winner, 1979
Milk and Honey
Milk and Honey represented Israel at Eurovision 1979 in Jerusalem with “Hallelujah”, and won.
- what
- Israeli singing group
- formed
- 1979, Israel
- contest
- 1979
- win
- 1979
- music
- pop
- active
- 1979 to 1984
- members
- Gali Atari, Leah Lupatin, Shmulik Bilu, Yehuda Tamir, Reuven Gvirtz past and present
- sang for
- Israel
Biography
Milk and Honey was an Israeli vocal group whose original line-up was Shmulik Bilu, Reuven Gvirtz, Yehuda Tamir and Gali Atari. The group won the 1979 contest in Jerusalem with “Hallelujah”, giving Israel a second win in a row, on home ground.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Milk and Honey (Israeli group)”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1979 Jerusalem
“Hallelujah (הללויה)”
Winner Won the contest with 125 points, ahead of 18 other songs.
- Sung in
- Hebrew
- Written by
- Shimrit Orr, Kobi Oshrat
- Conductor
- Kobi Oshrat
- Running order
- 10th of 19
Play: Milk and Honey — “Hallelujah”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1979 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1979: Jerusalem, and a win handed over by the last jury
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- 1979 One point behind, one jury to go Ties and photo finishes
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- 1979 One point behind, one jury to go
A country cannot vote for itself. The Spanish jury gave ten points to Israel, and that was that: "Hallelujah", by Milk and Honey with Gali Atari, won by 125 to 116. Spain's Betty Missiego was second and Anne-Marie David third.
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