 he took 2nd place on the popular Israeli TV talent show Kochav Nolad . His first album reached platinum status in Israel. In May 2010 he represented Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo.

biography

As a child, Harel Skaat won a singing competition; later he was active in both the official music group of his school and his hometown. In 2002 he began studying at the Beit Zvi (College of Performing Arts) in Ramat Gan . During his sophomore year, he applied for the Israeli TV show Kochav Nolad.

Career

The television program Kochav Nolad (German: "A star is born") is comparable to the German counterpart Germany is looking for the superstar or American Idol and has already produced successful singers such as referee Maimon . Harel Skaat was quickly seen as the clear favorite, but lost to Harel Moyal in the final . Nevertheless, since then he has been one of the most successful musicians in Israel, received platinum for his first album Harel Skaat and won several important national prizes, e.g. the Israel Music Award. In the choice of the singer and song of the decade 2000–2009, he achieved second place, "ואת" ( Ve'at , English: "And you") from his first album came in fourth. In 2009 his second album "דמויות" was released ( Dmuiot , dt .: "Gestalten"), which received gold status. In 2012 he released his third album entitled "שוב מאושר" ( Shuv me'ushar , eng .: "Happy again"). In 2019 he was on the jury of HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion 2019 , the Israeli preliminary decision for the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest .

Eurovision Song Contest

At the end of December 2009, the IBA , the Israeli state broadcasting organization, announced that Harel Skaat would represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest. On March 15, 2010, the Israeli television audience and several specialist juries selected the song "מילים" (Milim, English: words) from four songs, with which Harel Skaat represented his country in the second semifinals on May 27, 2010, two days later the finals taking place. There he finished 14th. Harel Skaat also won the Marcel Bezençon Awards in Oslo in the “Press Award” category (best song; chosen by all accredited journalists) and the “Artistic Award” category (best performance; chosen by the European commentators). In addition, the two composers of his song Milim won the “Composer Award” (chosen by all participating composers). In 2010, for the first and so far only time, all of the Marcel Bezençon Awards went to one and the same country.

Private life

In October 2010, Skaat came out as gay .

Web links

Commons : Harel Skaat  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English and Hebrew)
• Portrait at eurovision.tv (English)

proof

1. ↑ Biography on the official website ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 3, 2010  
2. ^ Ilan Mester, Harel Skaat: Israel's promising export , Ynetnews, Feb. 9, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010
3. ↑ Levy, Sasha: Skat, Peles Win At Israel Music Awards ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , BillboardBiz, Feb. 9, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2010 
4. ↑ Biography on the official website ( Memento of the original from May 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 3, 2010  
5. ↑ Glen Webb, Israel: Harel Skaat to Oslo , www. eurovision.tv, December 29, 2009. Accessed April 3, 2010
6. ↑ Glen Webb, Israel: Harel Skaat to sing Milim in Oslo , www. eurovision.tv, March 15, 2010. Accessed April 3, 2010
7. ↑ Gustav Dahlander, Israeli grand slam in the Marcel Bezençon Awards , www.eurovision.tv, May 30, 2010. Retrieved May 16, 2011
8. ^ Nevo, Asaf (October 22, 2010). "הראל סקעת מודה בנטיותיו המיניות [Harel Skaat Comes Out]" (in Hebrew). mako. http://www.mako.co.il/entertainment-celebs/local/Article-c4f837bbb61db21006.htm&sCh=3d385dd2dd5d4110&pId=978777604 . Retrieved October 22, 2010.